Executive Order 10384—Restoring Certain Land Reserved in Connection with the Hilo Airport Military Reservation to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii

WHEREAS certain land located at Waiakea, Hilo City, South Hilo, Island of 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 the uses and purposes of the United States in connection with the Hilo Airport Military Reservation by Executive Order No. 925 of February 3, 1941, of the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii; and

WHEREAS the said land is no longer needed for such purposes, and it is deemed advisable 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 as follows:

The following-described land situate at Waiakea, Hilo City, South Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii:

Beginning at the northeast corner of this parcel of land and on the east boundary of the Hilo Airport, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Halai" being 1217.00 feet North and 15508.53 feet East, as shown on Government Survey Registered Map 2540, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from True South:

1. 360° 00' 599.74 feet along the west side of a 50-foot road;

2. 90° 00' 1282.50 feet along the Hawaii National Guard Rifle Range (Governor's Executive Order 286);

3. 172° 55' 160.75 feet along Hilo Airport;

4. 220° 45' 581.09 feet along same;

5. 270° 00' 923.01 feet along same to the point of beginning; containing an area of 15.98 acres.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 11, 1952