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58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 669, 670-DEC. 22 , 1944 minutes thirty seconds east measured along property line from iron pin corner numbered 20 and seventy-one and forty one-hundredths feet north one degree forty-two minutes thirty seconds west measured along property line from corner numbered 1; thence south one degree forty-two minutes thirty seconds east on property line and across center line ninety-one and seventy-four one-hundredths feet to a point twenty-five feet southwesterly at right angles from proposed center line of main track; thence north thirty-four degrees forty-four min- utes west parallel with and twenty-five feet from proposed center line of main track and tunnel six hundred and eighty and ninety-eight one-hundredths feet to a point in first above-described property line; thence north three degrees sixteen minutes west on property line ninety-five and seventy-eight one-hundredths feet to point of begin- ning; and containing seventy-eight one hundredths acre, more or less. The said easements are to be used for location of a railroad tunnel under the said Blue Ridge Parkway property near Afton, Virginia, and shall be conveyed subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may deem advisable. No part of the said easements shall be used for any other than rail- road purposes, and in the event of any breach of this restriction, or in the event any part of said easements ceases to be used for railroad purposes, the entire interest herein authorized to be granted shall forthwith revert to the United States of America The United States of America shall have the right to use the said property in any way or manner not inconsistent with or conflicting with the use of the easements for railroad purposes as authorized herein to be granted to said The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com- pany. The Secretary of the Interior shall cause an appraisal to be made of the value of the said easements, including the resulting damage if any, to the residue of the land, which said appraisal, after approval by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be paid in cash by The Chesa- peake and Ohio Railway Company as the consideration for the con- veyance of said easements to it by the United States of America. Approved December 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 670] AN ACT To transfer certain land in Nacogdoches County, Texas, to the United States Forest Service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That upon the written consent of the majority of directors, Texas Rural Communities Corpo- ration, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to convey, grant, transfer, and quitclaim forthwith to the United States, for subsequent administration as a part of the Angelina National Forest and subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto all right, title, claim, interest, equity, and estate in and to the following-described lands administered by the Secretary as trustee, under an agreement of transfer, dated October 31, 1939, with the Texas Rural Communities Corporation and situated in the county of Nacogdoches, State of Texas, together with the improvements thereon and the rights and the appur- tenances thereunto belonging or appertaining, to wit: Two thousand four hundred and ninety-nine acres, more or less, located in Nacogdoches County, Texas, and known as the Nacogdoches farms project of the Farm Security Administration of the War Food Administration, within the United States Department of Agriculture. SEC. 2 . Until such times as the Congress by concurrent resolution, 911 Use for railroad tun- nel. Reversionary provi- sion. Federal right re- served. Consideration for conveyance. December 22, 1944 [(I. R. Ml] _ [Public Law 539] Angelina National Forest, Tex. Transfer of land. Authority of War Food Administrator.