ART. 96] CONDEMNATION——BUILDINGS AND LAND. 2085

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

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 incapable 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 con-
demned for the use and benefit of the United States, such
condemnation proceedings 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, however, 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.

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.

Public Buildings and Land.

1900, ch. 59'3, sec. 1.

22. The consent of the State of Maryland is given to the
purchase by the United States of America of a lot or lots of
ground in Laurel, Prince George's county, for the purpose of
erecting a public building thereon.

Ibid. sec. 2.

23. Jurisdiction over said lot or lots of ground after the
same shall have been conveyed, to the United States of America
is ceded, released and relinquished to the United States of
America over the said lot or lots of ground; provided, how-
ever, that all civil and such criminal process as may issue
under the authority of this State against any person or persons
charged with crimes and misdemeanors committed without
said lot or lots of ground may be executed thereon in the
same way and manner as though this cession had never been
made or granted, and that the land over which such juris-