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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 443-OCT. 31, 1945 SEC. 105. The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey is hereby authorized, empowered, and instructed to survey and properly mark by suitable monuments the said boundary line as described in section 101, and from time to time to monument such sections of said boundary line as may be changed as provided for in section 101; and the necessary appropriations for this work are hereby authorized. SEC. 106. The provisions of sections 272 to 289, inclusive, of the Criminal Code (U. S . C., title 18, sees. 451-468) shall be applicable to such portions of the George Washington Memorial Parkway and of the Washington National Airport as are situated within the Common- wealth of Virginia. Any United States commissioner specially desig- nated for that purpose by the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia shall have jurisdiction to try and, if found guilty, to sentence persons charged with petty offenses against the laws of the United States committed on the above-described por- tions of the said parkway or airport. The probation laws shall be applicable to persons so tried. For the purposes of this section, the term "petty offense" shall be defined as in section 335 of the Criminal Code (U. S . C ., title 18, sec. 541). If any person charged with any petty offense as aforesaid shall so elect, however, he shall be tried in the said district court. SEC. 107. The State of Virginia hereby consents that exclusive juris- diction in the Washington National Airport (as described in sec. 1 (b) of the Act of June 29, 1940 (54 Stat. 686)), title to which is now in the United States, shall be in the United States. The conditions upon which this consent is given are the following and none others: (1) There is hereby reserved in the Commonwealth of Virginia the juris- diction and power to levy a tax on the sale of oil, gasoline, and all other motor fuels and lubricants sold on the Washington National Airport for use in over-the-road vehicles such as trucks, busses, and automobiles, except sales to the United States: Provided, That the Commonwealth of Virginia shall have no jurisdiction or power to levy a tax on the sale or use of oil, gasoline, or other motor fuels and lubricants for other purposes; (2) there is hereby expressly reserved in the Commonwealth of Virginia the jurisdiction and power to serve criminal and civil process on the Washington National Airport; and (3) there is hereby reserved in the Commonwealth of Virginia the jurisdiction and power to regulate the manufacture, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages on the Washington National Airport (as described in sec. 1 (b) of the Act of June 29, 1940 (54 Stat. 686)). Subject to the limitation on the consent of the State of Virginia as expressed herein exclusive jurisdiction in the Washington National Airport shall be in the United States and the same is hereby accepted by the United States. This Act shall have no retroactive effect except that taxes and con- tributions in connection with operations, sales and property on and income derived at the Washington National Airport heretofore paid either to the Commonwealth of Virginia or the District of Columbia are hereby declared to have been paid to the proper jurisdictions and and Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia each hereby waives any claim for any such taxes or contributions heretofore assessed or assessable to the extent of any such payments to either jurisdiction. Any provision of law of the United States or the Commonwealth of Virginia which is to any extent in conflict with this Act is to the extent of such conflict hereby expressly repealed. SEC. 108. This title shall not become effective unless and until the State of Virginia shall accept the provisions thereof. 553 Surveys and marks. Applicability of Criminal Code to des- ignated areas. 35 Stat. 1142-1145. "Petty offense." 35 Stat. 1152. Washington Na- tional Airport, juris- diction. D. C. Code §2-1601 (b). Conditions. Tax on motor fuels, etc. Limitation. Service of process. Control of liquor traflic. Retroactive effect of Act. When efective.

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