ART. 96.] UNITED STATES—JURISDICTION. 1433

ARTICLE XCVI.

UNITED STATES.

1. Consent to purchase of lands by, deeds to be recorded as in other cases. 2. Governor to convey title and cede jurisdiction where the land is covered by navigable water. 3. Such land exempt from taxation. 4. State to have concurrent jurisdic- tion. 5. Condemnation of land for such purposes. 6. What must be stated in petition for condemnation. 7. Petition to be verified by affidavit S. Publication of notice of petition. 9. Proceedings, jury; notice to owner.

10. In case of absence of jurors: each party to strike off four. 11. Oath. 12. Jury to summon witnesses, take testimony and determine the compensation. 13. Inquisition to be reduced to writ- ing, sealed and returned to court. 14. Confirmation by court; costs. 15. New inquisition. 16. Statements in inquisition; title to pass upon payment, payment into court. 17 Jurisdiction. 13. Exemption from taxation.

1874, ch. 193, sec. 1.

1. The consent of the State is given to the purchase by the
government of the United States, or under the authority of the
same, of any tract, piece or pacrel of land not exceeding five
acres, from any individual or individuals, bodies politic or corpo-
rate within the boundaries or limits of the State, for the purpose

of erecting thereon light-houses, beacons and other aids t'o navi-
gation; and all deeds and conveyances of title papers for the
same shall be recorded, as in other cases, upon the land records

of the county in which the land so conveyed may lie; the consent
herein given being in accordance with the seventeenth clause of
the eighth section of the first article of the constitution of the United
States and with the acts of congress in such cases made and pro-
vided.

Ibid. sec. 2.

2. With respect to land covered by the navigable waters with-
in the limits of the State, and on which a light-house, beacon or