JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 583

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That every such inqui-	Describe prop- erty taken.
sition shall describe the property taken, and the bounds and quantity of the land condemned, and
shall state the valuation thereof; such valuation,
when paid or tendered to the owner of said prop-
erty, shall entitle the United States to the land so
valued and condemned, for the use and purposes set
forth in said petition, as fully as if the same had been
conveyed by the owner thereof to the United States
for said use and purposes, with the sanction of the
General Assembly of this State; provided, always,	Proviso.
that if said valuation be tendered to the party en-
titled and refused, the United States shall obtain no
title to said land until they shall have, by their said
agent, or otherwise, brought said tender and refusal
to the knowledge of said court; and said court
shall pass an order directing that said valuation, ten-
dered and refused as aforesaid, be paid over to the	Pay over.
clerk of said court, to be retained by him, or in-
vested under the order or direction of said court, for
the use and benefit of the party entitled, whenever
he shall see tit to demand the same; and the said
court shall direct said clerk to pay over the same to
him, and said order shall have been complied with
by the United States ; and the said court may, in its
discretion, before ordering any such valuation to be
paid over to said clerk, require said clerk to enter
into an additional bond to the State of Maryland,
with security to be approved by said court, in such	Additional bond
penal sum as said court may direct, not exceeding
double the amount of such valuation; conditioned
that the said clerk will well and faithfully keep all
moneys paid over to him as such valuation, and will
well and faithfully comply with all the orders of said
court in reference thereto; but nothing in this act
contained shall authorize the condemnation of more
than ten acres of land in any one tract for the use
of the United States.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That jurisdiction is
Thereby ceded to the United States over such lands	Jurisdiction ceded
as shall be condemned as aforesaid, for their use for
public purposes, as soon as the same shall be con-
demned, under the sanction of the General Assembly
of this State hereinbefore given to said condemna-
tion ; provided, always, that this State shall retain con-	Proviso.