Title 50, Chapter 2, Section 25
( 50-2-25)
The consent of the state is given to the acquisition by the United
States by purchase, gift, exchange, or by condemnation according to
law, of only such lands as may be contracted, proposed, or offered
for sale in writing by the ostensible owner to the United States, in
which writing the owner consents to such acquisition, of such lands
in all those counties in the northern and central portions of the
state south to and including the Counties of Stewart, Webster,
Marion, Taylor, Upson, Monroe, Jones, Putnam, Greene, Taliaferro,
Wilkes, Jasper, Elbert, Warren, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Dodge,
Treutlen, Laurens, Butts, and Richmond, and in and around the
Okefenokee Swamp as in the opinion of state and federal government
officials may be needed for the establishment, consolidation, or
extension of national forests, forest experiment stations, wildlife
sanctuaries, or for rights of way and land on which to build roads,
highways, and bridges in the Okefenokee Swamp or for rights of way
and land on which to build roads, highways, and bridges to connect
the swamp roads with other highways, or for any development purposes
best suited on these lands to be acquired by the United States. The
state shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in
and over such lands in all cases insofar as civil process is
concerned, and such criminal process as may issue under the
authority of the state against any person charged with the
commission of any crime outside or within the jurisdiction may be
executed thereon in like manner as if this law had not been enacted.
In all condemnation proceedings, the rights of the federal
government shall be limited to the specific objects set forth by
laws of the United States in regard to national forests or wildlife
sanctuaries and rights of way on which to build roads, highways, and
bridges. |