Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
WHEREAS certain lands at Waianae Kai, District of Waianae, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, which form a part of the public lands ceded and transferred to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii under the joint resolution of annexation of July 7, 1898, 30 Stat. 750, were withdrawn and set aside for military purposes by Executive Order No. 2900 of July 2, 1918, as amended by Executive Orders No. 5414 of July 31, 1930, No. 7010 of April 10, 1935, and No. 8109 of May 3, 1939; and WHEREAS the hereinafter-described parcels of such land are no longer fully 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, subject to the condition hereinafter set out: 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: Subject to the condition stated in the last paragraph of this order, the following-described parcels of land comprising portions of the Waianae-Kai Military Reservation, located at Waianae-Kai, District of Waianae, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, are hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii. PARCEL I Being the same property described as Tract No. 2 in Executive Order No. 8109 of May 3, 1939. Beginning at concrete monument No. 1, marking the north corner of this tract, the coordinates of which, referred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey triangulation station "Paheehee New," are 1,817.65 feet south and 7,059.74 feet west, thence from said point of beginning by azimuths (measured clockwise from true south) and distances as follows: 338° 38' 40", 154.10 feet, along Lot W, Land Court Application 1102 (amended), to concrete monument No. 2; 338° 38' 40", 35.00 feet, along said Lot W, and along the 25-foot right-of-way owned by the Territory of Hawaii, to high water line; Southwesterly and northeasterly, 1,500 feet, more or less, along said high water line around Kaneilio Point, to the point of beginning, inshore traverse around said point between said concrete monuments Nos. 2 and 1. is described as follows: 63° 43' 00", 137.00 feet, to station 3, marked by a small cross on coral; 64° 24' 40", 228.57 feet, to station 4, marked by a small cross on coral; 94° 17' 20", 134.00 feet, to station 5, marked by a small cross on coral; 168° 37' 30", 121.08 feet, to station 8, marked by a small cross on coral; 213° 01' 50", 179.26 feet, to station 7, marked by a small cross on coral; 254° 48' 30", 233.46 feet, to station 8, marked by a small cross on coral; 280° 06' 10", 36.39 feet, to concrete monument No. 1. The tract as described contains an area of 2.95 acres. PARCEL II Being the same property described as Tract No. 3 in Executive Order No. 8109 of May 3, 1939. Beginning at concrete monument No. 1, marking the southwest corner of this tract, the coordinates of which, referred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey triangulation station "Paheehee New," are 1,454.24 feet south and 6,879.59 feet west, thence from said point of beginning by azimuths (measured clockwise from true south) and distances as follows: Northerly and westerly, along high water line to the boundary of Lot G, Land Court Application 1102 (amended), inshore traverse between the point of beginning and concrete monument No. 9 being described as follows: 225°,6' 40", 105.3 feet, to station No. 14, marked by a small cross on coral; 265° 04' 20", 112.67 feet, to station No. 18, marked by a small cross on coral; 188° 32' 40", 141.88 feet, to station No. 12, marked by a small cross on coral: 276° 06' 00". 117.55 feet, to station No. 11, marked by a small cross on coral; 193° 06' 20", 62.50 feet, to station No. 10, marked by II. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey plate; 183° 33' 40", 734.30 feet, to concrete monument No. 9. Thence From said high water line on the boundary, of Lot 0: 248° 53' 40", 82.0 feet, along said lot 0, to said concrete monument No. 9; 248° 53' 40", 64.97 feet, along the same, to concrete monument No. 8; 338° 40' 20", 27.40 feet, along the same, to concrete monument No. 7; On a curve to the right, along the former Oahu Railway and Land Company's 40-foot right-of-way, with a radius of 2,733.38 feet, 305.13 feet along the curve, the chord of which bears 355° 09' 15", 304.70 feet, to concrete monument No. 6; On a curve to the right along the same, with a radius of 1,272.81 feet, 259.69 feet, along the curve, the chord of which bears 4° 11' 50", 259.24 feet, to concrete monument No. 5A; 7° 43' 00", 144.64 feet, along Depot Lot, to concrete monument No. 5; 35° 00' 20", 360.07 feet, along the same, to concrete monument No. 4; 342° 00' 20", 218.21 feet, along the same, to concrete monument No. 3; 74° 08' 40", 129.55 feet, along territorial land to concrete monument No. 2; 143° 49' 00", 297.58 feet, along Lot W, Land Court Application 1102 (amended), to the point of beginning. The tract as described contains an area of 4.31 acres, There is hereby reserved to the United States the right of ingress, egress, and regress over and upon the said tracts of land for armed-forces maneuver purposes. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, November 16, 1956.