§ 22-7-223 - Concurrent jurisdiction -- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Arkansas Post National Memorial, Buffalo National River, Fort Smith National Historic Site, Pea Ridge Nationa
22-7-223. Concurrent jurisdiction -- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Arkansas Post National Memorial, Buffalo National River, Fort Smith National Historic Site, Pea Ridge National Military Park.
(a) The State of Arkansas accepts relinquishment by the United States to the State of Arkansas of such legislative jurisdiction as will enable the State of Arkansas and its political subdivisions to exercise, concurrently with the United States, law enforcement powers on:
(1) All lands comprising the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Little Rock, situated in Pulaski County and described as follows:
From a corner common to sections 10, 11, 15, and 14, in Township 1 North, Range 12 West; thence, North 0 degrees 55' East, along the section line between sections 10 and 11, a distance of 31.4 feet to the point of beginning, being also the northeasterly corner of the intersection of Roosevelt Road and Cumberland Street, as established by amended plat, dated July, 1906, and recorded in book 81, page 209; thence, North 0 degrees 55' East, and following the easterly line of Cumberland Street, a distance of 164.1 feet to a point; thence, North 88 degrees 44' West, a distance of 186 feet to a point; thence, North 0 degrees 55' East, a distance of 30 feet, to a point on the northerly line of East 25th Street; thence, westerly, along the northerly line of East 25th Street, a distance of 66.1 feet to the southwesterly corner of lot 7, block 2, in subdivision of block 18, Rapley Estate; thence northerly along the westerly lines of lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, block 2 in subdivision of block 18, Rapley Estate and continuing across East 24th Street and along the westerly lines of lots 9 and 10, block 2 in Fulk's Subdivision of lots 14, 15, and 16, Rapley Estate; a distance of 456.2 feet to the northwesterly corner of lot 10, block 2, in Fulk's Subdivision of lots 14, 15, and 16, Rapley Estate; thence easterly along the northerly line of lot 10 and continuing across Cumberland Street and along the northerly line of lot 7, block 3, in Fulk's Subdivision of lots 14, 15, and 16, Rapley Estate, a distance of 360 feet to the northeasterly corner of lot 7, block 3, in Fulk's Subdivision of lots 14, 15, and 16, Rapley Estate; thence southerly, along the easterly lines of lots 7 and 8, block 3, in Fulk's Subdivision of lots 14, 15, and 16, Rapley Estate, and continuing across East 24th Street, a distance of 157 feet to a point in the southerly line of East 24th Street; thence easterly along the southerly line of East 24th Street a distance of 992 feet to a point where the southerly line of East 24th Street intersects the Quapaw Line, being also the northeasterly corner of lot 10, block 4, in Van Frank's Subdivision of Rapley Estate; thence southerly and along the Quapaw Line, a distance of 506.9 feet to a point in the northerly line of Roosevelt Road, being also the southeasterly corner of lot 10, block 3, in Van Frank's Subdivision of Rapley Estate; thence westerly along the northerly line of Roosevelt Road a distance of 1117.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, containing approximately 16 acres, all in the City of Little Rock, County of Pulaski, State of Arkansas.
(2) All lands comprising the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center at North Little Rock, situated in Pulaski County and described as follows:
Parcel 1 being part of the NE, NW, SE, and SW Quarters of Section 28, Township 2 North, Range 12 West, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point which is the northwest corner of the NE Quarter of the SE Quarter of Section 28; thence S 0 degrees 11' 04'' W 981.56 feet; thence S 35 degrees 30' 04'' W 100.22 feet; thence S 57 degrees 23' 21'' W 136.21 feet; thence S 58 degrees 58' 02'' W 121.20 feet; thence S 68 degrees 25' 24'' W 119.38 feet; thence S 72 degrees 27' 14'' W 135.97 feet; thence S 80 degrees 38' 09'' W 113.39 feet; thence S 85 degrees 07' 33'' W 159.12 feet; thence S 87 degrees 13' 04'' W 1264.49 feet; thence N 36 degrees 16' 05'' W 97.55 feet; thence N 0 degrees 35' 35'' 121.44 feet; thence N 30 degrees 54' 05'' W 78.84 feet; thence N 44 degrees 30' 05'' W 170.25 feet; thence N 60 degrees 25' 40'' W 158.23 feet; thence N 31 degrees 27' 30'' W 173.57 feet; thence N 73 degrees 57' 05'' W 107.65 feet; thence N 47 degrees 51' 25'' W 100.35 feet; thence N 32 degrees 17' 55'' W 175.65 feet; thence N 62 degrees 04' 45'' E 769.14 feet; thence N 23 degrees 29' 45'' W 890.84 feet; thence N 23 degrees 04' 05'' W 745.75 feet; thence N 64 degrees 40' 45'' E 947.57 feet; thence N 64 degrees 25' 15'' E 656.26 feet; thence N 80 degrees 21' 41'' E 550.77 feet; thence N 81 degrees 16' 08'' E 744.90 feet; thence S 0 degrees 06' 10'' E 2240.70 feet to the point of beginning.
Parcel 2 being part of the SE Quarter of the SW Quarter of Section 21 and the NE Quarter of the NW Quarter of Section 28, Township 2 North, Range 12 West, more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of the SW Quarter of Section 21; thence N 0 degrees 34' 04'' E 901.45 feet; thence S 89 degrees 29' 00'' E 1958.51 feet; thence S 0 degrees 31' 28'' W 89.58 feet to the point of beginning of the tract of land herein described; thence N 72 degrees 47' 50'' E 84.85 feet; thence S 32 degrees 00' 02'' E 626.46 feet; thence S 58 degrees 00' 46'' W 385.43 feet; thence N 34 degrees 21' 09'' W 184.39 feet; thence S 32 degrees 36' 39'' W 394.91 feet; thence N 54 degrees 30' 01'' W 30.75 feet; thence N 32 degrees 89' 49'' E 406.79 feet; thence N 34 degrees 21' 09'' W 355.17 feet; thence N 43 degrees 13' 24'' E 250.00 feet; thence N 50 degrees 38' 54'' E 86.14 feet to the point of beginning.
Parcel 3, being part of the SW Quarter of Section 28, Township 2 North, Range 12 West, more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner of the NE Quarter of the SE Quarter of Section 28; thence S 88 degrees 36' 09'' E 660.61 feet; thence S 0 degrees 05' 13'' W 942.20 feet; thence S 60 degrees 05' 13'' W 82.80 feet; thence S 44 degrees 53' 13'' W 270.10 feet; thence S 55 degrees 20' 13'' W 211.10 feet; thence N 87 degrees 08' 08'' W 222.13 feet; thence S 0 degrees 0'' 0' 679.57 feet; thence S 83 degrees 44' 50'' W 660.00 feet; thence S 89 degrees 44' 39'' W 878.01 feet to the point of beginning of the tract of land herein described; thence S 10 degrees 31' 08'' W 54.83 feet; thence N 63 degrees 21' 29'' W 86.75 feet; thence N 41 degrees 48' 08'' W 22.56 feet; thence N 86 degrees 24' 20'' W 92.90 feet; thence N 06 degrees 20' 18'' E 175.52 feet; thence S 79 degrees 28' 52'' E 211.18 feet; thence S 10 degrees 31' 08'' W 146.31 feet to the point of beginning.
(3) All lands comprising the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Fayetteville, situated in Washington County and described as follows:
A part of the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of Section 9 T-16-N, R-30-W, and a part of the W1/2 of the NW1/4 of Section 10, T-16-N, R-30-W of the 5th Principal Meridian, beginning at a point on the West line of the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 9 which is N 0 degrees 13' W 755.25 feet from the SW corner of the 40 Acre tract, thence N with the West line 1124.74', thence East 1168', thence South 383', thence East 339' more or less to the West Right-of-Way line of U.S. Highway 71, thence S 01 degrees 51' W 1147.60' with the Right-of-Way, thence West 702.37', thence S 50 degrees 18' W 165.55', thence West 365.42', thence N 0 degrees 13' W 505.26', and thence West 225' to the point of beginning, situated in Washington County and containing 46.72 acres, more or less.
(4) All lands comprising the Arkansas Post National Memorial, the Buffalo National River, the Fort Smith National Historic Site, and the Pea Ridge National Military Park.
(b) The Governor is authorized to take appropriate necessary steps, as described in 22-7-102, to accomplish the transfer of legislative jurisdiction referred to in subsection (a) of this section.