The secretary of administration of Kansas is hereby authorized to sell in the manner hereinafter provided, to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad company, a Delaware corporation, a tract of land owned by the state of Kansas and now being held for the use of the state industrial school for boys, the legal description of which tract is as follows:

Part of the northeast quarter of section 13, township 11 south, range 15 east, Shawnee county, Kansas, described as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of said northeast quarter; thence south 88 degrees 49 minutes, 26 seconds west, along the north line of said northeast quarter, a distance of 1211.71 feet to the east right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad; thence south 19 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds east, along the east right-of-way line of said railroad, a distance of 375.67 feet to the south right-of-way line of the Soldier creek diversion project and the point of beginning; thence south 82 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds east, along the south right-of-way line of the Soldier creek diversion project, a distance of 83.79 feet; thence south 19 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds east, parallel to and 150 feet from the center line of the main track of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, a distance of 1232.37 feet; thence southeasterly 150 feet from and parallel to the center line of said main track, and on a curve to the left that has a radius of 5579.58 feet and a chord that bears south 19 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds east, an arc distance of 115.93 feet to the north line of the south 60 acres of said northeast quarter; thence south 88 degrees 43 minutes 34 seconds west, along the north line of the south 60 acres of said northeast quarter, a distance of 79.25 feet to the east right-of-way line of said railroad; thence northwesterly along the east right-of-way line of said railroad and on a curve to the right that has a radius of 5654.58 feet and a chord that bears north 19 degrees 31 minutes 20 seconds west, an arc distance of 91.72 feet; thence north 19 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds west, parallel to and 75 feet from the center line of said main tract and along the east right-of-way line of said railroad a distance of 1269.73 feet to the point of beginning. This tract contains 2.333 acres, more or less.