Executive Order 9771—Transferring the Use, Possession, and Control of Certain Lands to the Tennessee Valley Authority

WHEREAS certain lands in Washington County, Tennessee, were transferred to the United States by the act of July 3, 193, 46 Stat. 1016 (38 U.S.C. 11 (b)); and WHEREAS the said lands are under the control and jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration pursuant to Executive Order No. 5398 of July 21, 1930; and WHEREAS the use, possession, and control of a tract of 7.33 acres of the said lands, together with such interest as the United States may have in the north half of the U.S. Highway 11E adjoining the said tract of the south, are desired by the Tennessee Valley Authority for its purposes as stated in the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 63); and WHEREAS the Veterans' Administration has no further need for the 7.33 acres desired by the Tennessee Valley Authority; NO, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by section 7 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, 48 Stat. 63 (16 U.S.C. 831 f (b)), it is ordered that the use, possession, and control of the following-described tract of land, together with such interest as the United States may have in the north half of U.S. Highway 11E adjoining the said tract on the south, be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Tennessee Valley Authority: A tract of land located in the Ninth Civil District of Washington County, Tennessee, on the north side of U.S. Highway 11E, approximately 1 mile west of the corporate boundary of Johnson City, Tennessee, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on a fence line at the intersection of the north right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 11 E with the west boundary of the land of the United States of America; From the initial point, by metes and bounds: N. 1°E., 1157.0 feet, with the fence line and the west boundary of the land of the United States of America, to a fence corner at the northwest corner of the land of the United States of America; S. 86°23' E., 287.7 feet, with a fence line and the north boundary of the land of the United States of America, to a point: 2. 1° 45' W., 1063.3 feet to a point on the north right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 11E; S. 75°24' W. 299.6 feet, with the highway right-of-way line, to the point of beginning. The tract as described contains 7.33 acres. The bearings given in the above description are based on Magnet North. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, August 24, 1946