An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain lands which are a part of the Des Plaines Public Hunting and Refuge Area and the Joliet Arsenal Military Reservation, located in Will County, Illinois, to the State of Illinois
PL 86-611 (S.747), enacted 07/12/1960

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(2) the term "participating foreign countries" means those 
foreign countries which cooperate with the United States in car-
rying out the purposes of this section. 
OTHER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 6. Nothing in this joint resolution shall be construed to repeal 
or restrict authority vested in the President, the Secretary of State, 
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Surgeon Gen-
eral of the Public Health Service, or any other officer or agency of 
the United States by any other provision of law. 
Approved July 12, 1960. 
Public Law 86-611 
AN ACT 
July 12, 1960 
To provide for the conveyance of certain lands which are a part of the Des 
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Plaines Public Hunting and Refuge Area and the Joliet Arsenal Military 
Reservation, located in Will County, Illinois, to the State of Illinois. 
Des Plaines Pub-
lic H u n t i n g and 
Land c o nv e y-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) subject 
to the provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, and Refuge Arearm 
section 3, the Administrator of General Services is authorized and 
directed to convey, by quitclaim deed, to the State of Illinois, for 
wildlife conservation or recreational purposes, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the following described lands, 
together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in 
Will County, Illinois: 
All that part of fractional sections 29, 32 and 33, township 34 north, 
range 9, east of the third principal meridian, in Will County, Illinois, 
described as follows: Beginning at a point of intersection of the west 
line of Route 66 (Federal Aid Route 77), as monumented and fenced 
and a line 1,000 feet south of and parallel to the north line of said sec-
tion 33 (said point of intersection is 167.4 feet west of the east line of 
said section 33); thence south 885 feet; thence south 4 degrees 1 minute 
10 seconds west 2,961.68 feet; thence south 00 degrees 15 minutes 20 
seconds west 416.81 feet; thence south 1 degree 2 minutes 40 seconds 
west 33.42 feet to the south line of said section 33, all of the above 
dimensions taken on the westerly line of said Route 66 as monumented 
and fenced (said last point is 352.7 feet west of the southeast corner 
of said section 33); thence west along the south line of said section 33 
and fractional section 32,10,082.43 feet to the southwest corner of said 
fractional section 32; thence northerly along the west line of said frac-
tional section 32, 4,486 feet more or less to the southeasterly edge of 
the Des Plaines River; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly 
edge of said river to a point on a line described as follows: (Beginning 
at a point of intersection of the west line of Route 66 and a line 1,000 
feet south of the north line of said section 33; thence westerly along a 
line 1,000 feet south of and parallel to the north line of said section 
33 and fractional section 32, 5,300 feet; thence northwesterly along a 
line forming an angle of 115 degrees with said parallel line from east 
around north to northwest 4,800 feet more or less, to the southeasterly 
edge of the Des Plaines River); thence southeasterly along the previ-
ously described line 4,800 feet to a point on a line 1,000 feet south of 
and parallel to the north line of said section 33 and fractional section 
32, said point being 5,300 feet west of the west line of said Route 66; 
thence easterly along a line 1,000 feet south of and parallel to the north 
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line of section 33,5,300 feet to the place of beginning (excepting there-
from those portions lying along said river as deeded to the State of 
Illinois and recorded in the recorder's office as document numbered 
414965, book 691, page 31; document numbered 414965, book 691, page 
34, and document numbered 414965, book 691, page 35; also excepting 
those portions deeded to John Flom and recorded in the recorder's 
office as document numbered 458161, book 759, page 38; also excepting 
that portion deeded to Three Rivers Yacht Club and recorded in the 
recorder's office as document numbered 695487, book 129, page 625; also 
excepting therefrom that portion deeded to Robert Berglund and 
Hugh Black and recorded m the recorder's office as document num-
bered 846871, book 1698, page 303; also excepting that portion in-
cluded within the lines measured 100 feet outward from the existing 
high bank on both sides of Grant Creek Cutoff and Grant Creek) con-
taining 946 acres, more or less. 
(b) The conveyance authorized to be made pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this section shall be conditional upon the payment by the State 
of Illinois to the Administrator of General Services as consideration 
for such conveyance of the sum of $286,638. 
(c) The land authorized to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) 
of this section shall be conveyed subject to such easements for railroad 
rights-of-way as shall, in the determination of the Administrator of 
General Services, be necessary or appropriate to provide railroad 
service for the purchasers of adjoining tracts of land from the United 
States. 
(d) The instrument of conveyance authorized by this section shall 
expressly require (1) that in the event tlie property conveyed by such 
instrument ceases to be used for wildlife conservation or recreational 
purposes, all right, title, and interest therein shall immediately revert 
to the United States to be held in the same manner as it was held 
prior to such conveyance; and (2) that all oil, gas, and mineral rights 
m the property conveyed shall be reserved to the United States. 
(e) The property authorized to be conveyed pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this Act has been declared to be surplus to the needs of the 
United States. 
SEC. 2. (a) Subject to tlie acquisition by the State of Illinois of the 
property described in the first section of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Army is authorized and directed, notwithstanding the provisions of 
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gectiou 2662 of title 10 of the United States Code, to convey, by quit-
claim deed, without consideration, to the State of Illinois, for wildlife 
conservation or recreational purposes, all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to an area of approximately 1,230 acres of 
land now or formerly part of Joliet Arsenal, Will County, Illinois, 
lying generally along the southwestern boundary of the arsenal 
between the Kankakee River and the Chicago and Alton Railroad, 
comprised of approximately 317 acres of land previously reported by 
the Department of the Army to the Administrator of General Services 
for transfer or disposal as excess real property and approximately 
913 acres of adjacent land determined by the Secretary of the Arm^ 
to be available for nonmilitary purposes. 
(b) The instrument of conveyance authorized by this section shall 
(1) reserve to the United States all oil, gas, and mineral rights in the 
property; (2) reserve such improvements, rights-of-way, easements, 
and other interests as the Secretary of the Army determines should 
be retained in the public interest; and (3) contain provisions expressly 
requiring that (A) in the event the property conveyed by such instru-
ment ceases to be used for wildlife conservation or recreational pur-
poses, all right, title, and interest therein shall immediately revert to 
the United States to be held in the same manner as it was held prior 
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to such conveyance, and (B) whenever the Congress of the United 
States declares a state of war or other national emergency, or the 
President declares a state of emergency, and upon the determination 
by the Secretary of Defense that the property conveyed under this 
section is useful or necessary for military, air, or naval purposes, or 
in the interest of national defense, the United States shall nave the 
right, without obligation to make payment of any kind, to reenter 
upon the property and use the same or any part thereof, including all 
buildings and improvements thereon, for a period not to exceed the 
duration of such state of war or national emergency plus six months, 
and upon the termination of such use by the United States, the prop-
erty shall be returned to the State of Illinois, together with all build-
ings and improvements thereon. 
SEC. 3. The authority contained in this Act shall expire one year 
from the date of enactment of this Act if the State of Illinois has not, 
during such one year period, made commitments, satisfactory to the 
Administrator of General Services, with respect to the acquisition by 
such State of the property authorized to be conveyed under the first 
section of this Act. 
Approved July 12, 1960. 
Public Law 86-612 
AN A C T 
July 12, i960 
rs 15021 
To provide for adjustments in the annuities under the Foreign Service 
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retirement .and disability system. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) the ^^^"[^^j^^^^^'"""' 
annuity of each person heretofore or hereafter retired who, on or 
before June 30, 1962, is receiving or entitled to receive an annuity 
from the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund shall be 
increased by 10 per centum. 
(b) The annuity of each widow survivor annuitant who, on or 
before June 30,1962, is receiving a survivor annuity from the Foreign 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund is hereby increased by 10 
per centum, or so much in excess thereof as will enable any such widow 
to receive a minimum annuity of $2,400 per annum. 
(c) No increase provided by this section shall be computed on any 
additional annuity purchased with voluntary contributions pursuant 
to the provisions of section 881 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as ^0 f
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amended. 
(d) The increases provided by this section shall take effect on the 
first day of the first month which begins more than thirty days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, or on the commencing date of the 
annuity, whichever is later. 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 5 of Public Law 503, Eighty-fourth Congress, 
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is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 5. In any case where a participant under the Foreign Service 
Retirement and Disability System died before August 29, 1954, leav-
ing a widow who is not entitled to receive an annuity under the System 
and who is not receiving benefits as a widow under the Federal 
Employees' Compensation Act, the Secretary of State is authorized 
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and directed to grant such widow an annuity of $2,400 per annum." 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the Effective date, 
first day of the first month which begins more than thirty days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved July 12, 1960.