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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1837.

Jurisdiction
granted.

fortifications at Fort McHenry, which this legislature duly appre-
ciate; therefore,
Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the right o? jurisdiction of the state of Maryland in and over

the lands comprehended in lots numbers thirty-four, thirty-five,
sixty, sixty -one, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-four, sixty-five,
sixty-six and sixty-seven, lying and adjoining Fort McHenry, on
Whetstone Point, near the city of Baltimore, which have been
purchased by the United States, the deeds whereof are among
the records of Baltimore county, and also that part of the main
road leading to Fort McHenry, which lies between the said
lots, be, and the same is hereby relinquished, ceded and made
over to the United States for the purposes aforesaid.

CHAPTER 285.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act to invest the State's share of

the Surplus Revenue of the United States, and for other purposes,

passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, chapter

two hundred and twenty.

Fund re-

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

ferred to.

That the interest that has accrued, and which may accrue

upon the state's share of the surplus revenue of the United

States, received and to be received by the treasurer of the wes-

tern shore, and directed by the fourth section of the said act of

December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, chapter

two hundred and twenty, to be deposited in some incorporated

bank or banks in Baltimore, or elsewhere in this state, at the

discretion of the treasurer of the western shore, shall be distri-

buted among the counties of this state, and the city of Balti-

more, for the support and encouragement of education in this

Distribution

state in the manner following : one-half of said interest fund

directed.

among all the counties in this state, and the city of Baltimore,

in exact proportion to the amount of the white population of

each respectively, as ascertained by the last census of the Uni-

ted States, and the other half of said fund by dividing it into

twenty-one equal parts, and allotting to each county, and the

city of Baltimore, one of said parts.

As of date*

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That the said interest shall be

forthwith apportioned and distributed as provided in the first

section of this act, as if done at the period at which the fund

mentioned, and referred to in the act of eighteen hundred and

sixteen, chapter two hundred and fifty-six, is distributable, and

In future

that all future distributions shall be made annually when (he

annually.

said other funds are distributed.

treasurer'

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of the western

authorized
to pay.

shore, be, and he is hereby authorized to pay over to each of

the counties in the state, and the city of Baltimore, or to per-