Warrant to sheriff to summon jury. Id. s. 6. nient day thereafter, it shall be the duty of the said court to proceed to hear and determine upon said petition, and the objections, if any, filed against the proposed condemnation; and the said court may order such witnesses to be summoned, and hear such evidence as may be produced before it by the respective parties, to show the necessity or impropriety of the proposed condemnation; and if the said court shall determine that condemnation of the said lands or other real property ought not to be had, it shall dismiss said petition, at the cost of the United States; but if it shall determine that condemnation of the land in said petition described, ought to be had by the United States, it shall pass an order directing the clerk of said court, under his hand and the seal of said court, to issue a warrant to the sheriff of the county wherein said land lies, requiring him to summon a jury of twenty inhabitants of said county, not interested in the land to be valued, to meet on or near the land to be valued, in a day named in said summons, not less than ten nor more than twenty days after issuing the same; provided, five days' notice thereof be given to the owner, reputed owner, or agent of such owner of the lands proposed to be condemned. 6. If at the time named in such summons, any of said jurors non-attendance summoned do not attend, the said sheriff shall immediately sumof any of jurors. mon as many jurors as may be necessary with the jurors in attendance to make up the number of twenty, and from them, each party or his agent, or if either be not present in person or by agent, the sheriff for said party may strike four jurors, and the remaining jurors shall act as the jury of inquest of damages. Id. s. 7. Oath to jurors. Id. s. 8. Witnesses' testimony. Id. s. 9. Return of inquisition. Id. s. 10. Confirmation of inquisition. 7. The said sheriff shall, before the said jury shall proceed to act, administer to each of them an oath, that he will justly and impartially value the damages which the owner will sustain by the use⚫ or permanent occupation of the land required by the United States. 8. The jury shall summon.such witnesses as the parties may require, and examine them on oath in relation to the value of the property to be condemned; and they shall reduce the testimony, if any be taken by them, to writing, and after the testimony is closed, and without any unnecessary delay, they shall ascertain and determine the compensation which ought to be made by the United States to the party owning or being interested in the land to be condemned. 9. The jury shall reduce their inquisition to writing, and shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then be returned by the sheriff, together with the testimony, if any taken, and reduced to writing as aforesaid, to the clerk of the Circuit Court for the county wherein said land lies, and shall be filed by said clerk in said court. 10. The said inquisition shall be confirmed by said court, if no sufficient cause be shown by the fourth day of the term thereof, beginning next after it is filed in said court; and when confirmed, shall be recorded by said clerk at the expense of the United States, and the United States shall also pay all the costs incident to said petition and inquisition in all cases. 11. If the said inquisition be set aside, the said court may direct Id. s. 11. another inquisition in the manner herein before prescribed. Proceedings, if set aside. Inquisition to ty condemned, tion. of valuation. court on refusal 12. Every such inquisition shall describe the property taken, Id. s. 12. and the bounds and quantity of the land condemned, and shall state describe properthe valuation thereof; such valuation, when paid or tendered to the and state valuaowner of said property, shall entitle the United States to the land so valued and condemned, for the use and purposes set forth in said ment, or tender petition, as fully as if the same had been conveyed by the owner thereof to the United States for said use and purposes, with the sanction of the General Assembly of this State; provided, always, that if said valuation be tendered to the party entitled and refused, the United States shall obtain no title to said land until they shall have, by their said agent, or otherwise, brought said tender and Proceedings of refusal to the knowledge of said court; and said court shall pass of tender. an order directing that said valuation, tendered and refused as aforesaid, be paid over to the clerk of said court, to be retained by him, or invested under the order or direction of said court, for the use and benefit of the party entitled, whenever he shall see fit to demand the same; and the said court shall direct said clerk to pay over the same to him, and said order shall have been complied with by the United States; and the said court may, in its discretion, before ordering any such valuation to be paid over to said clerk, require said clerk to enter into an additional bond to the State of Maryland, with security to be approved by said court, in such penal sum as said court may direct, not exceeding double the amount of such valuation; conditioned that the said clerk will well and faithfully keep all moneys paid over to him as such valuation, and will well and faithfully comply with all the orders of said court in reference thereto; but nothing in this act contained shall authorize the condemnation of more than ten acres of land in any one tract for to which conthe use of the United States. 13. Jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States over such Id. s. 13. lands as shall be condemned as aforesaid, for their use for public purposes, as soon as the same shall be condemned, under the sanction of the General Assembly of this State, herein before given to said condemnation; provided, always, that this State shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States, in and over all lands Concurrent condemned under the provisions of this act, so far as that all pro- served to State. cesses, civil and criminal, issuing under the authority of this State, or any of the courts or judicial officers thereof, may be executed on the premises so condemned, and in any building erected, or to be erected thereon, in the same way and manner as if this act had not been passed; and exclusive jurisdiction shall revert to, and revest in the State, whenever the said premises shall cease to be owned by the United States, and used for some of the purposes mentioned in this act. Number of acres demnation limited. Jurisdiction ceded to the United States. jurisdiction re Id. s. 14. Exemption 14. All the lands that may be condemned under the provisions from taxation. of this act, and the buildings and improvements erected, or to be erected thereon, and the personal property of the United States, and of the officers thereof, when upon said land, shall be exonerated and exempted from taxation for State and county purposes, so long as the said land shall continue to be owned by the United States, and used for any of the purposes specified in this act, and no longer. 1874, c. 193, s. 1. Consent of State United States of land for the erection of lighthouses, beacons, etc. 21 Md. 119. LIGHTHOUSES, BEACONS, AND OTHER AIDS TO NAVIGATION. 15. The consent of the State is hereby given to the purchase by to purchase by the government of the United States, or under the authority of the same, of any tract, piece, or parcel of land, not exceeding five acres, from any individual or individuals, bodies politic or corporate, within the boundaries or limits of the State, for the purpose of erecting thereon lighthouses, beacons, and other aids to navigation; and all deeds and conveyances of title-papers for the same shall be recorded, as in other cases, upon the land records of the county in which the lands so conveyed may lie; the consent herein and hereby given being in accordance with the seventeenth clause of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, and with the acts of Congress in such cases made and provided. Id. s. 2. veyed by gover- 16. With respect to land covered by the navigable waters within the limits of the State, and on which a lighthouse, beacon, or other water to be con- aids to navigation has been built, or is about to be built, the governor of the State, on application of an authorized agent of the United States, setting forth a description of the site required, is authorized and empowered to convey the title to the United States, and to cede jurisdiction over the same; provided no single tract shall contain more than five acres. Number of acres limited. Id. s. 3. Exemption 17. The lots, parcels, or tracts of land so ceded to the United from taxation. States, together with the tenements and appurtenances for the purpose before mentioned, shall be held exempt from taxation by the State of Maryland. Id. s. 4. isdiction with the United States. 18. This State shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the concurrent jur- United States in and over the tracts of land aforesaid, so that criminal and civil processes, issued under the authority of the State by any officer thereof, may be executed on said lands and in the buildings that may be erected thereon, in the same way and manner as if jurisdiction had not been ceded; and exclusive jurisdiction shall revert to and revest in this State whenever the said tract of land shall permanently cease to be used and occupied by the United States for any of the purposes heretofore enumerated. Jurisdiction ceded. PLACES CEDED TO THE UNITED STATES. 19. Jurisdiction over the following named places was ceded to the United States by the acts of Assembly cited herein: Lighthouse Sites, etc. By 1820, c. 38, certain lands on North Point and Bodkin Island. By 1824, c. 54, certain lands on Thomas's Point and Poole's Island. By 1824, c. 169, at Cedar Point and at Point Lookout in St. Mary's county, and at Smith's Island in Somerset county. By 1827, c. 136, at Jane's Island, in Somerset county, and at Clay's Island in Dorchester county. By 1831, c. 150, at Hooper's or Barren Island. By 1831, c. 150, certain lands at Turkey Point. By 1834, c. 64, certain lands at Love Point in Queen Anne's county. By 1834, c. 265, certain lands at Piney Point in St. Mary's county. By 1853, c. 40, at Edmonston Island, near the mouth of the Susquehanna River. By 1853, c. 179, land purchased for supplying the city of Washington with water. 21 Md. 119. By 1853, c. 303, at Seven Foot Knoll in Chesapeake Bay. By 1856, c. 207, lands at Drum Point, at mouth of the Potomac River, in Calvert county. By 1856, c. 284, a part of Hogg Island, in the Potomac River. Naval School and Forts. By 1838, c. 279, certain lands on Whetstone Point, near Baltimore, Fort McHenry. By 1845, c. 214, Soller's Point Flats, Fort Sollers. By 1845, c. 215, over Fort Madison and Fort Severn. By 1853, c. 185, site and jurisdiction for Naval School. By 1866, c. 46, additional lands and jurisdiction over same. By 1866, c. 68, additional lands and jurisdiction over same. By 1867, c. 294, additional lands and jurisdiction over same. By 1867, c. 387, additional lands and jurisdiction over same. By 1872, c. 382, additional lands and jurisdiction over same. By 1872, c. 275, certain lands on the Potomac River in Prince George's county, Fort Foote. By 1874, c. 352, certain lands in Prince George's county, site of Fort Washington, etc. Cemeteries. By 1872, c. 173, certain lands of the National Cemetery, near Annapolis. By 1878, c. 63, certain lands and jurisdiction over same, occupied by the Antietam National Cemetery, in Washington county. Custom-house. By 1853, c. 40, certain lands in city of Baltimore. Elections by Qualifications Residence. Removals. Disqualifications. 33 Md. 143. Bribery. Penalties. Punishment for illegal voting. 1853, c. 133. SECTION 1. All elections shall be by ballot; and every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, who has been a resident of the State for one year, and of the legislative district of Baltimore city, or of the county in which he may offer to vote, for six months next preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote in the ward or election district in which he resides, at all elections hereafter to be held in this State; and in case any county or city shall be so divided as to form portions of different electoral districts for the election of representatives in Congress, senators, delegates, or other officers, then, to entitle a person to vote for such officer, he must have been a resident of that part of the county or city which shall form a part of the electoral district in which he offers to vote, for six months next preceding the election; but a person who shall have acquired a residence in such county or city, entitling him to vote at any such election, shall be entitled to vote in the election district from which he removed, until he shall have acquired a residence in the part of the county or city to which he has removed. SEC. 2. No person above the age of twenty-one years, convicted of larceny, or other infamous crime, unless pardoned by the governor, shall ever thereafter be entitled to vote at any election in this State; and no person under guardianship, as a lunatic, or, as a person non compos mentis, shall be entitled to vote. SEC. 3. If any person shall give, or offer to give, directly or indirectly, any bribe, present, or reward, or any promise, or any security for the payment or the delivery of money, or any other thing, to induce any voter to refrain from casting his vote, or to prevent him in any way from voting, or to procure a vote for any candidate or person proposed or voted for as elector of president and vice-president of the United States, or representative in Congress, or for any office of profit or trust created by the Constitution or laws of this State, or by the ordinances or authority of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, the person giving, or offering to give, and the person receiving the same, and any person who gives, or causes to be given an illegal vote, knowing it to be such, at any election to be hereafter held in this State, shall, on conviction in a court of law, in addition to the penalties now or hereafter to be imposed by law, be forever disqualified to hold any office of profit or trust, or to vote at any election thereafter. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to pass laws to punish, with fine and imprisonment, any person who shall remove into any election district or precinct of any ward of the city of Baltimore, not for the purpose |