Section 1

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the consent of the state of Pennsylvania is hereby given to the purchase, made under the laws of this state, by the United States, of a certain piece of land from James S. Negley and Grace Negley, on the thirteenth day of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy- five, and recorded August third, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the office of the recorder of deeds of Allegheny county, in deed book, volume three hundred and thirty- eight, page four hundred and forty-five, situated in the twentieth ward, in the city of Pittsburg, Allegheny county, bounded, as follows: On the north by Ellsworth avenue, on the east by Filbert street, on the south by Elmer street and on the west by Oak street; containing two (2) acres seventy-four and one fourth perches, more or less, on which to erect a marine hospital and necessary buildings; and the said United States shall have and hold, use and occupy, and own the said land and exercise and control over the same and every part thereof, subject to the restrictions hereinafter mentioned. The said consent is given, and the said jurisdiction ceded, upon the express condition, that the state of Pennsylvania shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the United States on and over the land or lands, so far as that all civil process, in all cases, and such criminal or other process as may issue under the laws or authority of the state of Pennsylvania, against any person or persons charged with crime or misdemeanors committed within said state, including said lands, may be executed therein, in the same way and manner as if such consent had not been given or jurisdiction ceded, except so far as such process may affect the real or personal property of the United States. The jurisdiction, hereby ceded, shall continue so long as the said land shall remain the property of the United States, and no longer, and the same shall be and continue, while so held, exonerated from all taxes, assessments and other charges which may be levied under the authority of this state.