RESTORING THE POSSSESSION, USE, AND CONTROL OF CERTAIN LAND TO THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII AND TRANSFERRING TITLE TO SUCH LAND TO THE TERRITORY
WHEREAS a certain tract of land at Kaakaukukui, Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, which forms a part of the public lands ceded and transferred to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii under the joint resolution of annexation of July 7, 1898, 30 Stat. 750, was reserved for naval purposes by a proclamation of the President dated November 10, 1899, and subsequently by letter of January 8, 19904, was transferred by the Navy Department to the Treasury Department for the purpose of establishing an immigration station, which immigration and jurisdiction of the Attorney General Immigration and Naturalization Service); and
WHEREAS the said tract, more particularly described in Part I of this order, is needed by the Territory of Hawaii for a harbor-improvement project; and
WHEREAS it is deemed desirable and in the public interest that the possession, use, and control of the said tract be restored to the Territory of Hawaii and the title thereto be transferred to the said Territory:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:
PART I
Upon the fulfillment of the conditions precedent specified in Part II of this order and the certification thereof by the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization as provided in such part, and without further act, the possession, use, and control of the following-described tract of land at Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, shall be restored to the Territory of Hawaii, and title to such tract shall be transferred to the said Territory:
Beginning at the east corner of this parcel of land, the west side of Lot 1, File Plan No. 10, and the east side of the U.S. Immigration Station Lot, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Punchbowl" being 4,142.82 feet South and 5,110.06 feet West and running by azimuths measured clock-wise from True South:
1. 84° 25' 3.67 feet across the U.S. Immigration Station Lot;
2. Thence across same on a curve to the left with a radius of 262.22 feet, the azimuth and distance being 61° 36' 45" 203.26 feet;
3. 38° 48' 30" 201.62 feet across same;
4. 129° 00' 109.16 feet along the remainder of Tract No. 1 of Presidential Executive Order 5487 and along the east side of Governor's Executive Order 864 to the southeast side of Channel Street;
5. 219° 00' 436.67 feet along the southeast side of Channel Street
6. 322° 20' 194.51 feet along Channel Street and along the west side of Lot 1, File Plan No. 10, to the point of beginning.
Area: 1.18 acres.
PART II
1. The Territory of Hawaii, by Executive order of its governor acting pursuant to section 73 (q) of said act of April 30, 1900, as amended by the act of August 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 658, shall set aside for the use of the United States of America, as an addition to the existing immigration station under the jurisdiction and control of the Attorney General(Immigration and Naturalization Service), the following-described tract of land at Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii:
Beginning at the west corner of this parcel of land, the northeast side of the U.S. Immigration Station Lot, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Punchbowl" being 4,142.82 feet South and 5,110.06 feet West and running by azimuths measured clockwise from True South:
1. 264° 25' 242.00 feet across lot 1, File Plan No. 10;
2. 309° 25' 56.57 feet across same to the west side of Ala Moana;
3. 354° 25' 224.94 feet along the west side of Ala Moana;
4. 87° 20' 119.90 feet along the east side of the U.S. Immigration Station Lot;
5. 142° 20' 305.49 feet along same to the point of beginning.
Area 1.18 acres.
2. The Territory of Hawaii shall remove to the land described in paragraph 1 of this part (hereinafter called the new site) or to such other adjacent land presently under the control and jurisdiction of the Immigration and Naturalization Service as the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service as the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (hereinafter called the Commissioner) shall determine or, if such removal is not practicable, shall reconstruct thereon, the following-described structures now situate on the land described in Part I hereof (hereinafter called the old site): (a) the gardener's cottage used as a residence by the building custodian of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and (b) the frame and galvanized-iron storage shed and workshop. All work contemplated hereunder on the gardener's cottage shall, in the event that the custodian during the period of removal or reconstruction shall be impracticable, be completed within ten days of the commencement thereof or within such additional time as the Commissioner may allow. Material salvaged during the course of such work may be used in reconstruction hereunder. All equipment, such as light fixtures, lock, plumbing, and conduiting that is immovable or is damaged beyond repair shall be replaced with standard equipment, but the Territory shall not be required to furnish any operating equipment, appliances, or furniture.
The Executive order of the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii issued pursuant to paragraph 1 of Part II hereof shall not be amended, modified, or revoked without the approval of the President of the United States of America.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 11, 1952