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SECTION 1. Concurrent criminal jurisdiction is hereby ceded by Tennessee to the United States, solely for the purposes of Section 13 of Title 18 of the United States Code and enforcement proceedings pursuant thereto, over the portion of Stewart County that lies within the boundaries of the Tennessee portion of the Land Between the Lakes and is more specifically described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the Tennessee River at Tennessee River mile 49.2, such being the point where the Tennessee-Kentucky state line turns in an easterly direction along the boundary between Stewart County, Tennessee, and Trigg County, Kentucky; thence with the Tennessee-Kentucky state line as it meanders in an easterly direction for a distance of approximately 8.6 miles to a point where the Tennessee-Kentucky state line intersects the 378-foot contour on the west shore of Lake Barkley; thence with the 378-foot contour as it meanders southward for a distance of approximately 62 miles to a point, said point being N. 84 degrees 01 foot W., 27 feet from U.S.E.D. Corner 6822-1 (Coordinates: N. 777, 559; E. 1,448,835); thence N. 84 degrees 01 foot W., 2,869 feet to a set stone; thence N. 83 degrees 55 feet W., 1879 feet to an angle iron; thence N.1 degree 30 feet W., 4 feet to an angle iron; thence N. 81 degrees 12 feet W., 373 feet to a post oak tree; thence N. 5 degrees 25 feet W., 621 feet to an oak stump; thence N. 2 degrees 21 feet W., 1151 feet to a angle iron; thence S. 84 degrees 17 feet W., 787 feet to an angle iron thence S. 84 degrees 17 feet W., 266 feet to a point in the centerline of a road; thence with the centerline of the road approximately along the following bearings and distances: S. 5 degrees 52 feet E., 23 feet and S. 2 degrees 28 feet E., 422 feet to a point; thence with the centerline of the road approximately along a bearing and distance of S. 0 degree 34 feet E., 50 feet to a iron pin; thence, leaving the road, N. 85 degrees 14 feet W., 158 feet to a concrete monument (U.S.E.D. Corner 6605-6606-41); thence S. 6 degrees 37 feet W., 497 feet to a concrete monument (U.S.E.D. Corner 6605-6606-37); thence N. 88 degrees 5 feet W., 420 feet to an iron pin; thence N. 85 degrees 19 feet W., 664 feet to a concrete monument (U.S.E.D. Corner 6607-30); thence S. 7 degrees 33 feet W., 519 feet to a concrete monument (U.S.E.D. Corner 6607-26); thence N. 83 degrees 39 feet W., 319 feet to a buggy axle; thence N. 82 degrees 14 feet W., 2024 feet to an angle iron; thence S. 6 degrees 45 feet W., 1097 feet to an angle iron and three set stones; thence S. 5 degrees 16 feet W., 721 feet to an angle iron; thence N. 81 degrees 50 feet W., 1375 feet to a 10-inch hickory tree; thence N. 80 degrees 25 feet W., 378 feet to a stake; thence N 84 degrees 21 feet W., 314 feet to a 16-inch ash tree; thence S. 59 degrees 28 feet W., 347 feet to a 6-inch hackberry tree; thence S. 1 degree 46 feet W., 201 feet to an 18-inch walnut tree; thence N. 87 degrees 8 feet W., 595 feet to a stake; thence S. 12 degrees 1 foot W., 849 feet to a 30-inch hickory tree; thence S. 12 degrees 36 feet W., 511 feet to an angle iron; thence S. 70 degrees 36 feet E., 87 feet to an angle iron; thence S. 4 degrees 31 feet W., 282 feet to a stone; thence N. 85 degrees 28 feet W., 799 feet to a point in the centerline of a road; thence with the centerline of the road as it meanders in a westerly direction approximately along the following bearings and distances: S. 63 degrees 5 feet W., 322 feet, S. 72 degrees 7 feet W., 399 feet, S. 86 degrees 51 feet W., 485 feet, and S. 85 degrees 39 feet W., 177 feet to a point; thence, leaving the road, S. 20 degrees 12 feet W., 671 feet passing a 24-inch red oak tree at 27 feet to a 6-inch post oak tree; thence S. 35 degrees 39 feet E., 1080 feet to a stump hole; thence S. 1 degree 4 feet W., 114 feet to a 10-inch white oak tree; thence S. 8 degrees 26 feet W., 1540 feet to an angle iron; thence S. 59 degrees 44 feet W., 1380 feet to an angle iron at a stone pile thence S. 16 degrees 32 feet W., 1044 feet to an angle iron at a rock pile; thence N. 51 degrees 47 feet W., 783 feet to an angle iron; thence N. 27 degrees 44 feet W., 651 feet to an angle iron at a stone pile; thence S. 41 degrees 36 feet W., 703 feet to an angle iron in a fence line; thence S. 29 degrees 21 feet W., 978 to an 18-inch white oak tree; thence S. 14 degrees 46 E., 671 feet to an 18-inch red oak tree; thence S. 8 degrees 19 feet W., 1391 feet to a stump; thence S. 83 degrees 27 feet E., 425 feet to a stump; thence S. 5 degrees 59 feet W., 1084 feet to a 14-inch black gum tree; thence S. 74 degrees 2 feet W., 470 feet to a 24-inch white oak tree; thence S. 33 degrees 31 feet W., 422 feet to an oak stump; thence N. 82 degrees 21 feet W., 500 feet to a stone pile; thence S. 33 degrees 33 feet E., 692 feet to a point in the centerline of the relocated U.S. Highway 79 at survey station 340+64 on said highway at or near Bear Creek; thence with said centerline as it meanders in a westerly direction 2.55 miles to survey station 205+66.6; thence leaving the centerline of the highway S. 18 degrees 22 feet E., 209 feet to a 16-inch red oak tree thence S. 35 degrees 16 feet W., 2315 feet to a stake; thence N. 82 degrees 12 feet W., 1424 feet to a stone; thence N. 7 degrees 38 feet E., 619 feet to a point in the centerline of relocated U.S. Highway 79; thence with the said centerline as it meanders in a westerly direction approximately 4.1 miles to a point where the centerline of U.S. Highway 79 intersects the Stewart County-Henry County line at Tennessee River mile 66.3 at the Scott Fitzhugh Bridge; thence with said county line as it meanders in a northerly direction approximately 3.8 miles to a point at or near Tennessee River mile 62.5 where said county line abuts the Tennessee-Kentucky state line and the county line between Stewart County, Tennessee, and Calloway County, Kentucky, approximately 13.3 miles to the point of beginning. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as ceding to the United States any existing legislative or other regulatory jurisdiction of the State of Tennessee.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect, subject to due acceptance of the session herein contained on behalf of the United States, from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.
PASSED: March 16, 1972.