Pennsylvania Act 1917-13 — ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO ACQUIRE LAND

Act text

ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO ACQUIRE LAND
                  Act of Mar. 30, 1917, P.L. 29, No. 13               Cl. 29
                                  AN ACT

     Giving the consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the
        purchase by the United States of land contiguous to the
        Frankford Arsenal, in Philadelphia County, for arsenal
        purposes, and ceding jurisdiction over said land; and
        providing for the retention of concurrent jurisdiction by the
        Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with the United States, on said
        land, for the service of legal processes thereupon.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the consent of the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby granted to the purchase
     by the government of the United States of certain tracts of
     land, in all approximately twenty-eight acres in extent,
     adjoining the Frankford Arsenal in the city and county of
     Philadelphia, for an addition to the said arsenal for arsenal
     purposes; said tracts of land being more particularly described
     as follows:--
        One of them beginning at a point in the middle of Tacony
     street, corner of land of the Kensington and Tacony Railroad, at
     the distance of two hundred and two feet eight inches northeast
     from the northeast line of Sanger street; thence extending
     southeastwardly along said land, on a line curving toward the
     right, with a radius of fourteen hundred and eighteen feet, a
     distance of one hundred and thirty-two feet and three-eighths of
     an inch to a point; thence, still along said land, the following
     three courses and distances: (1) South, thirty-three degrees
     fifty-eight minutes fifty-seven seconds east, thirteen hundred
     and twenty-seven feet nine and one-fourth inches to a point; (2)
     on a line curving toward the right, with a radius of four
     hundred and sixty-three feet, a distance of four hundred and
     ninety-one feet nine and one-half inches; and (3) south, twenty-
     six degrees fifty-two minutes thirty-three seconds west, three
     hundred and twenty-six feet six inches, to a corner in the lines
     of lands of the said railroad and the United States of America,
     "Frankford Arsenal;" thence, along the said last mentioned land,
     the following three courses and distances: North, thirty-nine
     degrees fifty-seven minutes fifty-seven seconds west, nine
     hundred and six feet and two and three-eighths inches to a
     point; north, twenty-five degrees fifty-two minutes thirty-three
     seconds west, four hundred and eighty-nine feet and eleven and
     seven-eighths inches to a point; and north, twenty-eight degrees
     fifty-nine minutes fifty-seven seconds west, six hundred and
     twenty-five feet eight and one-eighth inches, to the said middle
     line of Tacony street; and thence along the same, north, fifty-
     four degrees twenty-seven minutes three seconds east, four
     hundred and eighty-seven feet and nine inches, to the place of
     beginning,--containing twenty-three acres and seven thousand
     seven hundred and eighty-five ten thousandths of an acre, more
     or less.
        One other of them, beginning at a point on the southeasterly
     line of the said Kensington and Tacony Railroad and a point on
     the southwesterly line of land now or late of Edwin H. Fitler;
     thence, by land of said Edwin H. Fitler, south, thirty-three
     degrees fifty-eight minutes fifty-seven seconds east, one
     hundred and ninety-five feet nine and five-eighths inches to a
     point in the bulkhead line of the river Delaware, approved by
     the War Department of the said United States of America on the
     fourth day of September, 1908; thence, by said line, south,
     thirty-four degrees thirty-eight minutes twenty seconds west,
     five hundred and forty-one feet and one-eighth of an inch, to a
     point; thence, north, eighty-five degrees forty minutes forty-
     one seconds west, forty feet five and seven-eighths inches to a
     point, a corner of land of the said United States of America;
     and thence, north, thirty-nine degrees fifty-seven minutes
     fifty-seven seconds west, sixty-three feet five and one-fourth
     inches, to a point in the said southeasterly line of said
     Kensington and Tacony Railroad; and thence, along the same,
     north, twenty-six degrees fifty-two minutes thirty-three seconds
     east, six hundred and twenty-eight feet ten and seven-eighths
     inches, to the place of beginning,--containing one acre and
     eight thousand six hundred and thirty ten-thousandths of an acre
     of land.
        And the other of them, beginning at a point in said bulkhead
     line first above mentioned and the southwesterly line of land of
     the said Edwin H. Fitler; thence, south, thirty-three degrees
     fifty-eight minutes fifty-seven seconds east, three hundred and
     four feet five and one-eighth inches, to a point in the pierhead
     line approved by the said War Department on the date aforesaid;
     thence, along the same, south, thirty-four degrees four minutes
     forty-four seconds west, two hundred and sixty-two feet nine and
     three-eighths inches, to a point; thence, still along said
     pierhead line, north, eighty-five degrees forty minutes forty-
     one seconds west, three hundred and thirty-one feet four and
     one-fourth inches, to a point in the said bulkhead line; and
     thence, along the same, north, four degrees thirty-eight minutes
     twenty seconds east, five hundred and forty-one feet and one-
     eighth of an inch, to the place of beginning,--containing two
     acres and six thousand two hundred and eighty ten-thousandths of
     an acre, more or less.
        Section 2.  Exclusive jurisdiction over the lands so
     purchased is hereby ceded to the United States by the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and said lands shall be exempt
     from the payment of all taxes, State and local: Provided, That
     the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall retain a concurrent
     jurisdiction with the United States over the lands so acquired
     by the United States, for the purpose of serving all civil
     processes: And provided further, That such criminal processes as
     may issue under the authority of the Commonwealth, against any
     person or persons charged with crimes committed without the area
     so acquired, may be executed therein, in the same manner as
     though this cession had not been granted.