PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 653-OCT. 10 , 1949 Grant to Eastern Band of Cherokee In- dians. boundary line south thirty-nine degrees forty-two and one-half min- utes east two hundred ninety and eighty-three one-hundredths feet to a two-inch iron pipe; thence south thirty-nine degrees thirty-four minutes east six hundred ninety-five and sixty-three one-hundredths feet to a cross mark cut on a rock, said cross mark being transit point numbered 71 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, section 2-Y, boundary line; thence with said Parkway boundary: South seventy-two degrees twenty-seven minutes west nine hundred twelve and eighty-five one-hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 70; south seventy-three degrees twenty-seven and one-half minutes west one hundred ninety-nine and fifty-seven one- hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 69; north seventy-two degrees seven and one-half minutes west three hundred forty-four and seventy-one one -hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 68; north sixty-five degrees forty-three minutes west six hundred forty-seven and seventy-one one-hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 67; south eighty-four degrees twenty- seven and one-half minutes west one hundred thirty and sixteen one- hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 66; north eighty-one degrees five minutes west two hundred seventy-eight and two one-hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 65; north fifty-seven degrees one-half minute west thirty-eight and sixty- eight one-hundredths feet to the point of beginning, and containing thirty-eight and forty-five one-hundredths acres, more or less, and lying entirely within Haywood County. In exchange for the lands so granted to the United States, there is hereby granted to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians the beneficial interest in the following-described lands of approximately equal value, which lands shall hereafter be excluded from the Blue Ridge Parkway: TRACT NUMBERED 1-BUNCHES GAP Beginning at an iron rod, transit point numbered 43 on the Blue Ridge Parkway boundary line, section 2-Y, said point being further described as being located approximately six hundred and fifty feet northwest from Bunches Gap and approximately one hundred and thirty feet north of the Indian Service Road; running thence the fol- lowing courses and distances, to wit: South eighty-five degrees forty-four and one-half minutes east one thousand four hundred seventy-three and seventy-three one-hun- dredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 44; north sixty-four degrees twenty-nine minutes east eight hundred ninety-four and fifty- three one-hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 45; south seventy-one degrees twenty-six and one-half minutes east one thousand fourteen and eighty-nine one-hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 46; north three degrees thirty-two minutes east six hundred ninety-three and ninety-five one-hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 47; north three degrees eleven and one-half minutes west nine hundred seventy-nine and eighty-two one- hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 48; said transit point being located on the boundary line between the Qualla tract of the Cherokee Indian Reservation and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; thence with said boundary line south forty degrees twelve minutes east, one thousand sixty-nine and fifty-three one-hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 49, and there leaving said National Park and Indian Reservation boundary line; thence- South two degrees sixteen and one-half minutes east five hundred and sixty-nine and twenty-three one-hundredths feet to an iron rod, transit point numbered 50; south seventeen degrees seventeen and one- 730 [63 STAT.
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