Cession of jurisdiction — Certain property in Fort Smith

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  1. (a) The jurisdiction of the state within and over block number five hundred fourteen (514), in the military reservation addition to the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, as it is marked and designated by the field notes on file in the mayor's office and known as part of the abandoned military reservation at Fort Smith, donated to the city by the United States by 23 Stat. 19, Ch. 43, is ceded to the United States, so far as the limits of the block shall extend and no further.

  2. (b) The jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas is ceded to the United States over the block of ground situated between Rogers and Parker Avenues and Second and Third Streets, as it is marked and described on the map and plat of the reserve addition to the City of Fort Smith. The ground is a rectangular block three hundred feet (300') by two hundred ninety feet, two and three-quarter inches (290' 2¾"), upon which block is located the public buildings known as the United States Jail and Hospital, which block of ground and buildings situated thereon belong to the United States.

  3. (c) The jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas is ceded to the United States over the national cemetery and one hundred feet (100') around the walls of the cemetery, the cemetery being reserved as the property of the United States by 23 Stat. 19, Ch. 43, all of the land being under enclosure.


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