 In a lease agreement with the city of Hobbs, signed on 4 February 1942, the city was responsible for acquiring "either through voluntary purchase or condemnation" the required for the airfield as well as 12 to for a radio communications installation, adjacent to the airfield for an ordnance installation, land for a sewage disposal system, and land for a rail spur.The city would lease these lands to the government for $1.00 a year with a 25-year renewal option.In April 1942 the city of Hobbs passed a $26,000 bond issue for land acquisition along the west side of the Hobbs-Lovington Highway, comprising the ranches of the Caudill and Huston families.