Executive Order 10378—Restoring Certain Land At Hilo, Hawaii, to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii

WHEREAS certain land at Hilo, Hawaii, 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 set aside for aeronautical purposes of the United States by Executive Order No. 884 of the Governor of Hawaii, dated June 18, 1940; and

WHEREAS the said land is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was set aside, and it is deemed desirable and in the public interest that it be restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii:

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 that the land situated at Hilo, Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, which was set aside for aeronautical purposes of the United States by Executive Order No. 884 of the Governor of Hawaii, dated June 18, 1940, be, and it is hereby, restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

July 31, 1952