Chap. 189.—An ACT giving the consent of this state to the purchase
by the United States of certain real estate in the county of Norfolk,
and exempting the same from taxation.

Approved March 1, 1882.

Whereas it has been represented to the general assembly
that a bill is now pending in the congress of the United
States, authorizing the secretary of the navy to acquire by
purchase a piece or parcel of land in Norfolk county, on the

lizabeth river, immediately opposite to the Gosport navy-
yard, and known as Cedar Grove, for the construction of a
wet dock, and for naval purposes—
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the con-
sent of this commonwealth be and is hereby given to said
purchase; and when the same shall have been made, juris-
diction is hereby ceded to the government of the United
States, so that congress and the authorities of the federal

overnment shall have all lawful power and control over and
in the samo, as is specifiod in the seventeenth clause of the
eighth section of the first article of the constitution of the
United States: provided, however, that the consent herein
given shall not extend to the purchase or acquisition of
more than sixty acres of land for the purposes aforesaid :
and provided further, that the state retains concurrent juris-
diction over the same in all matters relating to tho violation
of the laws of this‘state, to the execution and service of all
process issued by or from the courts, magistrates, or other
state officers in pursuance of law, and in all other matters
not incompatible with the consent herein given and the
rightful authority of the Unitod States, thereby acquired or
to be acquired under this act.

2. If the government of the United States shall fail to
make the purchase specified in the preceding section, and for
the purpose therein designated, within two years from the
passago of this act, then this act shall ecase to be of any
force or effect, and the full, complete, and undivided jurisdic-
tion over the same shall revert to and vest in this common-
wealth as if it had not been passed.

3. The said real estate and the buildings or structures
that may be erected thereon are hereby exempted from any
tax to be imposed by this state, or the constituted authori-
ties of Norfolk county, so long as the samo shall be held and
used by the gencral government for the purposes hereinbe-
fore mentioned, and no longer.

4, This act shall bo in force from its passage.

Chap. 189.—An ACT giving the consent of this state to the purchase
by the United States of certain real estate in the county of Norfolk,
and exempting the same from taxation.

Approved March 1, 1882.

Whereas it has been represented to the general assembly
that a bill is now pending in the congress of the United
States, authorizing the secretary of the navy to acquire by
purchase a piece or parcel of land in Norfolk county, on the

lizabeth river, immediately opposite to the Gosport navy-
yard, and known as Cedar Grove, for the construction of a
wet dock, and for naval purposes—
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the con-
sent of this commonwealth be and is hereby given to said
purchase; and when the same shall have been made, juris-
diction is hereby ceded to the government of the United
States, so that congress and the authorities of the federal

overnment shall have all lawful power and control over and
in the samo, as is specifiod in the seventeenth clause of the
eighth section of the first article of the constitution of the
United States: provided, however, that the consent herein
given shall not extend to the purchase or acquisition of
more than sixty acres of land for the purposes aforesaid :
and provided further, that the state retains concurrent juris-
diction over the same in all matters relating to tho violation
of the laws of this‘state, to the execution and service of all
process issued by or from the courts, magistrates, or other
state officers in pursuance of law, and in all other matters
not incompatible with the consent herein given and the
rightful authority of the Unitod States, thereby acquired or
to be acquired under this act.

2. If the government of the United States shall fail to
make the purchase specified in the preceding section, and for
the purpose therein designated, within two years from the
passago of this act, then this act shall ecase to be of any
force or effect, and the full, complete, and undivided jurisdic-
tion over the same shall revert to and vest in this common-
wealth as if it had not been passed.

3. The said real estate and the buildings or structures
that may be erected thereon are hereby exempted from any
tax to be imposed by this state, or the constituted authori-
ties of Norfolk county, so long as the samo shall be held and
used by the gencral government for the purposes hereinbe-
fore mentioned, and no longer.

4, This act shall bo in force from its passage.