(615 ILCS 100/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1351)
Sec. 1.
For and on behalf of the State of Illinois, the Department of Public
Works and Buildings shall have the power to
acquire by donation, the title to the following land:
Beginning at a point thirty-six (36) rods east and fifty-six (56) rods
north of the south-west corner in Section one (1), Township forty-four
(44), Range eight (8) east of the Third Principal Meridian in McHenry
County, Illinois, four (4) rods from high water mark on the west bank of
Fox River, and marked by a stake 52 links north, 25° west of a willow tree
12 inches in diameter; thence south 23° east, fourteen (14) rods; thence
south 19° east, eleven (11) rods; thence south 3° west, thirty-five (35)
rods to a stake about three rods south of section line; thence east four
(4) rods to the river bank; thence following the bank of river to a point
four (4) rods east of place of beginning; thence west to place of
beginning; the same containing one and one-half acres;
Also, a strip of land on the west bank of Fox River four (4) rods by
sixty (60) rods long, in Sections one (1) and twelve (12), to begin at the
outlet of the stream or creek that discharges its water from the north part
of the land in Section one (1) to Fox River, Township forty-four (44),
Range eight (8) east of the Third Principal Meridian;
Also, commencing in the center of the river, 390 feet south of the north
line of the south-east quarter (S. E. 1/4) of the north-west quarter (N. W.
1/4) of Section No. twelve (12), Township No. forty-four (44) north, Range
No. eight (8) east of the Third Principal Meridian; thence in a
south-easterly direction in the center of the river, 100 feet; thence west
to the river bank and highwater mark of said river; thence west, 100 feet;
thence in a north-westerly direction, following and parallel to and keeping
100 feet from the highwater mark of said river, 100 feet; thence east to
the place of beginning; all of said land being situated in the town of
Nunda, county of McHenry and State of Illinois:
The title to said land shall be taken in the name of the People of the
State of Illinois and the deed or deeds conveying such property shall be
deposited in the office of the Secretary of State.
The land so acquired shall be reserved for the purpose of maintaining
thereon the dam, boat lock and fishway now situated thereon.
(Source: Laws 1923, p. 63.)
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