Executive Order 8643—Amendment of Executive Order No. 7302 of February 21, 1936, Transferring Certain Lands to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy

VIRGIN ISLANDS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of March 3, 1917, ch. 171, 39 Stat. 1132, and the Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1931, 46 Stat. 1552, 1570, and as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 7302 of February 21, 1936, transferring certain lands in the Virgin Islands from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for use in the establishment, construction, and operation of aviation facilities, as amended by Executive Orders No. 7686 of August 5, 1937, No. 7790 of January 12, 1938, No. 8103 of May 2, 1939, and No. 8201 of July 11, 1939, is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further ordered that the tract of land lying between Bourne Field and the Botanical Garden, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, more particularly described below by metes and bounds, be, and it is hereby, subject to valid existing rights, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for use in the establishment, construction and operation of aviation facilities at the Naval Air Station, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands:

"Beginning at Bench Post 781 (also described as Point R), thence north 11°3' west, 142.37 feet, to Bench Post 750; thence north 32°43 ' west, 126.27 feet to Bench Post 751; thence north 12°34' east, 49.1 feet, to Bench Post 752; thence north 54°55' west, 145.9 feet, to Bench Post 753; thence north 40°40' west, 76.17 feet, to Bench Post 754; thence north 35°35' west, 72.95 feet, to Bench Post 755; thence north 65°02' west, 81.5 feet, to Bench Post 756; thence north 56°28 ' west, 104.55 feet, to Bench Post 757; thence north 51°04' west, 40.94 feet, to Bench Post 304; thence south 31°56' east, 422.40 feet to Bench Post 254; thence south 46°08' east, 370.36 feet to point of beginning. The lines from Bench Post 304 to Bench Post 254 and from Bench Post 254 to Bench Post 781 are on the present easterly boundary of the Marine Aviation Field property.

"Provided, that the entrance road from the main road to the Botanical Garden shall be available to the public at all times when the Botanical Garden is open to the public; and provided further, that there shall be free ingress and egress at all times over the said road for the employees of the Botanical Garden."

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 21, 1941.