2178 UNITED STATES. [ART. 96

of the first article of the constitution of the United States and with
the acts of congress in such cases made and provided.

1904, art. 90, sec. 20. 1900, ch. 67, sec. 20.

20. Whenever the United States are, unable to agree with the owners
of the land described in section 19 of this article as to the purposes and
for the purchase thereof, or if the owners for any cause are incapa-
ble of making a perfect title to the said land, the United States may
institute proceedings for the condemnation of the said land for the
use and benefit of the United States in the circuit court of the State
for the county where the land lies, or in the superior court of Balti-
more city if the land lies in said city, and have the land condemned
for the use and benefit of the United States, such condemnation pro-
ceedings to be instituted and conducted in accordance with sections 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of this article; provided, how-
ever, that the quantity of land condemned under the provisions of this,
section shall not be subject to the limitation prescribed in section 16
of this article.

Ibid. sec. 21. 1900, ch. 67, sec. 21.

21. The provisions of sections 17 and 18 of this article shall apply
to all property or lands purchased or acquired by the United States
under the provisions of sections 19 and 20 of this article.

1910, ch. 252 (p. 324).

22. The consent of the State of Maryland is hereby given the acqui-
sition by the government of the United States of such land or right
of way in this State as may be required by it in the construction of a
highway from the city of Washington, District of Columbia, to Gettys-
burg, State of Pennsylvania, as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln, and
all deeds, conveyances or papers for such land shall be recorded as in
other cases, among the lands records of the county where it lies, and
if such land can not be acquired by purchase or gift, or for any other
reason perfect title thereto can not be had, it may bo condemned in the
manner as is in other cases provided for, by article 96 of the Annotated
Code of Public Civil Laws of this State, the proceedings to be in the
name of the United States, being in conformity with the procedure in
said article set forth.

1910, ch. 252 (p. 324).

23. Jurisdiction is ceded to the United States over all such lands
as may be obtained by it for the aforesaid purpose; provided, however,
that concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over all lands
obtained under the provisions of the preceding section is hereby retained
by the State of Maryland so far as to crimes or misdemeanors com-
mitted thereon, and that all process, both civil and criminal, of the
State of Maryland, or any municipal corporation thereof, may be
executed upon the land's so obtained or in the building thereon.