ART. 96] UNITED STATES. . 897

ARTICLE XCVL

UNITED STATES.

35A-35B. Consent of Maryland given to United States for road from District of
Columbia to Charles County; condemnation; jurisdiction.

22.*

Public Buildings and Lands.

1912, ch. 339.

35A. The consent of the State of Maryland is hereby given
to the acquisition by the Government of the United States of
such land, riparian rights or right of way in the State of Maryland,
as may be required by said United States Government in the survey
and construction of a road or highway from the District of Columbia
to Winthrop Post Office, in Charles county, State of Maryland, and all
deeds, conveyances or papers for such land, riparian rights, or rights of
way, shall be recorded as in other cases, among the Land Records of
the county wherein the property affected thereby is located, or in all
counties in which the same may be located in part; and if such land,
riparian rights, or rights of way cannot be acquired by purchase, gift
or otherwise, or for any other reason title thereto cannot be obtained,
the same may be condemned in the manner as in other cases provided
for, by the laws of the State of Maryland, the proceedings being in the
name of the United States and being in conformity with the laws of
the State of Maryland.

1912, ch. 339.

35B. Jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States over all such
lands as may be obtained by it for the aforesaid purpose, however,
concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over all lands obtained
under the provisions of Sections 39A-39B is hereby retained by the
State of Maryland as to all crimes or misdemeanors committed thereon,
and all process, both civil and criminal of the State of Maryland, or
of any municipal corporation thereof, may be executed upon the lands
so obtained, or in any building erected thereon.

See articles 2 and 3 of the Declaration of Rights.

*The act of 1912, chapter 640, authorized the Governor to cede to the United
States Government certain highways and any state road or highway in any
county and to grant the right of condemnation as to highways and rights of
way where no satisfactory road exists or an existing road is desired to be
widened or straightened and to condemn property, necessary for the purposes
of a memorial highway to Abraham Lincoln, in any county of the state.