142 UNITED STATES. [ART. 96

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 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 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.

1900, ch. 67.

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 Building In Laurel.

1900, ch. 593.

22. The consent of the State of Maryland is hereby 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.

23. Jurisdiction over said lot or lots of ground after the same
shall have been conveyed to the United States of America is
hereby ceded, released and relinquished to the United States of
America over the said lot or lots of ground; provided, however,
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 jurisdiction is granted, together with
all buildings and personal property, which is or may be hereafter
within the bounds thereof belonging to the United States, shall
be exempted, exonerated and discharged from all State, county