Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-01

AN ACT to cede to the United States juris.
diction over certain territory in the city
of st. Paul, Minnesota, and granting the
consent of the Legislature to the purchase
of the same by the United States as pro.
vided by section three hundred and fifty
five of the revised statutes of the United
States.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Sec. l. That the consent of the Legis-
lature of the State of Minnesota be and
hereby is granted to the United States, to
purchase and hold in this State for the
purpose of erecting building thereon, to
be used as depot for supplies for she
army or other purposes. The following
described tracts and parcels of land, to-wit:
Commencing at the southwest corner Of lot
number four, in block number thirty-one,
of st. Paul proper, thence running north
erly along the west line of said lot four one
hundred and seven thirty-one ono hund-
redths, (31-100) feet to an alley, then ut
right angles easterly along the southerly
line of said alley to the essterly line Of
said lot four; thence southerly along said
east line of said lot four to the southeast
corner of said lot four; thence westerly
along the northerly line of Second street
to the place of beginning, all being q part
of lot four in block thirty-one of the orig
inal town of st. Paul as surveyed by Ira
Brunson; also lot number three in said
block number thirty one of st. Paul proper
according to the recorded plat thereof on
file in the Office of the register of deeds of
said county of Ramsey; said lands being
situated in said county of Ramsey, Mime
sofa, and Jurisdiction over the same is
hereby ceded to the United States from
and after such date as the title thereto
shall have been vested in the United States.
Sec. 2. The secretary of state shall with
in one month after the title to said land
is vested in the United States cause a map
of the same to be made showing definitely
the boundaries thereof and shall file the
same in his office and make proper rec
ord thereof
Sec. 3. From the cession of jurisdiction
to the United States hereby granted the
following reservation is hereby made, to-
wit: The State of Minnesota shall have
and hereby does reserve and retain con-
current Jurisdiction with the United States
in and over the territory aforesaid so far
as may be necessary for said State and its
officers to serve any process or paper, civil
or criminal that may be lawfully issued
under the authority of said State or of
any of the departments of the govern
ment thereof, and to arrest on said terri
tory and punish any person or persons
charged with crime against the laws of
said State, whether committed within or
without the boundaries of said territory, in
the same manner and to the same extent
as though said cession of jurisdiction had
not been made.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved February Goth, A. D., 1888.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, }
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
hereby certify that L have carefully
compared the foregoing with the original
on file i'll this department, and that it is a
true and correct copy thereof, and of the
whole of the same.
~ Witness my hand and the
{ GREAT Great Seal of the State this
SEAL. 9th day of February, A. d
49, 1888.
FRED Won BAUMBACH,
Secretary of State