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DELEGATE STORM: If they renounced
their citizenship at home and became a
citizen of Maryland and became subject to
Maryland income tax, yes. But they are
not interested.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Anderson.
DELEGATE ANDERSON: This pro-
vision does not say that.
DELEGATE STORM: You will notice
there is another word there. It says they
shall not be denied this right "solely" be-
cause they live on a federal enclave.
The General Assembly will undoubtedly
provide that you cannot vote here and in
another state too. We do not need to worry
about their teaming up and they are not
going to start paying Maryland income tax
in order to vote here.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Anderson.
DELEGATE ANDERSON: I did notice
that word in there but, you used the word
"cede." Now just what did you mean?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: By "ceded,"
c-e-d-e-d?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Anderson.
DELEGATE ANDERSON: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: That means
where the federal government has asked
for land under Article 1, section 8, clause
17 of the federal Constitution and where
our legislature has passed an act giving to
Congress the power to exercise exclusive
legislation.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Anderson.
DELEGATE ANDERSON: Could you
say whether the government has granted
Fort Meade the right to exercise exclusive
jurisdiction or not?
DELEGATE STORM: Yes, we in Mary-
land by act of the legislature have given
consent to the purchase of the land at
Fort Meade.
Also at Fort Severn, which has now be-
come the Naval Academy and at Indian
Head, our legislature has given this right
to the United States in a number of in-
stances.
Maybe I should have read the entire sec-
tion of the federal Constitution. I will re-
read a little bit more so as to make this
clear.
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"The Congress shall have the Power
... to exercise exclusive Legislation in
all Cases whatsoever, over ... all Places
purchased by the Consent of the Legisla-
ture of the State" — incidentally there, I
say parenthetically that ceding, c-e-d-i-n-g
— "in which the Same shall be for the
Erection of," needful buildings, forts,
arsenals, and so on."
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Anderson.
DELEGATE ANDERSON: I think if
you investigate it a little bit more thor-
oughly, you will find that the State of
Maryland did not cede jurisdiction over
Fort Meade but you will probably also find
an act of Congress in which the govern-
ment chose to elect to exercise exclusive
jurisdiction.
For instance, some time back our local
Fort—
THE CHAIRMAN: Is this a question
or a preface to a question?
DELEGATE ANDERSON: I am simply
explaining to him a question.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well, proceed.
DELEGATE ANDERSON: The local
courts exercised jurisdiction in a case that
occurred in Fort Meade and later by a
paper filed in the secretary of state's of-
fice, the Government assumed exclusive
jurisdiction so that we no longer tried
criminal cases that occurred in Fort Meade.
The only point I am making is that I
simply do not think that those people who
are up in Fort Meade, and there are quite
a few of them, should be permitted to
come down and register and vote in Anne
Arundel County even though they have
been there for two or three years.
J t is all right with me, because I am
pretty close to Fort Meade.
THE CHAIRMAN: What is your ques-
tion, Delegate Anderson?
DELEGATE ANDERSON: I am asking
him, does this protect the State from peo-
ple registering that live on Fort Meade
property and vote in Maryland elections?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Storm.
DELEGATE STORM: Mr. Anderson, I
beg to differ with you on whether or not
Maryland has ceded Fort Meade to the
federal government.
The federal Constitution provides that
Congress shall not have this power unless
there is an act of cession, and I am sure
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