Bill Text: IL HB5728 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Authorizes the Director of the Department of Natural Resources to convey described parcels in Jo Daviess County to the City of Galena. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-16 - Referred to Assignments [HB5728 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5728-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning the transfer of real property.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. The Director of the Department of Natural
Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to
execute and deliver to the City of Galena, an Illinois Unit of
Local Government, of the County of Jo Daviess, State of
Illinois, for and in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) paid
to said Department, a quit claim deed to the following
described real property, to wit:
IDNR Parcel 705-12, consisting of the eight (8) following
described tracts of land, to wit:
TRACT S1 - PART OF PARCEL 7 OF WARRANTY DEED RECORDED AS
INSTRUMENT NUMBER 189720 IN THE JO DAVIESS COUNTY
RECORDER'S OFFICE,
SAID PARCEL 7 BEING ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN SAID WARRANTY
DEED AS FOLLOWS:
"THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF THE
NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER (NW 1/4) OF SAID SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP
27 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST OF THE 4TH P.M., BOUNDED AND

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DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
SAID QUARTER-QUARTER SECTION; THENCE SOUTH 41 DEGREES 30
MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 642.84 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 70
DEGREES 45 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 55 FEET, MORE OR
LESS, TO A POINT DISTANT 50 FEET NORTHEASTERLY, MEASURED AT
RIGHT ANGLES, FROM SAID (BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC)
ORIGINAL MAIN TRACK CENTER LINE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY
PARALLEL WITH SAID ORIGINAL MAIN TRACK CENTER LINE TO A
POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE "OLD ILLINOIS
CENTRAL DUMP"; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE
SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID DUMP TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH
LINE OF SAID QUARTER-QUARTER SECTION; THENCE EASTERLY
ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID
QUARTER-QUARTER SECTION; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EAST
LINE OF SAID QUARTER-QUARTER SECTION A DISTANCE OF 200
FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT DISTANCE 400 FEET
NORTHEASTERLY, MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES, FROM SAID
ORIGINAL MAIN TRACK CENTER LINE; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY
ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE A DISTANCE OF 1,050 FEET TO A POINT
DISTANT 150 FEET NORTHEASTERLY, MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES,
FROM SAID ORIGINAL MAIN TRACK CENTER LINE; THENCE
NORTHWESTERLY PARALLEL WITH SAID ORIGINAL MAIN TRACK
CENTER LINE A DISTANCE OF 580 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A
POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 1; THENCE WESTERLY
ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEING THAT
TRACT FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN

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TRANSPORTATION COMPANY RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS ORIGINALLY LOCATED
AND ESTABLISHED OVER AND ACROSS SAID QUARTER SECTION IN
RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ALL AS SHOWN ON
A RIGHT-OF-WAY MAP RECORDED IN PH-6, NO. 85, JO DAVIESS
COUNTY RECORDER�S OFFICE, GALENA, ILLINOIS",
TRACT S1 BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS A RESULT OF
THE CURRENT SURVEY AS FOLLOWS:
PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST OF THE FOURTH
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY,
ILLINOIS:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID QUARTER - QUARTER
SECTION; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 02 SECONDS EAST
ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER - QUARTER SECTION A
DISTANCE OF 138.06 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT
ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE FORMER
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 36 DEGREES 12
MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF
WAY LINE OF THE CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD, BEING A
LINE 100.00� NORTHEASTERLY FROM AND PARALLEL WITH THE
NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN
SANTA FE RAILROAD A DISTANCE OF 571.23 FEET TO A SET IRON
ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE SOUTH 48 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 33

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SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD
RIGHT OF WAY A DISTANCE OF 326.16 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD
SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 51
SECONDS WEST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID
QUARTER - QUARTER SECTION A DISTANCE OF 223.33 FEET TO A
SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE
ABANDONED BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD SPUR
TRACK; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, BEING A
CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE SOUTH, HAVING A RADIUS OF
1820.73 FEET, A CHORD OF 640.06 FEET WHICH BEARS SOUTH 45
DEGREES 06 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST, AN ARC LENGTH OF 643.41
FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF
SAID QUARTER - QUARTER SECTION; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 18
MINUTES 02 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF
62.84 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE
SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE "OLD ILLINOIS CENTRAL DUMP", SAID
LINE ALSO BEING THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE
ABANDONED BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD SPUR
TRACK; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE,
BEING A CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE SOUTH, HAVING A
RADIUS OF 1770.73 FEET, A CHORD OF 551.85 FEET WHICH BEARS
NORTH 45 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST, AN ARC LENGTH
OF 554.11 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE
NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN
SANTA FE RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 36 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 40
SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF

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570.78 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH
72 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 33.06
FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH 39
DEGREES 48 MINUTES 02 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 642.84
FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 3.360 ACRES,
MORE OR LESS, ALL IN JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
TRACT S2 - PART OF PARCEL 6 OF WARRANTY DEED RECORDED AS
INSTRUMENT NUMBER 189720 IN THE JO DAVIESS COUNTY
RECORDER'S OFFICE,
SAID PARCEL 6 ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN SAID WARRANTY DEED AS
FOLLOWS:
"THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER (SW 1/4) OF THE
NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF SECTION 1 IN TOWNSHIP 27
NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST OF THE 4TH P.M., BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED
AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH LINE
OF SAID QUARTER-QUARTER SECTION AND THE NORTHEASTERLY
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC.; THENCE
NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE
TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE "OLD ILLINOIS
CENTRAL DUMP"; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE
SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID DUMP TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE
OF SAID QUARTER-QUARTER SECTION; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG
SAID WEST LINE TO A POINT DISTANT 285 FEET NORTHEASTERLY,

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MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES, FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE MAIN
TRACK OF SAID BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC., AS ORIGINALLY
LOCATED AND ESTABLISHED; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A
STRAIGHT LINE A DISTANCE OF 610 FEET TO A POINT DISTANT 150
FEET NORTHEASTERLY, MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES, FROM SAID
ORIGINAL MAIN TRACT CENTER LINE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY
PARALLEL WITH SAID ORIGINAL MAIN TRACK CENTERLINE TO A
POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER-QUARTER SECTION;
THENCE WESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING, BEING THAT TRACT FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CHICAGO
AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS
ORIGINALLY LOCATED AND ESTABLISHED OVER AND ACROSS SAID
QUARTER SECTION OF RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY,
ILLINOIS",
TRACT S2 BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS A RESULT OF
THE CURRENT SURVEY AS FOLLOWS:
PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF
SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST OF THE FOURTH
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY,
ILLINOIS:
BEGINNING AT A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT AT THE
INTERSECTION OF SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE
NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 1 AND THE NORTHEASTERLY

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RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE
RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 34 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 40 SECONDS
WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 947.18 FEET
TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE
OF THE "OLD ILLINOIS CENTRAL DUMP", SAID LINE ALSO BEING
THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE ABANDONED
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD SPUR TRACK; THENCE
NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE,
BEING A CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE SOUTH, HAVING A
RADIUS OF 1770.73 FEET, A CHORD OF 341.48 FEET WHICH BEARS
NORTH 21 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 39 SECONDS WEST, AN ARC LENGTH
OF 342.02 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE
WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER
OF SAID SECTION 1; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 51
SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID WEST LINE A DISTANCE OF 103.21 FEET
TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE
ABANDONED BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD SPUR
TRACK; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE BEING A
CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE SOUTH, HAVING A RADIUS OF
1820.73 FEET, A CHORD OF 454.49 FEET WHICH BEARS SOUTH 22
DEGREES 34 MINUTES 22 SECONDS EAST, AN ARC LENGTH OF 455.68
FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE SOUTH 88
DEGREES 18 MINUTES 02 SECONDS EAST PARALLEL TO THE NORTH
LINE OF SAID QUARTER - QUARTER SECTION A DISTANCE OF 70.09
FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY
RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN

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RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY; THENCE SOUTH 34 DEGREES 24 MINUTES
40 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, BEING A LINE
100.00� NORTHEASTERLY FROM AND PARALLEL WITH THE
NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN
SANTA FE RAILROAD A DISTANCE OF 951.18 FEET TO A SET IRON
ROD ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER - QUARTER SECTION;
THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 58 SECONDS WEST ALONG
SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 123.84 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING, CONTAINING 2.640 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL IN JO
DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
TRACT 1 OF TRUSTEE'S DEED RECORDED AS INSTRUMENT NUMBER
130386 IN THE JO DAVIESS COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE,
SAID TRACT 1 ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN SAID TRUSTEE'S DEED AS
FOLLOWS:
"THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE 1/4) OF SECTION 1,
TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST OF THE 4TH P.M., LYING
NORTHEASTERLY OF THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC., AND SOUTHWESTERLY OF THE
FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LINE: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH
LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER, DISTANT 100 FEET
NORTHEASTERLY, MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES, FROM SAID
NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY
PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO A

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POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE
SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY
ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID
SECTION 1; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID EAST LINE TO THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION, AND THERE TERMINATING,
AND BEING THAT TRACT FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CHICAGO AND
NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS
ORIGINALLY LOCATED AND ESTABLISHED OVER AND ACROSS SAID
QUARTER SECTION IN RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY,
ILLINOIS; ALL AS SHOWN ON A RIGHT-OF-WAY MAP RECORDED IN
PH-6 NO. 85",
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT
SURVEY AS FOLLOWS:
PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 27
NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RICE
TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
BEGINNING AT A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT AT THE
INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION AND
THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO
GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 34 DEGREES 24 MINUTES
40 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE
OF THE CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD, BEING A LINE 100.00�
NORTHEASTERLY FROM AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY

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RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE
RAILROAD, A DISTANCE OF 1636.44 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD
SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER
OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 1; THENCE SOUTH 34
DEGREES 48 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY
RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
RAILROAD A DISTANCE OF 963.38 FEET TO A FOUND IRON ROD
SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE SOUTH 35 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 00
SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF
605.48 FEET TO A FOUND IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE EAST
LINE OF SAID QUARTER - QUARTER SECTION; THENCE SOUTH 00
DEGREES 46 MINUTES 52 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EAST LINE A
DISTANCE OF 62.20 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT AT
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID QUARTER - QUARTER SECTION;
THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST ALONG
THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER - QUARTER SECTION A DISTANCE
OF 97.68 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE
NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN
SANTA FE RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 34 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 40
SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF
3271.58 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE NORTH
LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 1; THENCE
SOUTH 88 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID
NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 123.84 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING, CONTAINING 7.725 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL IN JO
DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

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TRACT 2 OF TRUSTEE�S DEED RECORDED AS INSTRUMENT NUMBER
130386 IN THE JO DAVIESS COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE,
SAID TRACT 2 ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN SAID TRUSTEE'S DEED AS
FOLLOWS:
"ALL THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF THE
NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER (NE 1/4) OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 27
NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST OF THE 4TH P.M., LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF
THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON
NORTHERN INC., RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND BEING THAT TRACT
FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS ORIGINALLY LOCATED
AND ESTABLISHED OVER AND ACROSS SAID QUARTER SECTION IN
RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ALL AS SHOWN ON
A RIGHT-OF-WAY MAP RECORDED IN PH-6 NO. 85",
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT
SURVEY AS FOLLOWS:
PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF
SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST OF THE FOURTH
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY,
ILLINOIS:

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BEGINNING AT A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT AT THE
INTERSECTION OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER - QUARTER
SECTION AND THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 34
DEGREES 24 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY
LINE A DISTANCE OF 169.46 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY
MONUMENT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER - QUARTER
SECTION; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST
ALONG SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 97.68 FEET TO A SET
IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID
QUARTER - QUARTER SECTION; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 46
MINUTES 52 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER -
QUARTER SECTION A DISTANCE OF 136.99 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING, CONTAINING 0.154 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL IN JO
DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
TRACT 3 OF TRUSTEE'S DEED RECORDED AS INSTRUMENT NUMBER
130386 IN THE JO DAVIESS COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE,
SAID TRACT 3 ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN SAID TRUSTEE'S DEED AS
FOLLOWS:
"THAT PART OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF (S 1/2) OF THE WEST
ONE-HALF (W 1/2) OF FRACTIONAL SECTION 5 IN TOWNSHIP 27
NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE 4TH P.M., LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF
THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON

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NORTHERN INC., AND LYING SOUTHWESTERLY OF THE FOLLOWING
DESCRIBED LINE: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF
SAID SECTION 5, DISTANT 130 FEET NORTHEASTERLY, MEASURED AT
RIGHT ANGLES, FROM SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC.; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A
STRAIGHT LINE A DISTANCE OF 305 FEET TO A POINT DISTANT 150
FEET NORTHEASTERLY, MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES, FROM THE
CENTER LINE OF THE MAIN TRACK OF THE MINNESOTA AND NORTH
WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY (LATER THE CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY, NOW THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY), AS SAID MAIN TRACK CENTER LINE WAS
ORIGINALLY LOCATED AND ESTABLISHED OVER AND ACROSS SAID
SECTION 5; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY PARALLEL WITH SAID
ORIGINAL MAIN TRACK CENTER LINE TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH
LINE OF SAID SECTION 5, AND THERE TERMINATING, AND BEING
THAT TRACT FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS ORIGINALLY LOCATED
AND ESTABLISHED OVER AND ACROSS SAID QUARTER SECTION IN
RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ALL AS SHOWN ON
A RIGHT-OF-WAY MAP RECORDED IN PH-6 NO. 85",
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT
SURVEY AS FOLLOWS:
PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF FRACTIONAL
SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE FOURTH

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PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY,
ILLINOIS:
BEGINNING AT A FOUND IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT AT THE
INTERSECTION OF THE WEST LINE OF SAID SOUTH HALF AND THE
NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO GREAT
WESTERN RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 35 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 02
SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF
311.11 FEET TO A FOUND IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE
SOUTH 43 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 06 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID
RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 200.11 FEET TO A FOUND IRON
ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTH HALF;
THENCE NORTH 86 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST ALONG
SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 196.09 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD
SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 34
DEGREES 24 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY
LINE A DISTANCE OF 246.30 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY
MONUMENT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID SOUTH HALF; THENCE NORTH
00 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 52 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID WEST LINE
A DISTANCE OF 199.19 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING,
CONTAINING 1.107 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL IN JO DAVIESS
COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PART OF TRACT 4 OF TRUSTEE'S DEED RECORDED AS INSTRUMENT
NUMBER 130386 IN THE JO DAVIESS COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE,

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SAID TRACT 4 ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN SAID TRUSTEE'S DEED AS
FOLLOWS:
"A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTH ONE-HALF (N 1/2) OF
FRACTIONAL SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF
THE 4TH P.M., BEING A STRIP OF LAND 2400 FEET IN LENGTH
(MORE OR LESS) MEASURED SOUTHEASTERLY FROM THE
INTERSECTION OF THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND THE
NORTH SECTION LINE OF SECTION 8, AND BEING THAT TRACT
FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS ORIGINALLY LOCATED
AND ESTABLISHED OVER AND ACROSS SAID QUARTER SECTION IN
RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ALL AS SHOWN ON
A RIGHT-OF-WAY MAP RECORDED IN PH-6 NO. 85", SAID PART OF
TRACT 4 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS A RESULT OF THE
CURRENT SURVEY AS FOLLOWS:
PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF FRACTIONAL SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 27
NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RICE
TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
BEGINNING AT A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT AT THE
INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTH HALF AND THE
NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN
SANTA FE RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 86 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 46

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SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 196.09
FEET TO A FOUND IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE
NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO GREAT
WESTERN RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 42 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 04
SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF
1286.07 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE
WESTERLY LINE OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED BY THE WARRANTY
DEED RECORDED AS INSTRUMENT NUMBER 269753 IN THE JO DAVIESS
COUNTY RECORDER�S OFFICE; THENCE SOUTH 46 DEGREES 27
MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST ON SAID WESTERLY PROPERTY LINE A
DISTANCE OF 242.15 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT
ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON
NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG
SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, BEING A CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO
THE NORTH, HAVING A RADIUS OF 5681.68 FEET, A CHORD OF
1103.17 FEET WHICH BEARS NORTH 39 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 56
SECONDS WEST, AN ARC LENGTH OF 1104.91 FEET TO A SET IRON
ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH 34 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 40
SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF
331.71 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; CONTAINING 6.842
ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL IN JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PART OF TRACT 5 OF TRUSTEE'S DEED RECORDED AS INSTRUMENT
NUMBER 130386 IN THE JO DAVIESS COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE,
SAID TRACT 5 ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN SAID TRUSTEE'S DEED AS

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FOLLOWS:
"A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTH HALF (N 1/2) OF
FRACTIONAL SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF
THE 4TH P.M., BEING A STRIP OF LAND 1150 FEET IN LENGTH
(MORE OR LESS) MEASURED NORTHWESTERLY FROM THE
INTERSECTION OF THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND THE EAST
SECTION LINE OF SECTION 8, AND BEING THAT TRACT FORMERLY
KNOWN AS THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS ORIGINALLY LOCATED AND
ESTABLISHED OVER AND ACROSS SAID QUARTER SECTION IN RICE
TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ALL AS SHOWN ON A
RIGHT-OF-WAY MAP RECORDED IN PH-6 NO. 85", SAID PART OF
TRACT 5 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS A RESULT OF THE
CURRENT SURVEY AS FOLLOWS: PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF
FRACTIONAL SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF
THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS
COUNTY, ILLINOIS: BEGINNING AT A SET IRON ROD SURVEY
MONUMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTH
HALF AND THE CENTERLINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 03 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 19 SECONDS
EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 51.60 FEET TO A SET
IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE
OF SAID RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 78 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 21
SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF
132.74 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE SOUTH

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11 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 39 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF
WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 15.00 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY
MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH 78 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 21 SECONDS
WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 290.00 FEET
TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH 11 DEGREES
13 MINUTES 39 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A
DISTANCE OF 15.00 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT;
THENCE NORTH 78 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST ALONG
THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO, ST.
PAUL AND KANSAS CITY RAILROAD, A DISTANCE OF 544.62 FEET TO
A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG
SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, BEING A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE NORTH,
HAVING A RADIUS OF 1500.00 FEET, A CHORD OF 44.36 FEET
WHICH BEARS NORTH 77 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST, AN
ARC LENGTH OF 44.36 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT
ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED BY THE
WARRANTY DEED RECORDED AS INSTRUMENT NUMBER 269753 IN THE
JO DAVIESS COUNTY RECORDER�S OFFICE; THENCE NORTH 32
DEGREES 16 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST ON SAID EASTERLY
PROPERTY LINE A DISTANCE OF 163.04 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD
SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY
RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
RAILROAD, BEING A CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE NORTH,
HAVING A RADIUS OF 2865.00 FEET, A CHORD OF 383.34 FEET
WHICH BEARS SOUTH 70 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST, AN
ARC LENGTH OF 383.62 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY

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MONUMENT; THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 21 SECONDS
EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 150.76 FEET
TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH 11 DEGREES
13 MINUTES 39 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A
DISTANCE OF 15.00 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT;
THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST ALONG
SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 290.00 FEET TO A SET
IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE SOUTH 11 DEGREES 13
MINUTES 39 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A
DISTANCE OF 15.00 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT;
THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST ALONG
SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 107.26 FEET TO A SET
IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTH
HALF; THENCE SOUTH 03 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 19 SECONDS EAST
ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 51.60 FEET TO THE POINT
OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 2.654 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL IN
JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
TRACT 6 OF TRUSTEE�S DEED RECORDED AS INSTRUMENT NUMBER
130386 IN THE JO DAVIESS COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE,
SAID TRACT 6 ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN SAID TRUSTEE'S DEED AS
FOLLOWS:
"A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW 1/4)
OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW �) OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 27

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NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE 4TH P.M., WEST OF THE PILOT KNOB
ROAD, BEING A STRIP OF LAND 375 FEET IN LENGTH (MORE OR
LESS) MEASURED SOUTHEASTERLY FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE
RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND THE WEST SECTION LINE OF THE
NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW �) OF SECTION 9, OF UNIFORM WIDTH OF
125 FEET, AND BEING THAT PART OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE
LYING SOUTH OF THE FORMER MAIN TRACK CENTER LINE OF THAT
TRACT KNOWN AS THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS ORIGINALLY LOCATED AND
ESTABLISHED OVER AND ACROSS SAID QUARTER SECTION IN RICE
TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ALL AS SHOWN ON A
RIGHT-OF-WAY MAP RECORDED IN PH-6 NO. 85",
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT
SURVEY AS FOLLOWS:
PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE FOURTH
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS COUNTY,
ILLINOIS:
BEGINNING AT A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT AT THE
INTERSECTION OF THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER-QUARTER
SECTION AND THE CENTERLINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO GREAT
WESTERN RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 21
SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RAILROAD CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF

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372.74 FEET TO A POINT IN THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTH PILOT
KNOB ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 22 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 19 SECONDS
WEST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE AND ITS SOUTHWESTERLY EXTENSION
A DISTANCE OF 127.51 FEET; THENCE NORTH 78 DEGREES 46
MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST ALONG A LINE 125.00 FEET
SOUTHWESTERLY OF AND PARALLEL WITH SAID RAILROAD
CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 315.69 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD
SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER - QUARTER
SECTION; THENCE NORTH 03 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST
ALONG SAID WEST LINE A DISTANCE OF 129.00 FEET TO THE POINT
OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 0.988 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL IN
JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LANDS CONTAINING A TOTAL OF 25.470
ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL SITUATED IN RICE TOWNSHIP, JO
DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS. ALSO, IDNR Parcel 705-13, BEING
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS TO WIT:
PART OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND CONVEYED TO JOHN J. BASTEN BY
WARRANTY DEED RECORDED SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 AS INSTRUMENT
NUMBER 269753 IN THE JO DAVIESS COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE,
SAID PARCEL ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN SAID WARRANTY DEED AS
FOLLOWS:
"A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF
FRACTIONAL SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF

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THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS
COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH IS BOUNDED BY A LINE DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS;
COMMENCING AT THE WEST 1/4 CORNER OF SAID FRACTIONAL
SECTION 8; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 10 MINUTES EAST, 1840.7
FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID
FRACTIONAL SECTION 8; THENCE NORTH 03 DEGREES 13 MINUTES
WEST, 904.2 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID FRACTIONAL
SECTION 8 TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT AS SHOWN ON A LAND
ACQUISITION PLAT FOR TRACT NO. FI-1 PREPARED BY U.S. CORPS
OF ENGINEERS; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 03 DEGREES 13 MINUTES
WEST, 141.46 FEET ALONG SAID WEST LINE TO A POINT ON THE
NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON
NORTHERN, INC.; THENCE NORTH 48 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 00
SECONDS WEST, 330.00 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 48 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 00 SECONDS
WEST, 290.54 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY
LINE TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE
TO THE RIGHT ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE,
RADIUS = 5679.58 FEET, WHOSE CHORD BEARS NORTH 46 DEGREES
26 MINUTES 06 SECONDS WEST 349.94 FEET, A DISTANCE OF
350.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 46 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 58 SECONDS
EAST, 236.66 FEET TO A POINT ON A CURVE ON THE

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NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO AND
NORTHWESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY; THENCE ALONG THE ARC
OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, RADIUS = 2865.00 FEET, WHOSE CHORD BEARS
SOUTH 55 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 19 SECONDS EAST 1166.87 FEET, A
DISTANCE OF 1175.09 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 32 DEGREES 05
MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST, 144.83 FEET TO A POINT ON A CURVE;
THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT; RADIUS = 5730
FEET, WHOSE CHORD BEARS NORTH 73 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 08
SECONDS WEST 100.00 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 100.00 FEET TO A
POINT ON THE BOUNDARY DESCRIBED ON DEED NO. 77456; THENCE
NORTH 03 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, 50.00 FEET ON
SAID BOUNDARY TO A POINT ON A CURVE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC
OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT ON SAID BOUNDARY AND THE BOUNDARY
DESCRIBED ON DEED NO. 77041, RADIUS = 2915.00 FEET, WHOSE
CHORD BEARS NORTH 59 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST
443.26 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 443.68 FEET TO A CORNER ON THE
BOUNDARY DESCRIBED ON DEED NO. 77041; THENCE SOUTH 41
DEGREES 48 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, 154.45 FEET ON SAID
BOUNDARY TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 5.05 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND IS
SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS OF RECORD."
SAID PART OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL BEING MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PART OF THE NORTH HALF

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OF FRACTIONAL SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF
THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RICE TOWNSHIP, JO DAVIESS
COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
COMMENCING AT A FOUND IRON ROD SURVEYORS MONUMENT AT THE
EAST ONE-QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 8, THENCE NORTH 88
DEGREES 59 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF
THE NORTH HALF OF SAID SECTION 8 A DISTANCE OF 1313.74 FEET
TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1 OF THE NORTH
HALF OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE NORTH 03 DEGREES 02 MINUTES
40 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT
1 A DISTANCE OF 1307.24 FEET TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF
WAY OF THE FORMER CHICAGO AND GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD, BEING
THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG A LINE
50.00 FEET SOUTHWESTERLY FROM AND PARALLEL WITH THE
CENTERLINE OF SAID RAILROAD, BEING A CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE
TO THE NORTH, HAVING A RADIUS OF 3914.24 FEET, A CHORD OF
164.85 FEET WHICH BEARS NORTH 58 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 44
SECONDS WEST, AN ARC LENGTH OF 164.87 FEET TO A SET IRON
ROD MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH 41 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 20 SECONDS
EAST A DISTANCE OF 20.57 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY
MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH 56 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 48 SECOND WEST
A DISTANCE OF 135.86 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD MONUMENT;
THENCE NORTH 49 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST A
DISTANCE OF 270.60 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD MONUMENT; THENCE
SOUTH 42 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 44 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF

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148.23 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD MONUMENT ON THE NORTHERLY
RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE
RAILROAD; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY
LINE, BEING A CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE NORTH, HAVING A
RADIUS OF 5681.68 FEET, A CHORD OF 217.28 FEET WHICH BEARS
NORTH 46 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 57 SECONDS WEST, AN ARC LENGTH
OF 217.29 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE
NORTH 46 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 18 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF
242.15 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT ON THE
NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE FORMER CHICAGO GREAT
WESTERN RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT OF
WAY LINE, BEING A CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE NORTH,
HAVING A RADIUS OF 2865.00 FEET, A CHORD OF 1166.87 FEET
WHICH BEARS SOUTH 55 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 59 SECONDS EAST, AN
ARC LENGTH OF 1175.09 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY
MONUMENT; THENCE SOUTH 32 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 10 SECONDS
WEST A DISTANCE OF 163.04 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY
MONUMENT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE
FORMER CHICAGO, ST. PAUL AND KANSAS CITY RAILROAD; THENCE
NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, BEING A
CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE NORTH, HAVING A RADIUS OF
1500.00 FEET, A CHORD OF 78.58 FEET WHICH BEARS NORTH 75
DEGREES 34 MINUTES 38 SECONDS WEST, AN ARC LENGTH OF 78.59
FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH 03
DEGREES 02 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST PARALLEL WITH THE WEST
LINE OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1 OF THE NORTH HALF OF SAID SECTION

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8 A DISTANCE OF 85.66 FEET TO A SET IRON ROD SURVEY
MONUMENT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE
FORMER CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD; THENCE
NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, BEING A
CIRCULAR CURVE CONCAVE TO THE NORTH, HAVING A RADIUS OF
3914.24 FEET, A CHORD OF 296.94 FEET WHICH BEARS NORTH 62
DEGREES 07 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST, AN ARC LENGTH OF 297.01
FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 3.49 ACRES, MORE
OR LESS, ALL IN JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Section 2. The conveyances of real property authorized by
Section 1 shall be made subject to: (1) existing public
utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations,
easements, encumbrances, covenants and restrictions of record;
and (2) the express condition that if said real property ceases
to be used for public purposes, it shall revert to the State of
Illinois, Department of Natural Resources.
Section 3. The Director of Natural Resources shall obtain a
certified copy of the portions of this Act containing the
title, the enacting clause, the effective date, the appropriate
Section or Sections containing the land descriptions of the
property to be conveyed, and this Section within 60 days after
its effective date and, upon receipt of the payment required by
the Section or Sections, if any payment is required, shall
record the certified document in the Recorder�s Office in the

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County in which the land is located.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.