Illinois § 5
Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 5, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5.
Cession of concurrent jurisdiction. The State of Illinois hereby cedes to the United States concurrent jurisdiction in and over the following land comprising the site of the United States Penitentiary, Thomson, described as follows: A part of the southeast quarter and southwest quarter of section 13 and part of the northeast quarter and northwest quarter of section 24 all in township 23 north range 3 east of the fourth principal meridian Carroll County, Illinois. More particularly described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of the southwest quarter of said section 13 as the point of beginning of the tract to be described: from the point of beginning. Thence North 01�08'51" west, (bearings are for descriptive purposes only) along the west line of said southwest quarter of section 13, a distance of 942.27 feet; thence north 87�45'03" east, a distance of 2,733.29 feet to the westerly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; thence south 06�34'13" east along said westerly right-of-way line, a distance of 1,916.34 feet; thence south 87�47'21" west, a distance of 348.55 feet; thence south 02�14'57" east, a distance of 380.05 feet to a point on the south line of the north half of the northwest quarter of section 24; thence south 87�45'03" west along said south line of the north half of the northwest quarter of section 24, a distance of 2,589.84 feet to the southwest corner of the north half of the northwest quarter of section 24; thence north 00�26'24" west, along the west line of the north half of the northwest quarter of said section 24, a distance of 1,349.28 feet to the point of beginning, in Carroll County, Illinois. Containing 146.541 acres. (Source: P.A. 98-70, eff. 7-15-13.)
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Section 5 is part of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, the codified statutory law of Illinois. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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