Public Act 098-0070
 
SB0030 EnrolledLRB098 02636 JDS 32641 b


  
    AN ACT concerning government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
Thomson United States Penitentiary Cession Act.
 
    Section 5. Cession of concurrent jurisdiction. The State of 
Illinois hereby cedes to the United States concurrent 
jurisdiction in and over the following land comprising the site 
of the United States Penitentiary, Thomson, described as 
follows:
 
    A part of the southeast quarter and southwest quarter of 
    section 13 and part of the northeast quarter and northwest 
    quarter of section 24 all in township 23 north range 3 east 
    of the fourth principal meridian Carroll County, Illinois. 
    More particularly described as follows: Commencing at the 
    southwest corner of the southwest quarter of said section 
    13 as the point of beginning of the tract to be described: 
    from the point of beginning. Thence North 01°08'51" west, 
    (bearings are for descriptive purposes only) along the west 
    line of said southwest quarter of section 13, a distance of 
    942.27 feet; thence north 87°45'03" east, a distance of 
    2,733.29 feet to the westerly right-of-way line of the 
    Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; thence south 
    06°34'13" east along said westerly right-of-way line, a 
    distance of 1,916.34 feet; thence south 87°47'21" west, a 
    distance of 348.55 feet; thence south 02°14'57" east, a 
    distance of 380.05 feet to a point on the south line of the 
    north half of the northwest quarter of section 24; thence 
    south 87°45'03" west along said south line of the north 
    half of the northwest quarter of section 24, a distance of 
    2,589.84 feet to the southwest corner of the north half of 
    the northwest quarter of section 24; thence north 00°26'24" 
    west, along the west line of the north half of the 
    northwest quarter of said section 24, a distance of 
    1,349.28 feet to the point of beginning, in Carroll County, 
    Illinois. Containing 146.541 acres.
 
    Section 10. Acceptance. Cession shall be effective upon the 
filing of an acceptance by the United States with the Governor 
of the State of Illinois in accordance with the requirements of 
40 U.S.C. 3112. Federal jurisdiction shall end whenever the 
United States shall cease to own, lease, or use for national 
purposes the lands or improvements thereon.
 
    Section 15. Retention of jurisdiction. Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to deprive the State of Illinois of any of 
its jurisdiction over the above described lands.
  
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.