Pennsylvania Act 1941-26 — CONVEYING LAND TO THE UNITED STATES

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CONVEYING LAND TO THE UNITED STATES
                   Act of May 19, 1941, P.L. 45, No. 26               Cl. 29
                                  AN ACT

     For conveyance to the United States of America of title in and
        to certain land comprising the Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania,
        Quarantine Station property, and ceding to the United States
        jurisdiction over said land.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The Secretary of Property and Supplies, with the
     approval of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is
     hereby authorized to convey as a donation to the United States
     of America title to the land and buildings on the Delaware River
     below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which comprise the Marcus
     Hook, Pennsylvania, Quarantine Station property and which is now
     leased to the United States by the Department of Property and
     Supplies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at a rental of one
     dollar ($1.00) per annum.
        The description of the property to be conveyed and
     jurisdiction ceded to the United States of America shall be such
     as the proper officials of the Commonwealth and the United
     States Government may agree upon.
        Section 2.  The Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     is authorized to furnish the Attorney General of the United
     States, without cost to the United States, such evidences of a
     valid title to the aforesaid land as may be necessary to permit
     the said Attorney General to approve said title.
        Section 3.  The consent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     is hereby given 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 the
     aforesaid land, and exclusive jurisdiction in and over the
     aforesaid land when acquired by the United States is hereby
     ceded to the United States for all purposes except the service
     thereon of all civil and criminal processes of the courts of
     this Commonwealth, but the jurisdiction so ceded shall continue
     no longer than the said United States shall own such lands, and
     so long as the said lands shall remain the property of the
     United States, and no longer, the same shall be and continue
     exempt and exonerated from all State, county and municipal
     assessment, taxation or other charges which may be levied or
     imposed under the authority of this Commonwealth.
        Section 4.  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith
     are hereby repealed.
        Section 5.  The provisions of this act shall become effective
     immediately upon final enactment.