Nevada Revised Statutes Title 26. Public Lands § 328.260. Jurisdiction ceded over U.S.N. Ammunition Depot (1935)

1. The State of Nevada, except as hereinafter reserved and provided, hereby cedes jurisdiction to the United States upon and over the land and within the premises of that certain area situated near Hawthorne, Nevada, in Mineral County, commonly known as the U.S.N. Ammunition Depot, comprising all of that certain area now occupied by the Federal Government in connection with the plant, including all the buildings and improvements thereon.

2. It is hereby reserved and provided by the State of Nevada that any private property upon the lands or premises shall be subject to taxation by the State, or any subdivision thereof having the right to levy and collect such taxes, but any property upon or within such premises which belongs to the Government of the United States shall be free of taxation by the State, by the county of Mineral, or any of its subdivisions.

3. The State of Nevada reserves the right to serve or cause to be served, by any of its proper officers, any criminal or civil process upon such land or within such premises for any cause there or elsewhere in the State arising, where such cause comes properly under the jurisdiction of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof.