1438 UNITED STATES—CONDEMNATION. [ART. 96.

1874, ch. 395, sec. 12.

16. Every inquisition 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 property, 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, that if said valuation be tendered to the party entitled
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 until
said court shall pass an order directing that said valuation,
tendered and refused as aforesaid, be paid over to the clerk of
said court, to be retained by him, or invested under the order or
direction of said court, for the use and benefit of the party

entitled, whenever he shall see fit to demand the same, and until
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 penal sum as
said court may direct, not exceeding double the amount of

uch 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 article contained
shall authorize the condemnation of more than ten acres of land
in any one tract for the use of the United States.

Ibid. sec. 13.

17. Jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States over
such lands as shall be condemned as aforesaid for their use for
public purposes, as soon as the same shall be condemned, under
the sanction of the general assembly of this State hereinbefore
given to said condemnation; provided, always, that this State

shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and