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Executive Order 9582—Restoring Land to the Territory of Hawaii for Aeronautical Purposes, and Reserving Land for Military Purposes

June 30, 1945

WHEREAS it is deemed advisable and comprising a part of the Upolu Point Military Reservation, island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, be restored to the Territory of Hawaii for aeronautical purposes, and that certain other public land on the island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, be reserved for military purposes:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in my 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:

I. The following-described parcel of land comprising a part of the Upolu Point Military Reservation , Territory of Hawaii, is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Government of the Territory of Hawaii for aeronautical purposes: Provided, however, That the parcel of land hereby restored shall be available at all times, and without charge therefor, for the taking off and landing of airplanes and airships of the United States, and that this privilege shall include such temporary occupation and maintenance of government airplanes and airships as may be deemed necessary by competent military authority:

Beginning at a pipe on the boundary between the lands of Kealahewa 3 and Opihipau, Hawaii, being also the South corner of Executive Order 556, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Puu o Nale" being 22984.56 feet North and 5922.54 feet West, as shown on Government Survey Registered Map 2366, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South:

1. 77°30´, 749.80 feet along the remainder of Executive Order 749;

2. 167°30´, 97.12 feet along the remainder of Executive Order 922;

3. 257°30´, 450.00 feet along same;

4. 252°26´30´´, 286.75 feet along same;

5. 342°16´, 100.00 feet along same;

6. 72°16´, 250.00 feet along the remainder of Grant 2774 to Kaneihalau to the point of beginning.

The tract described contains as area of 1.67 acres.

II. The following-described parcel of land is hereby reserved and set apart for military purposes as a part of the Upolu Point Military Reservation, Opihipau lands, District of North Kohala, island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii:

Beginning at a point at the northeast corner of this parcel of land and on the boundary between the lands of Kealahewa 3 and Opihipau, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Puu o Nale" being 22850.89 feet North and 5819.04 feet West, as shown on Government Survey Registered Map 2366, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South:

1. 322°15´, 135.02 feet along the remainder of Grant 2774 to Kaneihalau;

2. 77°30´, 625.50 feet along the remainder of Executive Order 922;

3. 167°30´, 122.12 feet along same;

4. 257°, 567.91 feet along Executive Order 924 to the point of beginning.

The tract described contains an area of 1.67 acres.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 30, 1945

Harry S Truman, Executive Order 9582—Restoring Land to the Territory of Hawaii for Aeronautical Purposes, and Reserving Land for Military Purposes Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/278066

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