Executive Order 10389—Restoring Certain Land Reserved for Military Purposes of the United States to the Jurisdiciton of the Territory of Hawaii

WHEREAS a tract of land at Ka Lae, Kamoa, Kau, Island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, which forms a part of the public land 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 military purposes of the United States in part by Presidential Executive Order No. 4635 of April 21, 1927, and in part by Executive Order No. 869 of February 6, 1940, of the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii; and

WHEREAS such land is no longer needed for military 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 tract of land situated at Ka Lae, Kamoa, Kau, Island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii:

Beginning at point "B" on the east boundary of Ka Lae Light House Reservation, said point "B" marked by a drilled hole in solid rock is situated 724,72 feet south, and 174,41 feet east of U.S. Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey triangulation station "Ka Lae"; thence from said point of beginning by azimuths, measured clockwise, from true south, the following courses and distances as follows: 174° 49' 00", 1028.00 feet along the Ka Lae Light House Reservation boundary to a point; thence 134° 17' 00", 670.38 feet along the same to a point intersecting the high water line; thence following the sea pali to a point which is the northwest corner of this reservation, said point bears 90° 00' 00", 50,000 feet from a 2 inch pipe set in cement, the coordinates of said point referred to Government Survey triangulation station "Ka Lae" being 4424046 feet north and 345.22 feet west; thence 270° 00´ 00", 8031.10 feet to the Railroad spike set in concrete and stone ahu, said point being the northeast corner of this reservation; thence 360° 00´ 00", 1570.00 feet to a point on the sea coast at the high water line; thence along the sea coast and the high water line in a southwesterly direction to a Lighthouse Reservation, the direct azimuth and distance being 64° 08´ 06", 8341.60 feet; thence 174° 49´ 00", 60.00 feet along the Ka Lae Lighthouse Reservation boundary to the point of beginning; containing 699038 acres more or less.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 30, 1952