Pennsylvania Act 1945-58 — CONSENTING TO THE ACQUISITION OF LAND BY THE UNITED STATES

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CONSENTING TO THE ACQUISITION OF LAND BY THE UNITED STATES
                  Act of Apr. 4, 1945, P.L. 129, No. 58               Cl. 29
                                  AN ACT

     Giving the consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the
        acquisition by the United States of America of approximately
        two thousand four hundred acres of land in the County of
        Mercer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for use in connection
        with Camp Reynolds, 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 Mercer County,
     Pennsylvania, for use in connection with a military reservation
     officially designated Camp Reynolds, containing two thousand
     four hundred thirty-four and fifty-three one hundredths
     (2434.53) acres, more or less, bounded and described as follows:
        Beginning at the intersection of the center line of State
     Route 18 with the South R/W line of the Erie R.R., thence along
     the Southerly R/W line of said R.R. N. 48  08' E. 907.5 feet to
     a point, thence, S. 0  39' W. 27.1 feet to a point, thence, N.
     48  08' E. 1166.9 feet to a point in the center of the Hamburg
     Road, thence, along the center line of said road N. 27  06' W.
     20.7 feet to a point, thence leaving said road and continuing
     along the Southerly R/W line of the Erie R.R. N. 48  08' E.
     454.4 feet to a point, being the beginning of a curve to the
     left, thence Northeasterly 751.1 feet along the arc of a curve
     to the left with a radius of 2897.93 feet to the point of
     tangency, thence leaving the Southerly R/W line of the Erie R.
     R. S. 88  49' E. 603.7 feet to an angle point, thence S. 7  44'
     W. 1125.1 feet to a point, thence S. 15  34' E. 188.1 feet to a
     point, thence S. 27  07' E. 338.8 feet to a point, thence S. 21
     53' E. 222.7 feet to a point, thence S. 0  37' W. 755.2 feet to
     a point, thence S. 0  32' E. 541.0 feet to a point in the center
     of the Orangeville-Kiddmill road, thence along the center line
     of said road N. 88  32' W. 418.1 feet to a point, thence S. 31
     09' E. 27.7 feet to a point at the intersection of the Hamburg
     Road and the Orangeville Kiddmill Road, thence along the center
     line of the Hamburg Road S. 31  44' E. 754.5 feet to a point,
     thence S. 31  40' E. 1010.1 feet to a point, thence leaving said
     road S. 89  33' E. 1031.7 feet to an angle point, thence N. 0
     26' W. 1296.0 feet to a point on the Southwesterly bank of the
     Shenango River, thence crossing said river N. 10  27' E. 342.9
     feet to a point, thence S. 89  18' E. 541.2 feet to a point,
     thence S. 1  03' E. 588.4 feet to a point, thence S. 24  04' E.
     759.0 feet, thence S. 15  37' E. 342.3 feet to a point, thence
     S. 7  15' E. 332.0 feet to a point, thence S. 57  34' E. 639.3
     feet to a point, thence crossing the Shenango River S. 0  05' E.
     187.7 feet to a point on the Southerly bank of said river,
     thence in a southeasterly direction meandering along the
     Southwesterly bank of the Shenango River 9093 feet, more or
     less, to a point, thence leaving the bank of said river N. 89
     47' W. 2286 feet, more or less, to a point, thence S. 15  50' W.
     819.4 feet to a point in the Hamburg Road, thence along the
     center of said road S. 47  23' E. 936.8 feet to a point, thence
     leaving said road S. 70  52' W. 768.7 feet to a point, thence S.
     0  34' E. 3702.7 feet to an angle point, thence S. 89  19' W.
     617.8 feet to an angle point, thence S. 0  12' E. 1331.7 feet to
     a point, thence S. 0  19' E. 1359.5 feet to a point, thence S. 0
     37' E. 1346.5 feet to an angle point, thence N. 89  41' W.
     1641.3 feet to a point, thence S. 0  19' W. 534.6 feet to a
     point in the center of a road, thence, along the center line of
     said road N. 61  34' W. 1133.9 feet to a point in the
     intersection of Hamburg Road, thence, along the center line of
     said road N. 0  20' W. 1310.8 feet to a point, thence N. 0  14'
     W. 1338.6 feet to a point, thence N. 0  12' W. 1342.3 feet to a
     point, thence leaving said road S. 89  46' W. 3885.8 feet to a
     point, thence due west 1092.2 feet to a point in the center of
     State Route 18, thence along the center line of State Route 18
     N. 7  22' W. 3323.6 feet to a point marking the beginning of a
     curve to the right, thence Northeasterly 1339.9 feet along the
     arc of said curve to the right with a radius of 2292.0 feet to a
     point of tangency, thence N. 26  07' E. 707.1 feet to the point
     of beginning of a curve to the left, thence northwesterly 748.5
     feet, along the arc of said curve to the left, with a radius of
     1910.08 feet to a point of tangency, thence N. 3  40' E. 1481.9
     feet to the point of beginning of a curve to the left, thence
     Northeasterly 335.7 feet along the arc of said curve to the
     left, with a radius of 5729.65 feet to a point of tangency,
     thence N. 0  19' E. 4000.7 feet to the point of beginning,
     containing 2434.53 acres, more or less.
        Section 2.  Exclusive jurisdiction in and over the aforesaid
     land 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, to
     be used by the United States for military and other public
     purposes, with the exception of roads abutting on said lands
     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 land 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.