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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and such criminal process as may issue under the

authority of this State, against any person or persons

charged with crimes committed without said lands

and ceded territory, may be executed therein, in the

same way and manner as though this cession and

consent had never been made and granted, except

so far as such process may effect the real and per-

sonal property of the United States within the said

ceded territory.

Exonerated

SEC. 2. Be, it enacted, That the said lands over

and discharged
from all taxes

which the jurisdiction is granted by this act, together

with all personal property which may thereafter be

within the bounds thereof, belonging to the United

States, or to any of the officers or agents of the

United States, shall be exonerated and discharged

from all taxes and assessments which may be at any

time imposed by the authority of this State, when

and so long as the said lands or portion thereof

respectively, are and shall remain the property of the

United States, and be used for the purpose aforesaid.

In force

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 353.

AN ACT for the relief of Briscoe Adams, one of the

sureties on the official bond of Robert J. Bean,

former Collector of State taxes for St. Mary's

county.

Released

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That Briscoe Adams, one of the sureties

on the official bond of Robert J. Bean, Collector of

Taxes for St. Mary's county, be and he is hereby

released from all responsibility to the State on ac-

count of said bond; provided, however, that the

principal and other sureties on said .bond and their

property shall in no manner be released therefrom.