Executive Order 10526—Transferring Certain Lands in Mississippi From the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Army

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 32 of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525; 7 U.S.C. 1011), and as President of the United States, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered as follows:

Subject to valid existing rights, the following-described lands, acquired and administered under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, are hereby transferred, together with any improvements thereon, to the Department of the Army for use, administration, and disposition in connection with the Grenada Dam and Reservoir Project, Mississippi:

A strip of land of varying width and one parcel of land lying and being situated in sections 25, 35, and 36, Township 24 North, Range 5 East, and in sections 2 and 3, Township 23 North, Range 5 East, Yalobusha Land Utilization Project, MS-LU-21, in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, more particularly described in four parts as follows:

PART 1B

A strip of land on each side of a center line being described as: Beginning at Station 227+44 on the north boundary of the SW 1/4 of section 25, from which point the interior quarter section corner bears East, 217 feet distant, the north boundary of the SW y4 being the north boundary of the strip of land herein described, and also being the southerly line of the property conveyed by Ed. Berry, et al. to the Chicago, St. Louis, and New Orleans Railroad Company, by deed dated May 22, 1948, run thence 50 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 30°23' W., to Station 252+00; thence 75 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 30°23' W., to Station 259+00; thence 50 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 30°23' W., to Station 289+11 on the south boundary of the NE 1/4 of section 35, from which point the southeast corner of the NE 1/4 bears East, 781 feet distant, the said south boundary being the south boundary of the strip of land herein described; containing 14.98 acres, more or less.

PART 2B

A strip of land on each side of a center line being described as: Beginning at Station 299+15 on the east boundary of the NW /1/4 SE 1/4 of section 35, from which point the southeast corner of the NW 1/4 SE1/4 bears south, 498 feet distant, the said east boundary being the east boundary of the strip of land herein described, run thence 75 feet on each side of the said center line with a 1°00' curve to the right, said curve being subtended by a chord that bears S. 42°15' W., to Station 305+83 on the south boundary of the NW 1/4 SE1/4, from which point the southeast corner of the NW 1/4 SE1/4 bears East, 438 feet distant, the said south boundary being the south boundary of the strip of land herein described; containing 2.30 acres, More or lest'.

PART 3B

A strip of land on each side of a center line being described as: Beginning at Station 317+34 on the east boundary of the SW 1/4 of section 35, from which point the southeast corner of the SW 1/4 bears south, 549 feet distant, the said east boundary being the east boundary of the strip of land herein described, run thence 75 feet on each side of the said center line with a 1°00' curve to the right to Station 327+00; thence continuing with said curve 150 feet to the north and 75 feet to the south to Station 328+50 on the south boundary of section 35, the said curve being subtended by a chord that bears S. 62°41' W., the south boundary of section 35 being the south boundary of the strip of land herein described; containing 4.43 acres, more or less.

PART 4.13

(1) A strip of land on each side of a center line being described as: Beginning at Station 331+90 on the east boundary of the W1/4NW1/4 of section 2, from which point the northwest corner of section 2 bears N. 84°05' W., 1,330 feet distant, the said east boundary being the east boundary of the strip of land herein described, run thence 150 feet to the north of and 200 feet to the south of the said center line along a 1'00' curve to the right to a P. T. at Station 335+45.06, the said curve being subtended by a chord that bears S. 72°27' W.; thence 160 feet to the north and 200 feet to the south of the said center line, S. 74°13' W., to Station 336+00; thence 200 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 74°13' W., to Station 340+00; thence 200 feet to the north and 116 feet to the south of the said center line, S. 74°13' W., to Station 342+00; thence 200 feet to the north of and 100 feet to the south of the said center line, S. 74°13' W., to Station 344+00; thence 100 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 74°13' W., to Station 350+00; thence 160 feet to the north of and 125 feet to the south of the said center line, S. 74°13' W., to Station 357+00; thence 75 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 74°13' W., to Station 371+00; thence 100 feet on each side of the said center line, S. 74°13' W., to Station 401+84 on the west boundary of the NW 1/4 of section 3, from which point the southwest corner of the NW 1/4 bears south, 750 feet distant, the said section line being the west boundary of the strip of land herein described; containing 35.75 acres, more or less. (2) A tract or parcel of land comprising that part of the NW 1/4 of section 3, Township 23 North, Range 5 East, Talobusha County, Mississippi, described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the NW 1/4 of section 3, run thence with the west boundary of section 3, north, 580 feet to the south right-of-way limits of the Illinois Central Railroad; run thence with said south right-of-way limits, N. 74°13' E; 2805 feet, to a point located on the east boundary of said NW 1/4 of section 3; run thence with said east boundary, south, 1380 feet, to the southeast corner of said NW 1/4 of section 3; run thence with the south boundary of said NW 1/4 of section 3, West, 2710 feet, to the point of beginning; containing 61.0 acres, more or less.

The above-described lands aggregate approximately 118.44 acres.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 17, 1954.