50 U.S.C. § 167j — Land conveyance in Potter County, Texas

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The Secretary of the Interior must transfer federal land in Potter County, Texas, to a Girl Scout council. The council pays just $1 for the land. The United States keeps easements needed for pipeline rights-of-way, and the section describes the exact 331-acre boundary.

(a) In general: This subsection orders the Secretary of the Interior to transfer all of the United States' ownership rights in a specific piece of land to the Texas Plains Girl Scout Council. The price is $1. The United States keeps easements it needs for pipeline rights-of-way, even after the transfer. (b) Land description: This subsection describes exactly which land is being transferred — about 331 acres in Potter County, Texas, out of Section 78 in Block 9 of the B.S. & F. Survey (sometimes called the G.D. Landis pasture). The land was originally granted by Texas land patents issued in 1937. The subsection then gives the precise metes-and-bounds survey lines for two tracts that make up this land: First tract: About 171 acres forming the north part of the east half of Section 78. The section walks through its boundary lines step by step — starting at a marked stone at the northeast corner, running south along the line with Section 59, then west, then north back up to a marked stone, then east again to close the boundary. Second tract: About 160 acres forming the south part of the east half of Section 78. Again, the section traces this tract's boundary lines in order — starting at the southwest corner of Section 59, going west along the line with Section 77, then north, then east, then south back to the starting point. Together, the two tracts total about 331 acres, which is the land the Secretary must transfer.

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(a) In general

The Secretary of the Interior shall transfer all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of land described in subsection (b) to the Texas Plains Girl Scout Council for consideration of $1, reserving to the United States such easements as may be necessary for pipeline rights-of-way.

(b) Land description

The parcel of land referred to in subsection (a) is all those certain lots, tracts or parcels of land lying and being situated in the County of Potter and State of Texas, and being the East Three Hundred Thirty-One (E331) acres out of Section Seventy-eight (78) in Block Nine (9), B.S. & F. Survey, (some times known as the G.D. Landis pasture) Potter County, Texas, located by certificate No. 1/39 and evidenced by letters patents Nos. 411 and 412 issued by the State of Texas under date of November 23, 1937, and of record in Vol. 66A of the Patent Records of the State of Texas. The metes and bounds description of such lands is as follows:

(1) First tract

One Hundred Seventy-one (171) acres of land known as the North part of the East part of said survey Seventy-eight (78) aforesaid, described by metes and bounds as follows:

Beginning at a stone 20 x 12 x 3 inches marked X, set by W.D. Twichell in 1905, for the Northeast corner of this survey and the Northwest corner of Section 59;

Thence, South 0 degrees 12 minutes East with the West line of said Section 59, 999.4 varas to the Northeast corner of the South 160 acres of East half of Section 78;

Thence, North 89 degrees 47 minutes West with the North line of the South 150 acres of the East half, 956.8 varas to a point in the East line of the West half Section 78;

Thence, North 0 degrees 10 minutes West with the East line of the West half 999.4 varas to a stone 18 x 14 x 3 inches in the middle of the South line of Section 79;

Thence, South 89 degrees 47 minutes East 965 varas to the place of beginning.

(2) Second tract

One Hundred Sixty (160) acres of land known as the South part of the East part of said survey No. Seventy-eight (78) described by metes and bounds as follows:

Beginning at the Southwest corner of Section 59, a stone marked X and a pile of stones; Thence, North 89 degrees 47 minutes West with the North line of Section 77, 966.5 varas to the Southeast corner of the West half of Section 78; Thence, North 0 degrees 10 minutes West with the East line of the West half of Section 78;

Thence, South 89 degrees 47 minutes East 965.8 varas to a point in the East line of Section 78;

Thence, South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 934.6 varas to the place of beginning.

Containing an area of 331 acres, more or less.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, § 12, as added Pub. L. 86–777, § 2, Sept. 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 923; amended Pub. L. 104–273, § 6, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3318.)

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1925Enacted · Pub. L. 86-777 · 74 Stat. 923
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-273 · 110 Stat. 3318

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