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Public Act 0070 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 098-0070

SB0030 Enrolled LRB098 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.

Effective Date: 7/15/2013

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