Nevada Revised Statutes Title 26. Public Lands § 328.280. Consent to acquisition of site for post office and federal building in Tonopah (1939)

1. The consent of the State of Nevada is hereby given, in accordance with Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States of the following-described land in this state as the site for a post office and federal building in the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada: Beginning at a point on the westerly side of Main Street, Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, the point being the southeast corner of Block D, as shown and delineated on the Walter C. Gayhart survey plat of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, on file in the Office of the County Recorder of Nye County, State of Nevada, and as shown and delineated on the W. V. Richardson survey map of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, as approved by the Board of County Commissioners July 2, 1907; thence north 48°11′ west 120 feet to the southeast corner of Lot No. 5 of Block D, which is the southeast corner of the proposed site for the post office and federal building; thence north 48°11′ west 90 feet to the northeast corner of the proposed site for the post office and federal building, the northeast corner being located in Lot 8 of Block D; thence south 41°49′ west 110 feet to the northwest corner of the proposed site for the post office and federal building; thence south 51°12′ east 90 feet to the southwest corner of the proposed site for the post office and federal building; thence north 41°49′ east 106 feet to the southeast corner of the proposed site for the post office and federal building, the place of beginning; being a tract of land on the westerly side of Main Street of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, with a frontage of approximately 90 feet on Main Street, extending westwardly 110 feet to the easterly side of St. Patrick Street of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada; also being described as Lots 5, 6, 7, and easterly 5 feet of Lot 8, in Block D, Town of Tonopah, County of Nye, State of Nevada, and a portion, approximately 10 feet of St. Patrick Street of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, and being that certain footage to a depth of approximately 10 feet of St. Patrick Street, as adjoins and extends along the westerly ends of Lots 5, 6, 7, and 5 feet of Lot 8, all in Block D.

2. The exclusive jurisdiction in all the land described is hereby ceded to the United States for all purposes except the service thereon of all civil and criminal process of the courts of this state, but the jurisdiction so ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall own such land; and so long as the land shall remain the property of the United States, and no longer, the same shall be exempt and continue exempt and exonerated from all state, county, and municipal assessment, taxation or other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this state.