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Executive Order 10665—Restoring Certain Lands of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii

April 23, 1956

WHEREAS certain lands in Waianae-Uka, District of Waianae, and Waikaka-laua, District of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, which form a part of the public lands ceded and transferred to the United States under the joint resolution of annexation of July 7, 1898, 30 Stat. 750, were reserved for military purposes by Executive Order of July 20, 1899, as modified by Executive Orders No. 1137, of November 15, 1909, No. 1242 of August 23, 1910, No. 2800 of February 4, 1918, No. 5771 of January 4, 1932, No. 9995, of September 2, 1948 and No. 10454 of May 18, 1953; and

WHEREAS the hereinafter-described parcel of such lands is desired by the Territory of Hawaii as a site for a National Guard Armory; and

WHEREAS it is deemed advisable and in the public interest that it be restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii, subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth:

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:

Subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, the following-described parcel of land comprising part of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, located on the Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii:

Being a portion of Schofield Barracks Military Reservation (Presidential Executive Order No. 2800 dated February 4, 1918).

Situate at Waianae-Uka, Wahiawa, Oahu, T. H.

Beginning at the southwest corner of this piece of land, on the east side of Kamehameha Highway and on the north side of Land Court Application 1000, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Waipio Uka" being: 11,029.86 feet North and 5,661.83 feet West, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South:

1. 170° 13' 50" 241.64 feet along the east side of Kamehameha Highway;

2. 164° 33' 100.49 feet along same;

3. 170° 13' 50" 170.00 feet along same;

4. 276° 20' 480.00 feet along the remainder of Schofield Barracks Military Reservation (Presidential Executive Order No. 2800 dated February 4, 1918);

5. 249° 06' 44" 314.91 feet along same;

6. 328° 59' 04" 133.90 feet along same;

7. 68° 59' 04" 867.71 feet along Land Court Application 1000 to the point of beginning and containing an area of 5.05 acres, reserving and excepting a perpetual easement for power lines over and under that strip of land described as follows:

Being a strip of land ten (10.00) feet wide, extending five (5.00) feet on each side of the following described center line:

Beginning at the north end of this center line, on the north side of the above described piece of land, the direct azimuth and distance to the end of course 3 of the above described piece of land being: 96° 20' 5.20 feet, and the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Waipio Uka" being: 11,531.82 feet North and 5,753.28 feet West, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South:

1. 350° 13' 50" 168.31 feet;

2. 344° 33' 100.49 feet;

3. 350° 13' 50" 50.25 feet, and containing an area of 0.073 acre.

The Territory of Hawaii shall have the right to relocate the said power line at no cost to the United States of America, provided that such relocation shall be acceptable to the Commanding General, United States Army, Pacific, and that the United States of America shall be furnished a map showing the new location of the power line, whereupon the right-of-way shall be deemed to be reestablished at such new location.

Until and unless otherwise permitted by the Department of the Army, the parcel of land hereinabove described is to be used for National Guard purposes only, and in the event the said land is used for other purposes, in whole or in part, and such other uses shall continue for a period of sixty days after notice to cease and desist therefrom, then the parcel of land hereinabove described shall revert to the jurisdiction and control of the Department of the Army as a part of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 23, 1956.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Executive Order 10665—Restoring Certain Lands of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/234378

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