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Public Act 92-0150

SB1166 Enrolled                               LRB9207862MWtmA

    AN ACT concerning real estate.

    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
Savanna Army Depot Retrocession Law.

    Section 5.  Authorization to accept retrocession.
    (a)  Under  the provisions of Section 2683 of Title 10 of
the United States Code,  the  State  of  Illinois  authorizes
acceptance of retrocession by the United States of America of
concurrent  legislative jurisdiction over lands consisting of
the U.S. Army Depot Activity Savanna Military Reservation, Jo
Daviess County  and  Carroll  County,  Illinois,  being  more
particularly described as follows:
    Situate  in  the State of Illinois, Jo Daviess County and
    Carroll County, in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12
    of Township 25 north, Range 2 east and sections  18,  19,
    20,  28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 of Township 26 north,
    Range 2 east and Sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,  13,
    14,  15,  16,  21,  22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35, and 36 of
    Township 26  north,  Range  1  east,  and  section  6  of
    Township  25  north,  Range  3  east,  all  of the Fourth
    Principal Meridian, and more  particularly  described  as
    follows.
    Beginning  at  a concrete monument at the intersection of
    the east bank of the Mississippi River and the north line
    of section 5, Township 26 north,  Range  1  east;  thence
    with said north line
    Easterly  3,141  feet  to  a  buggy axle at the northeast
    corner of section  5;  thence  with  the  north  line  of
    section 4
    Easterly  2,640  feet  to  a 2 inch shafting at the north
    quarter corner of Section 4; thence
    Easterly  1,002  feet  to  a  monument  on  the  westerly
    right-of-way line of the  Burlington  Northern  Santa  Fe
    Railroad;   thence   crossing   section   4   with   said
    right-of-way line as it generally follows a southeasterly
    direction
    Southeasterly  2,335  feet, more or less, to point on the
    west line of Section 3, said point  being  located  South
    1,588 feet from the northwest corner of section 3; thence
    crossing a portion of section 3
    Southeasterly  2,845 feet, more or less, to a monument on
    the boundary of the village of Blanding; thence with  the
    common  boundary  of the U.S. Army Depot Activity Savanna
    and village of Blanding
    South 43°  50' West 372 feet to a monument
    South 46°  10' East 131 feet to a monument
    North 60°  30'  East  387  feet  to  a  monument  on  said
    westerly  railroad  right-of-way  line;  thence  crossing
    section  3  with  said  right-of-way line as it generally
    follows a southeasterly direction
    Southeasterly 2,430 feet, more or less to a point on  the
    north  line  of Section 10, said point being located West
    1,332 feet from a monument at  the  northeast  corner  of
    Section  10;  thence crossing Section 10 and a portion of
    Section 11
    Southeasterly 5,010 feet, more or less, to a monument  on
    the north and south quarter line through Section 11, said
    point  being located North 3,102 feet from a stone on the
    south line of Section 11; thence crossing Section 11
    Southeasterly 3,000 feet, more or less, to a monument  on
    the  east line of Section 11, said monument being located
    North 2,277  feet  from  the  southeast  corner  of  said
    Section 11; thence crossing Section 12
    Southeasterly 3,880 feet, more or less, to a point on the
    north  line  of Section 13, said point being located East
    393 feet from a stone at  the  north  quarter  corner  of
    Section  13;  thence crossing Section 13 and a portion of
    Section 18
    Southeasterly 3,950 feet, more or less, to a monument  on
    the east and west quarter line in Section 18, Township 26
    north, Range 2 east, said monument being located East 452
    feet  from  a stone at the west quarter corner of Section
    18; thence crossing Section 18
    Southeasterly 3,585 feet, more or less, to a monument  on
    the north line of Section 19, said monument being located
    West  2 feet from the north quarter corner of Section 19;
    thence crossing Section 19
    Southeasterly 4,320 feet, more or less, to a monument  on
    the west line of Section 20; thence crossing Section 20
    Southeasterly  2,787 feet, more or less, to a monument on
    the north line of Section 29; thence crossing Sections 29
    and 28
    Southeasterly 7,180 feet, more or less, to a point on the
    north line of Section 33, said point being located  North
    86°   45'  East  731.3  feet from a stone at the northwest
    corner of  Section  33;  thence  crossing  a  portion  of
    Section 33
    Southeasterly 4,170 feet, more or less, to a point on the
    east  and west quarter line through said Section 33, said
    point being located East 1,141 feet from  the  center  of
    said Section 33; thence crossing Sections 33 and 34
    Southeasterly 4,740 feet, more or less, to a point on the
    north line of Section 3, Township 25 north, Range 2 east;
    thence crossing said right-of-way with said north line of
    Section 3
    Easterly  305  feet  to  a  monument on the north quarter
    corner of Section 3; thence continuing  with  said  north
    line of Section 3



    Easterly 2,678 feet to the northwest corner of Section 2;
    thence with the north line of Section 2
    Easterly  2,181.5 feet to a monument on the westerly bank
    of the Apple River; thence with said westerly bank
    Southerly to a point 100 feet north of  and  parallel  to
    the  east and west quarter line of Section 2; thence with
    a line 100 feet north of and parallel  to  the  east  and
    west quarter line of Section 2
    Easterly  80  feet,  more  or  less,  to  a  point on the
    centerline of the  Apple  River,  said  point  being  the
    northwest  corner of U.S. Tract No. S-10; thence with the
    north boundary of U.S. Tract No. S-10 (north line of  the
    access road to the U.S. Army Depot Activity Savanna)
    Easterly 824.7 feet, more or less, to a point on the west
    line  of Section 1; thence crossing Section 1 with a line
    100 feet north of and  parallel  to  the  east  and  west
    quarter line of Section one
    Easterly  along a line comprising the northern boundaries
    of U.S. Tract Nos. S-7, S-6,  S-5,  S-4,  S-3,  and  S-2,
    respectively,  passing the east line of Section 1, to the
    southwest right-of-way  line  Illinois  Highway  No.  84;
    thence with said right-of-way line
    Southeasterly  115  feet, more or less, to a point on the
    extended  east  and  west  quarter  line  of  Section  1,
    Township  25  north,  Range  2  east;  thence  with  said
    extended line
    Westerly  to  the  east  quarter  corner  of  Section  1,
    Township 25 north, Range 2 east; thence  along  the  east
    and west quarter line of said Section 1
    Westerly  to  a  point at the center of Section 1; thence
    continuing along the said east and west quarter line
    Westerly 1,942.1 feet (passing a point at 1925.4 feet  on
    the centerline of the old access road, hereafter referred
    to as Point "A") to a point on the west right-of-way line
    of  the  old  access road to the U.S. Army Depot Activity
    Savanna; thence with said west right-of-way
    Southwesterly to a point 20 feet south of and parallel to
    the east and west quarter line of Section 1,  said  point
    also  being  the southeast corner of U.S. Tract No. S-9A;
    thence along the south boundary of said  U.S.  Tract  No.
    S-9A
    Westerly to a point on the west line of Section 1, thence
    along  a  line 20.0 south of and parallel to the east and
    west quarter line of Section 2, Township 25 north,  Range
    2 east
    Westerly  855  feet,  more  or  less,  to  a point on the
    westerly bank  of  the  Apple  River;  thence  along  the
    westerly bank of the Apple River
    Southeasterly  to the Mississippi River; thence along the
    meanders of the Mississippi River
    Northwesterly to the Southeast corner of a tract of  land
    transferred  to  Mississippi  Lock  and Dam No.12; thence
    with the common boundary of Lock and Dam No.12  and  said
    Army Depot
    North  73°   05'  East  1,251.4  feet,  more or less, to a
    point; thence
    North 61°  58' East 5,524.0 feet, to a point on the  south
    line  of  Section  4,  Township  26  north, Range 1 east;
    thence with said south line
    North 88°  53' East 333.3 feet to the southwest corner  of
    Section 3; thence with the south line of Section 3
    South 88°  40' East 780.6 feet; thence
    North  28°   29' West 1,466.1 feet to a point on the north
    line of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of
    said Section 3; thence along said north line
    North 88°  21' West 75.0 feet to the northwest  corner  of
    the  southwest  quarter  of the southwest quarter of said
    Section 3; thence
    South 46°  48' West 839.1 feet
    South 61°  58' West 5,541.0 feet
    South 73°  05' West 1287.6 feet,  more  or  less,  to  the
    Mississippi  River;  thence  with  the  meanders  of  the
    Mississippi River
    Northwesterly  to  the  point  of beginning, inclusive of
    Apple River island in Section 10 and  11,  sand  bars  in
    Sections  3,  4, and 5, all in Township 25 north, Range 2
    east, Island No. 9 in  Section  31,  Township  26  north,
    Range 2 east, and in Section 25, Township 26 north, Range
    1  east,  Island No. 7 in Sections 25 and 26, Township 26
    north, Range 1 east, and Section 31, Township  26  North,
    Range  2  east, Island No. 4 in Section 22 and 27; Island
    No. 2 in Section 8, 9  and  16;  and  Island  No.  1,  in
    Section  5;  all  in  Township  26  north,  Range 1 east,
    excepting that portion of the  railroad  right-of-way  in
    Sections  2,  3, and 11, Township 25 north, Range 2 east,
    and also the following, lying 15 feet on  both  sides  of
    the following described centerline:
    Beginning  at the aforesaid Point "A" said point being on
    the centerline of a strip  of  land  30  feet  in  width,
    thence  with  said centerline and an angle of 116°  07' to
    the right with said east and west quarter line of Section
    1
    Southwesterly 387.8 feet; thence with a deflection  angle
    to the right of 04° 
    Southwesterly 190 feet; thence with a deflection angle to
    the right of 37° 
    Southwesterly 145 feet; thence with a deflection angle to
    the right of 20°  47'
    Westerly 371.6 feet, more or less, to a point on the east
    line of Section 2, Township 25 north, Range 2 east, being
    located  South  591  feet from the west quarter corner of
    said Section 2; thence with an angle to the left  of  94° 
    33' with said west line of Section 2
    Westerly  578.4  feet  to  a point on the centerline of a
    strip of land 100 feet in width, lying 50  feet  on  both
    sides  of the following described centerline; thence with
    a deflection angle to the right of 12°  34'
    Westerly 499.3 feet to the east bank of the Apple  River,
    containing  a total of 13,060.94 acres, more or less, for
    all of the above described lands.
    Further, the State of Illinois  accepts  retrocession  of
and  authorizes  acceptance  of  retrocession  of  concurrent
legislative  jurisdiction  over  all those lands owned by the
United States that may  subsequently  be  identified  by  the
Department  of  the  Army  as  part  of  the  U.S. Army Depot
Activity Savanna Military Reservation, Jo Davies  County  and
Carroll  County,  Illinois,  although not included within the
legal description contained in this subsection, to the extent
concurrent jurisdiction has not previously been retroceded to
the State of Illinois. Any additional  land  over  which  the
State  accepts  retrocession of concurrent jurisdiction shall
be identified in a notice filed by the Governor  as  provided
in subsection (d).
    (b) Pursuant to concurrent legislative jurisdiction, both
State  and  federal  laws  are  applicable.  Since most major
crimes violate both federal and State laws, both  may  punish
an  offender for an offense committed in the area.  The State
of  Illinois,  subject  to  the  exemption  of  the   federal
government,  has  the right to tax.  The regulatory powers of
the State of Illinois may be exercised in the area,  but  not
in  such  a  manner  as  to interfere with federal functions.
Persons residing on the  area  under  concurrent  legislative
jurisdiction  are  ensured important rights and privileges of
citizenship, such as the right to  vote  and  access  to  the
Illinois courts.
    (c)  Subject  to  subsection  (b),  the State of Illinois
accepts cession of concurrent legislative  jurisdiction  from
the United States.
    (d)  The  Governor of the State of Illinois is authorized
to  accept  the  retrocession   of   concurrent   legislative
jurisdiction  over  the  subject  lands by filing a notice of
acceptance with the Illinois Secretary of State.
    (e) Upon transfer by deed of the subject  lands,  or  any
portion  thereof,  by  the  United  States  of  America,  the
concurrent  jurisdiction  retained by the United States shall
expire as to the particular property transferred.

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
becoming law.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 08, 2001.
    Approved July 24, 2001.

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