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priation for the necessary surveys and estimate of cost of such
highway, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the consent of the State of Maryland be and is
hereby given the acquisition by the Government of the United
States of such land or right of way in this State as may be
required by it in the construction of a highway from the City
of Washington, District of Columbia, to Gettysburg, State of
Pennsylvania, as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln, and all
deeds, conveyances or papers for such land shall be recorded
as in other cases, among the Land Records of the county where
it lies, and if such land can not be acquired by purchase or gift,
or for any other reason perfect title thereto can not be had,
it may be condemned in the manner as is in other cases pro-
vided for, by Article 96 of the Code of Public General Laws of
this State, the proceedings to be in the name of the United
States, being in conformity with the procedure in said Article
set forth.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That jurisdiction is ceded
to the United States over all such lands as may be obtained by
it for the aforesaid purpose; provided, however, that concur-
rent jurisdiction with the United States over all lands obtained
under the provisions of this Act is hereby retained by the State
of Maryland so far as to crimes or misdemeanors committed
thereon, and that all process, both civil and criminal, of the
State of Maryland, or any municipal corporation thereof, may
be executed upon the lands so obtained or in the building
thereon.

Approved April 7, 1910.

ARTICLE XCVII.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

CHAPTER 353.

AN ACT to repeal Article 97 of the Code of Public General

Laws, title "Weights and Measures," and to re-enact the

same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Article 97 of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Weights and Measures," be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments as follows:

SEC. 2. The standards for weights and measures in this
State, except as otherwise provided in this Article, shall be
the same as the standard of weights and measures of the United
States.