Illinois § 1

Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 1, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 1.

The State of Illinois hereby accepts retrocession of legislative jurisdiction over the following described land: That part of Lots 3, 4, and 5 of Charles Boesche's Division of part of the West half of the Southeast quarter of Section 32, Township 41 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois; also that part of the East half of the Southeast quarter of Section 32, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Higgins Road with the West line of the East 1100 feet of that part of the Southeast quarter of said Section 32 lying South of said centerline of Higgins Road, and North of a line drawn West, perpendicular to the East line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 32, from a point 220 feet South of the intersection of said East line with the aforementioned centerline of Higgins Road; thence South along said West line of the East 1100 feet of that point of the Southeast quarter of Section 32 to a point distant 56.00 feet Southerly, as measured radially from said centerline of Higgins Road; thence Northwesterly concentric with said centerline of Higgins Road, a distance of 63.31 feet to a point; thence Northerly in a straight line forming an angle of 90 degrees to the right from a tangent to the last described course, a distance of 6.00 feet to a point, distant 50.00 feet Southerly, as measured radially from said centerline of Higgins Road; thence Northwesterly concentric with said centerline of Higgins Road, a distance of 140.5 feet to a point on the West line of the East half of the Southeast quarter of said Section 32, distant 50.00 feet Southerly, as measured radially from said centerline of Higgins Road; thence Northwesterly in a straight line, a distance of 799.42 feet to a point of curvature, distant 50.00 feet Southerly, measured at right angles from said centerline of Higgins Road; thence Northwesterly along a curved line concave to the Northeast, having a radius of 691.30 feet and a central angle of 21 55'30", a distance of 264.54 feet to a point on said centerline of Higgins Road; thence Southeasterly along said centerline of Higgins Road, a distance of 1286.44 feet to the point of beginning, except that part previously dedicated or now being used for Higgins Road, comprising 18,861 square feet and containing 0.433 acres, more or less. (Source: P.A. 78-1134.)

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