Pennsylvania Act 1943-234 — ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO ACQUIRE LAND

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ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO ACQUIRE LAND
                  Act of May 21, 1943, P.L. 530, No. 234              Cl. 29
                                  AN ACT

     Giving the consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the
        acquisition, by the United States of America, of a tract of
        land in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, known as the Marietta
        Holding and Reconsignment Point, and ceding jurisdiction to
        the United States.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     is hereby granted, in accordance with the seventeenth clause,
     eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the
     United States, to the acquisition, by the United States of
     America, of a certain tract of land in East Donegal Township,
     Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, known as the Marietta Holding
     and Reconsignment Point, bounded and described as follows:
        Beginning at a point West of the Borough of Marietta, East
     Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, said point
     being located N.22 55' E., 50 feet from a stone in the line of
     land of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and the land of M. R.
     Hoffman, Jr.; thence:
        S.65 16' E., 685.35' to the Southeasterly corner of M. R.
     Hoffman, Jr., property; thence: Along the Easterly line of M. R.
     Hoffman, Jr., property the following courses and distances: N.
     15 12' E., 215.62' to a point, thence, N.8 18' E., 529.44' to a
     point, thence, N.18 57'30" E., 1,672.86' to a point, thence,
     N.76 2'30" W., 979.44' by lands of M. R. Hoffman, Jr., and M. R.
     Hoffman, Sr., to a point in the center line of Vinegar Valley
     Road; thence:
        Continuing along the center line of said Vinegar Valley Road,
     N.29 19'30" E., 62.22' to a point; thence: Leaving said road and
     continuing along the Southerly line of M. R. Hoffman, Sr.,
     property, and the Norman Moyer property, S.76 02'30" E.,
     4,852.94', to a monument at a corner of said last mentioned
     property; thence: By land of Norman Moyer property and in the
     center line of a public road, N.27 33'30" E., 1,287.06'--to a
     point, at an angle in said public road; thence: Continuing along
     the center line of said public road by land of other owners, S.
     79 29'30" E., 1,238.8' to its intersection with the Westerly
     line of Earl Ney property; thence:
        Leaving said public road and continuing along the Westerly
     line and the Easterly line of said Earl Ney property the
     following two courses and distances: S.26 34' W., 1,358.29' to a
     monument, thence, S.78 14'30" E., 2,424.39' to corner of lands
     owned by Edward L. Balmer and Isaac Eshelman; thence:
        Continuing along the Southerly line of Isaac Eshelman
     property, S.78 14'30" E., 537.73' to a point; thence: N.11
     45'30" E., 10.0' to the point curvature; thence: Along the arc
     of a curve to the left with a radius of 119.55' and distance of
     171.56' to a point; thence: N.68 11'30" E., 23.5' to its
     intersection with the Southeasterly R/W line of Route No. 280;
     thence:
        Continuing along said Southeasterly R/W line of State Highway
     Route No. 280 S.21 48'30" E., 383.03' to a point; thence: S.00
     11'30" E., 105.0' to a point; thence: Leaving said State Highway
     Route No. 280 and following lands of Gilliland Laboratories,
     Inc., N.89 48'30" W., 23.5' to a point of curvature; thence:
     Along the arc of a reverse curve to the left with a radius of
     222.31' a distance of 217.76' to a corner of lands owned by
     Gilliland Laboratories, Inc., and Isaac Eshelman; thence:
        Continuing along the Northerly line of said Isaac Eshelman
     property on a reversed curve to the left with a radius 222.31' a
     distance of 129.72' to a point; thence: N.11 45'30" E., 10.0' to
     a point; thence: N.78 14'30" W., 600.27' to its intersection
     with the Westerly line of Edward L. Balmer property; thence:
     Continuing along the Edward L. Balmer property the following
     calls and distances S.25 42'30" W., 2,200.00' more or less to
     its intersection with the Southerly R/W line of State Highway
     No. 441; thence:
        Along the South R/W line of former State Highway No. 441 to
     its intersection with the South R/W line of United States
     Street; thence: Southwesterly along said South R/W line of
     United States Street to its intersection with the Westerly R/W
     line of Morris Street; thence: Along said Westerly R/W line, S.
     00 50' W., 330.00' more or less to its intersection with the
     Northerly R/W line of the Columbia Branch of the P.R.R. Co.;
     thence: S.77 49' E. and crossing Morris Street to a point in the
     Easterly R/W line of Morris Street; thence: Along the Easterly
     R/W line of said Morris Street N.00 50' E., 152.96' to its
     intersection with the Southerly R/W line of an unnamed alley;
     thence: Along a line S.89 10' E., 665.0' to its intersection
     with the Westerly R/W line of a 20' alley; thence: Along the
     Westerly R/W line of said 20' alley S.00 50' W., 201.57' to its
     intersection with the Northerly R/W line of the Columbia Branch
     of the P.R.R. Co.; thence:
        Continuing along the Northerly R/W line of said railroad S.
     89 10' E., 680.0' to its intersection with the Westerly R/W line
     of Decatur Street; thence: Along the Westerly R/W line of said
     Decatur Street S.00 50' W. to its intersection with the
     Southerly R/W line of the said railroad; thence: Along the
     Southerly R/W line of the said railroad the following calls and
     distances: N.89 10' W., 680.0' to a point of curvature; thence:
     Along the arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 764.49' a
     distance of 200.0' to a point; thence: S.15 51' W. 22.0' to a
     point; thence N.78 53' W., 469.03' to a point; thence: N.77 49'
     W., 270.0' to a point; thence: N.00 50' E., 79.71' to a point
     with its intersection of an unnamed alley; thence:
        Along the Southerly R/W line of said alley a distance of 40'
     to a point; thence: S.00 50' W., 71.68' to a point; thence: N.77
     49 W., 260.0' to a monument; thence: N.24 27'30" E., 70.0' more
     or less to a point; thence: N.77 49' W. a distance of 260.0' to
     a point; thence: N.24 27'30" E., 40.0' more or less to its
     intersection with the Northerly R/W line of the Columbia Branch
     of the P.R.R. Co.; thence:
        Continuing along the Northerly R/W line of said Columbia
     Branch the following calls and distances: N.77 49' W., 980.75'
     to a point; thence: N.73 02' W., 473.22' to a point; thence:
     N.16 58' E., 30.0' to a point; thence: N.73 02' W., 750.0' to a
     point; thence: N.77 07'30" W., 700.0' to a point; thence: N.73
     02' W., 1,547.52' to its intersection with the center line of
     Vinegar Valley Road; thence:
        Along the center line of said Vinegar Valley Road N.29 12'
     W., 30.70' to a point; thence: S.73 02' E., 854.80' to a point;
     thence: N.22 55' E. a distance of 20.0' to the point of
     beginning, containing 505.87 acres.
        Section 2.  Exclusive jurisdiction in and over the aforesaid
     lands is hereby ceded to the United States of America by the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the erection of forts,
     magazines, arsenals, dock yards, and other needful buildings,
     with the exception of roads abutting on said lands to be used by
     the United States for military and other public purposes, which
     are not already under the jurisdiction of the United States.
        Section 3.  The jurisdiction so ceded to the United States of
     America is granted upon the express condition that the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall retain concurrent
     jurisdiction with the United States in and over the lands and
     buildings aforesaid, in so far that civil process in all cases,
     and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against anyone charged with
     crime committed outside said land, may be executed thereon in
     the same manner as if this jurisdiction had not been ceded. The
     United States shall retain such jurisdiction so long as the said
     land shall be used for the purposes for which jurisdiction is
     ceded and no longer.
        Section 4.  The jurisdiction so ceded to the United States
     shall be upon the further condition that the Commonwealth
     reserves to itself and its political subdivisions whatever power
     of taxation it may constitutionally reserve, to levy and collect
     all taxes now or hereafter imposed by the Commonwealth and its
     political subdivisions upon property, persons and franchises
     within the boundaries so ceded.
        Section 5.  This act shall become effective immediately upon
     its final enactment.