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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of erecting thereon a public building, and to cede to the
United States of America jurisdiction over the same.

Preamble

WHEREAS There is now pending in the Congress of the
United States of America a bill to appropriate a sum of money
to purchase a lot of ground and the erection thereon of a public
building in Laurel, Maryland; and

WHEREAS, Section three hundred and fifty-five of the Revised
Statutes of the United States requires that before any money
can be expended the Legislature must give its consent to the
purchase of said land and cede to the United States jurisdic-
tion over the site thus obtained; therefore

Sanction given
for the pur-
chase of land
by United
States.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the consent of the State of Maryland be and it is
hereby given to the purchase by the United States of America
of a lot or lots of ground in Laurel, Prince George's county.
Maryland, for the purpose of erecting a public building
thereon.

Jurisdiction
over said lots
etc.

Proviso.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That jurisdiction over said lot
or lots of ground after the same shall have been conveyed to
the United States of America be and it is hereby ceded,
released and relinquished to the United States of America
over the said lot or lots of ground; provided, however, that
all civil and such criminal process as may issue under the
authority of this State against any person or persons charged
with crimes and misdemeanors committed without said lot or
lots of ground may be executed thereon in the same way and
manner as though this cession had never been made or granted,
and that the land over which the jurisdiction is granted by this
Act, together with all buildings and personal property, which

Exempt from
taxation.

is or may be hereafter within the bounds thereof belonging to
the United States, shall be exempted, exonerated and dis-
charged from all State, county and municipal taxes so long as
the said lot or lots of ground shall remain the property of the
the United States of America for the purpose aforesaid.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 594.
AN ACT to declare the sanction and consent of the General
Assembly of Maryland to sundry gifts and bequests con-
tained in the last will and testament of Margaret S. Fergu-