UNITED STATES

3545

ARTICLE 96.

UNITED STATES.¹

	1. Consent to purchase of lands by; deeds	Public Buildings and Land.2
	recorded as in other cases.	24. Consent of state to purchase of lot in
	2. Governor to convey title and cede jurisdiction where land is covered	Laurel, Prince George's County. 25. Jurisdiction over such lot ceded to
	by navigable water.	U. S.; proviso.
	3. Such land exempt from taxation.	26. Jurisdiction over government hospital
	4. State to have concurrent jurisdiction.	for insane in Prince George's County.
	5. Condemnation of land for such pur-	27. Jurisdiction over certain land in Cum-
	poses.	berland.
	6. What must be stated in petition for	28. Jurisdiction over land now or hereafter
	condemnation.	acquired; period for which grant
	7. Petition to be verified by affidavit.	shall continue; condition. Exemp-
	8. Publication of notice of petition.	tion from taxation.
	9. Proceedings; jury; notice to owner.	29. Jurisdiction over land for rifle range.
	10. In case of absence of jurors; each party	30. Jurisdiction over cemetery in St. Mary's
	to strike off four.	County.
	11. Oath of jurors.	31. Consent to acquisition of lands for
	12. Jury to summon witnesses, take testi-	custom-houses, etc.
	mony and determine compensation.	32. Jurisdiction ceded; exception; proviso.
	13. Inquisition to be reduced to writing,	33. When jurisdiction vests. Exemption
	sealed and returned to court.	from taxation.
	14. Confirmation by court; costs.	34-35. Consent of Md. given to U. S. for
	15. New inquisition.	road from District of Columbia to
	16. Statements in inquisition; title to pass	Charles County ; condemnation ;
	upon payment; payment into court.	jurisdiction.
	17. Jurisdiction.
	18. Exemption from taxation.	Calibration Range.
	19. Consent of state given to purchase land	36. Consent of state for calibration range
	by U. S. for forts, magazines, arse-	at mouth of Potomac.
	nals, coast defenses, barracks or
	other buildings; deed to be recorded.	Claims of State Against U. S.
	20. United States may institute condem-	37. Governor shall appoint agent or agents
	nation proceedings.	to prosecute such claims; compensa-
	21. Secs. 17 and 18 to apply to cases under	tion contingent; how fixed.
	secs. 19 and 20.	38. Vacancies; how filled.
	22. Consent to acquisition of land needed	39. Compensation of agents, how paid.
	in construction of road from Wash-
	ington to Gettysburg; condemna-	Antietam Battlefield Commission.
	tion.	40. Commission may transfer to U. S. its
	23. Jurisdiction ceded ; proviso.	lot on Antietam battlefield.

¹ See arts. 2 and 3 of Declaration of Rights. Ch. 121 of 1924 cedes certain property to
U. S. on Potomac River for lighthouse. As to assent of state to grant by act of congress
to provide for co-operative, agricultural extension work, etc., see art. 2A, sec. 11.

² Ch. 623 of the Acts of 1927 ceded to U. S. whatever title State of Maryland had to
four parcels of land in Montgomery County for increasing water supply of District
of Columbia.

Ch. 400 of acts of 1935 authorized conveyance to U. S. of tract of land at University
of Maryland, with a right of way over another parcel, for use in construction of an
experiment station by the U. S. Bureau of Mines.

Ch. 64, Acts of 1936 (Sp. Sess.) and ch. 479, Acts of 1937, ceded five tracts of land in
Prince George's County to the U. S.