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20.

Whenever the United States are unable to agree with the owners
of the land described in § 19 of this article as to the purposes and
for the purchase thereof, or if the owners for any cause are in-
capable 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 Baltimore City if the land lies in said city, and have the
land condemned for the use and benefit of the United States, such
condemnation proceedings to be instituted and conducted in ac-
cordance with §§5 and [to] 16 [inclusive, ] of this article; pro-
vided, however, that the quantity of land condemned under the
provisions of this section shall not be subject to the limitations
prescribed in § 16 of this article.

SEC. 63. And be it further enacted. That Section 18 of Article
961/2 of the Code, title "Veterans", sub-title "Re-employment of
Second World War Veterans" be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments to read as follows:

18.

* A Second World War veteran, who shall feel aggrieved by the
action or refusal to act of the State or other governmental unit
in any case involving rights or privileges granted to such veteran
by this sub-title, shall have the right to appeal to the circuit court
of the county having jurisdiction of the governmental unit involved,
or to the Superior Court of Baltimore City if the State Commissioner
of Personnel is involved, or if the courts of Baltimore City have
jurisdiction of the governmental unit involved, and in case more
than one court shall have jurisdiction of any governmental unit,
the appeal may be taken to any court having jurisdiction. £Such
appeal shall be taken within thirty (30) days of the action or re-
fusal to act complained of, and u] Z7pon appeal, the court, without
intervention of a jury, shall hear the case de novo, and shall fully
determine the rights of the complaining veteran and pass an ap-
propriate order. From the order of the lower court in any such
case, there shall be an appeal to the Court of Appeals by either the
veteran or the State, or other governmental unit involved.

If any Second World War veteran seeking court relief, as this
section provided, shall apply to the judge of the lower court having
jurisdiction of his appeal, the judge shall assign counsel to such
veteran without cost to him. No court costs shall be assessed against
any veteran seeking court relief as in this section provided.

SEC. 64. And be it further enacted, That sub-section (c) of Section
16 of Article 101 of the Code, title "Workmen's Compensation",
sub-title "Suit—Methods of Insurance" and sub-sections (a) and (e)
of Section 56 of Article 101 of the Code, title "Workmen's Compen-
sation", sub-title "Appeals" be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

16. (c) Any such employer who may wish to adopt any one of
the methods mentioned in the preceding paragraphs for assuring