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Public Act 91-0087

HB2775 Enrolled                               LRB9101347DJcdA

    AN ACT in relation to the transfer of real property.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The Director of Natural Resources, on behalf
of the State  of  Illinois,  is  authorized  to  execute  and
deliver  to  The  Cedar  Grove  Church,  of  the  Village  of
Buncombe,  County  of  Johnson, State of Illinois, for and in
consideration of  $50  paid  to  the  Department  of  Natural
Resources,  a Quit Claim Deed to the following described real
property:
    The South 70.00 feet  of  the  West  50.00  feet  of  the
    Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 31,
    Township  11  South,  Range 2 East of the Third Principal
    Meridian, Johnson County,  Illinois,  as  said  Southwest
    Quarter  of  the Northeast Quarter was surveyed by Edward
    J.  Reeder,  I.P.L.S.  No.  2546  during  the  months  of
    February through May of 1997.

    Section 10. The Director of Natural Resources, on  behalf
of  the  State of Illinois, is authorized to exchange certain
real property in Cass County, Illinois, hereinafter  referred
to  as  Parcel 1, for certain real property of equal value in
Cass County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to as  Parcel  2,
such Parcels being described as follows:

    PARCEL 1
    A  part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter
    of  Section  2,  lying  Northerly  and  Westerly  of  the
    right-of-way of the proposed relocation of Gridley  Road,
    containing  1.5 acres, more or less, and that part of the
    Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section  3,
    lying   within  the  fenced  boundary  of  Garner  Chapel
    Cemetery, all in Township 17 North, Range 9 West  of  the
    Third  Principal Meridian, a more accurate description to
    be made by Survey.

    PARCEL 2
    One (1) acre in the Northwest  corner  of  the  Northwest
    Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 2, heretofore
    conveyed  to  the  Trustees  of Garner Chapel by Warranty
    Deed dated February 13, 1889 and recorded March 21,  1890
    in  Volume 52 of Deeds at page 119, in Township 17 North,
    Range 9 West of the Third Principal Meridian.

    Section 11. Whereas, the transaction described in Section
10 will be to the mutual advantages  of  both  parties,  each
party  shall  be  responsible  for  any  and  all title costs
associated with their respective properties.

    Section 12.  The  Director  of  Natural  Resources  shall
obtain an opinion of title from the Illinois Attorney General
certifying   that   the   State   of  Illinois  will  receive
merchantable title to the real property referred to as Parcel
2 in Section 10.

    Section 15. The Director of Natural Resources, on  behalf
of  the  State of Illinois, is authorized to exchange certain
real  property  in  McHenry  County,  Illinois,   hereinafter
referred  to  as Parcel 1, for certain real property of equal
or greater value in  McHenry  County,  Illinois,  hereinafter
referred  to  as  Parcel  2,  such Parcels being described as
follows:

    PARCEL 1
    9.56 acres, more or less, off of the  North  end  of  the
    following described tract: The West Half of the Southeast
    Quarter  of  Section  5;  (EXCEPTING  that  part  thereof
    conveyed by Warranty Deed from Walter L. Krepel and Agnes
    M.  Krepel,  his  wife,  to Alfred F. Krepel, a bachelor,
    dated April  2,  1958  and  recorded  April  7,  1958  as
    Document  No.  336612, described as follows: That part of
    the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast  Quarter  of  said
    Section   5,  described  as  follows:  Beginning  at  the
    Northeast corner of the said  Northwest  Quarter  of  the
    said  Southeast  Quarter;  thence  West on the North line
    thereof, 387.20 feet; thence South parallel to  the  East
    line  thereof, 450 feet; thence East parallel to the said
    North line, 387.20 feet to a point in the said East  line
    thereof; thence North on said East line, 450 feet, to the
    place  of  beginning), in Township 44 North, Range 9 East
    of the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  in  McHenry  County,
    Illinois, a more detailed legal description to be made by
    an  accurate Land Survey, the cost thereof to be payed by
    the owner of Parcel 2.

    PARCEL 2
    The Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section
    S, EXCEPT the West 230 feet of the  North  550  feet  and
    ALSO EXCEPT the West 320.00 feet of the North 396.12 feet
    of said Section 5, all in Township 44 North, Range 9 East
    of the Third Principal Meridian.

    ALSO,
    The  West 230 feet of the North 550 feet of the Northeast
    Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 5,  EXCEPTING
    any  part  falling  in  the following described land: The
    West 320.00 feet of the North 396.12 feet of said Section
    5, all in Township 44 North, Range 9 East  of  the  Third
    Principal Meridian.
    All situated in McHenry County, Illinois.

    Section 16. Whereas, the transaction described in Section
15  will  be  to  the mutual advantages of both parties, each
party shall be  responsible  for  any  and  all  title  costs
associated with their respective properties.

    Section  17.  The conveyance of Parcel 1 as authorized by
Section 15 shall be made  subject  to:  (1)  existing  public
utilities,   existing   public   roads   and   any   and  all
reservations,   easements,   encumbrances,   covenants    and
restrictions   of  record;  (2)  a  perpetual,  nonexclusive,
unobstructed easement,  40  feet  in  uniform  width,  to  be
reserved  by  the  State  of  Illinois, Department of Natural
Resources, for ingress and egress to and from adjoining  land
retained, owned or hereafter acquired by said Department, on,
over  and  across Parcel 1, a more detailed legal description
to be made by an accurate Land Survey, the cost thereof to be
payed by the owner of Parcel 2; and (3) the express condition
that if said real property  ceases  to  be  used  for  public
purposes it shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department
of Natural Resources.

    Section  18.  The  Director  of the Department of Natural
Resources shall obtain an opinion of title from the  Illinois
Attorney  General  certifying that the State of Illinois will
receive merchantable title to the real property  referred  to
as Parcel 2 in Section 15.

    Section  20. The Director of Natural Resources, on behalf
of the State  of  Illinois,  is  authorized  to  execute  and
deliver   to  the  appropriate  public  road  authorities  or
districts of the County of Cass, State of Illinois,  for  and
in  consideration  of  $1  paid  to the Department of Natural
Resources and other good and valuable consideration, a  grant
of  right-of-way  for  public  road purposes, subject to such
conditions as may be determined by the Department, on,  over,
and across the following described real property:
    Lands  owned  by  the  People  of  the State of Illinois,
    managed  and  operated  by  the  Department  of   Natural
    Resources, comprising what is commonly known as Site "M",
    and  being situated in Township 17 North, Range 9 West of
    the Third Principal Meridian, Township 17 North, Range  8
    West  of the Third Principal Meridian, Township 18 North,
    Range 9 West of the Third Principal Meridian, Township 18
    North, Range 8 West of the Third Principal Meridian,  and
    Township  19  North,  Range 9 West of the Third Principal
    Meridian, Cass County, Illinois.

    Section 25.  The  Director  of  Natural  Resources  shall
obtain   a  certified  copy  of  the  portions  of  this  Act
containing the title,  the  enacting  clause,  the  effective
date,   the   appropriate   Sections   containing   the  land
descriptions of property to be transferred, and this  Section
within  60  days  after  this  Act's effective date and, upon
receipt of payment  required  by  the  appropriate  Sections,
shall  record the certified document in the Recorder's office
in the county in which the land is located.

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
becoming law.

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