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	Chapter 139.
	AN ACT to give the consent of the state to the pur-
	chase of certain lots of ground, not to exceed two
	acres, in the city of Annapolis, by the United States
	of America, for the purpose of erecting a building
	for a Postoffice, Custom-House and other Public
	Offices, and to cede to the United States of America
	jurisdiction over the same.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That the consent of the State of Mary-
	land is hereby given to the purchase by the United
	States of America of any lots or parcels of ground in	Consent given.
	the city of Annapolis, not to exceed two acres, for the
	purpose of erecting a building for a Postoffice, Custom-
	House and other Public Offices of the United States
	of America.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That jurisdiction over
	the said lots or parcels of ground, after the same shall
	have been lawfully conveyed to the said United States
	of America, be and it is hereby ceded, released and	Jurisdiction ceded.
	relinquished to the United States of America over the
	said lot or parcels of ground, so far as, 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 parcels of ground, may be executed
	therein in the same way and manner as though this
	cession had never been made and granted; and that
	the land over which the jurisdiction is granted by this
	act, together with all the buildings and personal prop-
	erty, which is, or may be hereafter, within the bounds	Exempt from
	thereof, belonging to the United States, shall be	state and coun-
	exempted, exonerated and discharged from all state,	ty taxation.
	county and municipal taxes, so long as the said lot or
	parcels of ground shall remain the property of the
	United States of America, for the purposes aforesaid.
	Approved March 27, 1884.