Public Law 64–57

That the United States

Fort McHenry, Md.

Jurisdiction ceded to State over portion of.

hereby cedes to the State of Maryland such jurisdiction over the portion of the Fort McHenry Military Reservation permission to use

Vol. 38, p. 382.

which was granted to the city of Baltimore by Act of Congress of May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, as the State now possesses elsewhere within its territory, such cession to be coextensive territorially with the said permit of June first, nineteen

Provisos.

Punishment of crimes.

hundred and fourteen, and to terminate upon its expiration: Provided, That jurisdiction to try and punish all crimes committed within said portion of the military reservation prior to the date that this cession becomes effective is reserved to the United States:

Acceptance by State.

Provided further, That the cession of jurisdiction made by this resolution shall not take effect until the same is accepted by the Legislature of the State of Maryland or its duly appointed representative

Termination.

clothed with such authority: And provided further, That when the United States shall resume possession of the said lands, or any part thereof, the jurisdiction herein ceded over lands so repossessed shall revest in the United States.