Pennsylvania Act 1943-251 — 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. 565, No. 251              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 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, known as the United
        States Naval Air Station, Hatboro, Willow Grove,
        Pennsylvania, 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 Horsham Township,
     Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, known as the United States
     Naval Air Station, Hatboro, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, bounded
     and described as follows:
        Beginning at a point in the center line of Maple Avenue (33
     ft. wide) at its intersection with the center line of Easton
     Road (50 ft. wide), thence along the center line of Maple
     Avenue, the two following courses and distances, to wit: South
     41 degrees 55' 30" West 1027.84 feet to a point, and South 41
     degrees 43' 30" West 1393.94 feet to an iron pin set in the
     center line of Horsham Road (50 ft. wide); thence along the
     center line of Horsham Road aforesaid, the three following
     courses and distances, to wit: North 46 degrees 59' 30" West
     2235 feet to a point, North 47 degrees 57' 30" West 1866.68 feet
     to a point, and North 47 degrees 54' West 1204.43 feet to a
     point in the center line of Privet Road (33 ft. wide), thence
     along the center line of the same, North 41 degrees 42' East
     4715.59 feet to a point in the center line of Davis Grove Road
     (33 ft. wide), also known as Governors Road, thence in or near
     the center line of Privet Road, North 41 degrees 51' East
     3201.21 feet to a point set in the center line of Easton Road
     aforesaid, thence along the center line of the same, the three
     following courses and distances, to wit: South 7 degrees 19'
     West 2398.78 feet to a point, South 3 degrees 15' East 2293.74
     feet to a point, and South 8 degrees 7' East 49.75 feet to a
     point in line of land of Pitcairn Aircraft, Inc., thence along
     said land and Davis Grove Road aforesaid in a line to the
     Northeast of the Southwesterly side line of said road the two
     following courses and distances, to wit: North 45 degrees 24'
     West 716.35 feet, and North 44 degrees 54' West 8.14 feet,
     thence crossing the Southwesterly side line of Davis Grove Road
     and along the line of land of the said Pitciarn Aircraft Inc.,
     the two following courses and distances, to wit: South 8 degrees
     11' East 1420.88 feet, and North 81 degrees 59' East 437.13 feet
     to a point in the center line of Easton Road aforesaid, thence
     along the center line of the same the two following courses and
     distances, to wit: South 8 degrees 7' East 1077.05 feet, and
     South 8 degrees 11' East 1071.77 feet to the place of beginning,
     containing 576.734 acres, more or less.
        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 the 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.