§16. Property not to be taxed
Lands with the tenements and appurtenances acquired for the purposes mentioned in section 15 shall be and continue exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, assessment or other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this State, so far as the taxation of such property is prohibited under the Constitution and laws of the United States, so long as the said lands shall remain the property of the United States, and no longer.
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 1: SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION
1 §1. Extent of sovereignty and jurisdiction
1 §2. Offshore waters and submerged land
1 §3. Ownership of offshore waters and submerged land
1 §4. Certain jurisdiction and ownership unimpaired
1 §5. Existing jurisdiction or ownership not waived
1 §8. Transfer of legislative jurisdiction
1 §9. Compliance with certain conditions necessary for valid transfer
1 §10. Legislative jurisdiction transferred by operation of law unimpaired
1 §11. State processes executed in places ceded
1 §12. Governor may cede 10 acres or less to United States; compensation to owner
1 §13. Land for fortifications or navigation aids; taking and ceding to United States; compensation
1 §14. Survey of land to be taken; filing and recording
1 §15-A. Consent of Legislature for federal radioactive waste storage facilities (REPEALED)
1 §16. Property not to be taxed
1 §17. Acquisition of land by United States where owner disabled or unwilling; proceedings
1 §18. Treasurer receiving money to give bond
1 §19. Consent to certain acts of United States coast survey
1 §20. Compensation to owners for use of land
1 §21. Report of county commissioners filed with Superior Court; motion for new trial
1 §22. Tender of amends; costs
1 §23. Injury to works (REPEALED)
1 §24. Right of entry on lands
1 §26. Leases of right to take kelp on submerged lands (REPEALED)
1 §27. Title to certain islands
1 §28. Usurpation of jurisdiction by foreign power; overt acts in State (REPEALED)
1 §29. Consent not given for high-level radioactive waste deep geological repository