HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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In subsection (c) of this section, the reference to
the Secretary of State is substituted for the former,
ambiguous reference "he", to conform to the rest of
this section.

Defined term: "State" § 1-101

TITLE 14. UNITED STATES.

SUBTITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

14-101. CONSENT OF STATE.

SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS TITLE, THE STATE GIVES
THE CONSENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LAND THAT CONGRESS NEEDS UNDER
ARTICLE I, § 8, CLAUSE 17 OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO
EXERCISE JURISDICTION OVER THAT LAND.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 96, § 31.

This revision retains former Art. 96, § 31. However,
the Commission to Revise the Annotated Code notes
that, in 63 Op. Att'y Gen. 332, 336 (1978) at note 5,
the Attorney General indicated that former Art. 96, §
47 — now § 14-102 of this subtitle --_ could be read
either to repeal former Art. 96, §§ 31, 36, and 37 by
implication or to limit the jurisdiction ceded under
those former sections. The Attorney General followed
the lead of the Court of Special Appeals in Crowley v.
State, 25 Md. App. 417, 422, n. 1 (1975) and declined
to decide the effect of former Art. 96, § 47. In
light of this revision, the first and third clauses of
former Art. 96, § 19 and, except for the limitation of
5 acres, the first and third clauses of § 1, which
gave consent to acquisition of land for specific
purposes, are deleted as unnecessary.

The introductory language of this section, "[s]ubject
to ... this title", is added as a general reference to
limitations on acquisition of land for specific
purposes and restrictions on the land acquired.

The former reference to acquisition "by purchase,
condemnation or otherwise" is deleted as surplusage.

The former reference to "sites for custom houses,
courthouses, post offices, arsenals or other public
buildings whatever, or for any other purposes of the
government" is deleted as unnecessary in light of the
referenced Constitutional provision.

14-102. JURISDICTION.