Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
WHEREAS certain lands In Waianae-Uka, District of Walanae; and Waik.ak.alaua, District of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, which form a part of the public lands ceded and transferred to the United State3 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, and No. 9995 of September 2, 1948; and WHEREAS the hereinafter-described parcels of such lands are no longer needed for military purposes, and it is deemed advisable and in the public interest that they 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 parcels of land comprising parts of the Schofleld Barracks Military Reservation, located on the Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, are hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii: PARCEL NO. I Beginning at United States Military Reservation Monument No. 39 (Kokoloea Trlangulatlon Station) at the east corner of this piece of land, on the northwest side of Wlllklna Drive, the coordinates of the said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Trlangulatlon Station "Walplo-Dka" being 14,466.43 feet North and 10,630.87 feet West, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South: 1. First on a curve to the right with a radius of 1780.73 feet across Wlllklna Drive (Parcel XVII, Presidential Executive Order No. 9995, dated September 2, 1948). the chord azimuth and distance being 25° 53' 42" 5.91 feet; 2. 72° 49' 26" 147.61 feet along Wlllklna Drive (Part b-b, Presidential Executive Order No. 2800, dated February 4, 1918); 3. 129° 24' 02" 646.09 feet along Kaukonahua Road (Part b-a. Presidential Executive Order No. 2800, dated February 4, 1918); 4. Thence on a curve to the left with a radius of 1405.78 feet along the southerly side of Kaukonahua Road (Parcel XVITJ, Presidential Executive Order No. 9995, dated September 2, 1948), the chord azimuth and distance being 286° 35' 04" 84.09 feet; 6. 299° 26' 20" 556.90 feet along Lot 1-A of Orant 4616 to Mrs. Mary E. Clark, along land deeded to E. D. Tenney Trustees by the Territory of Hawaii, deed dated May 3, 1907, and recorded in Liber 291, Pages 336-338, to the point of beginning; containing an area of 40,701 square feet or 0.934 acre. PARCEL NO. II Beginning at the northwest corner of this piece of land, on the northeasterly side of Kaukonahua Road and on the southerly side of Orant 4623 to L. O. Kellogg, the coordinates of the said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Trlangulatlon Station "Walplo-TJka" being 16,497.94 feet North and 13,274.06 feet West, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South: 1. 285° 30' 15" 105.39 feet along Grant 4623 to L. G. Kellogg; 2. 29° 00' 43.66 feet along the remainder of Schofleld Barracks Military Reservation (Presidential Executive Order No. 2800, dated February 4, 1918); 3. 129° 32' 20" 104.24 feet along the northeasterly side of Kaukonahua Road to the point of beginning; containing an area of 2,237 square feet or 0.051 acre. PARCEL NO. III Beginning at the west corner of this piece of land, on the easterly side of SchofleldWahlawa Cut-off, the coordinates of the said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Trlangulatlon Station "Walplo-Uka" being 18,655.30 feet North and 14,272.89 feet West, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South: 1. 261° 09' 40" 297.48 feet along Schofleld-Wahlawa Cut-off, along Grant 4623 to L. G. Kellogg to United States Military Reservation Monument No. 33; 2. 354° 22' 30" 529.20 feet along Grant 4623 to L. G Kellogg to United States Military Reservation Monument No. 34; 3. 358 ° 07' 15" 453.76 feet along the same; 4. 76° 56' 20" 140.19 feet along Parcel XXX of Presidential Executive Order No. 9995, dated September 2, 1948; 5. 166° 66' 20" 991.80 feet along the easterly side of Schofleld-Wahiawa Cut-off to the point of beginning; containing an area of 222,948 square feet or 5.118 acres. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, May 18, 1953.