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ANNEXATION ACT. 775
the use of said County, such a sum as shall be ascertained, in the man-
ner hereinafter directed, to be the fair value to said County, after the
passage of this Act, of all schoolhouses, including the school furniture
therein, fire engine houses, including the fire engines and apparatus
used in connection therewith, and police stations, situate within the
territory which is by this Act annexed from Baltimore County to Balti-
more City, and the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall
pay to the Treasurer of Anne Arundel County, for the use of said
County, such a sum as shall be ascertained, in the manner hereinafter
directed, to be the fair value to said County, after the passage of this
Act, of all schoolhouses, including the school furniture therein, fire
engine houses, including the fire engines and apparatus used in connec-
tion therewith, and police stations, situate within the territory which is
by this Act annexed from Anne" Arundel County to Baltimore City.
The amount so to be paid to each of the said Counties, respectively,
shall be ascertained, in accordance with the principle hereinbelow stated,
by arbitrators, one to be appointed by the Mayor of Baltimore City,
one to be appointed by the County Commissioners of Baltimore County,
for the purpose of passing upon the amount to be paid to the Treasurer
of Baltimore County, as herein directed, and one to be appointed by
the Mayor of Baltimore City, and one to be appointed by the County
Commissioners of Anne Arundel County, for the purpose of passing
upon the amount to be paid to the Treasurer of Anne Arundel County,
in pursuance of this Section; in each case, the two arbitrators shall
appoint a third, and if they cannot agree upon such third arbitrator the
latter shall be appointed by the Governor of Maryland; the decision of
two of said arbitrators shall be final and conclusive on both parties. In
ascertaining the said fair valuation of said properties, or the amount
to be paid to the Treasurer of each of said counties, respectively, the
arbitrators shall take into consideration the location of each of said
schoolhouses, fire engine houses and police stations, and the value or
usefulness thereof to each of said counties, respectively, outside of the
portion annexed by this Act to Baltimore City. If, in the judgment
of said arbitrators, any fire engine house and lot, with its apparatus,
any police station and lot, and any schoolhouse and lot and furniture,
is so situate as to be of no use to the population of the counties outside
of the territory annexed by this Act to Baltimore City, they shall value
such engine house and lot and apparatus, such station house and lot, or
such schoolhouse, lot and furniture, respectively, at a nominal valua-
tion, and any such fire engine house, lot and apparatus, station house,
and lot, or schoolhouse, lot and furniture, so situated as to be, in the
judgment of said arbitrators, of use to the inhabitants of the counties
outside of the territory to be annexed by this Act to Baltimore City,
shall be valued by said arbitrators according to their judgment of its
usefulness to the people of the counties outside of the territory annexed
by this Act to Baltimore City. The intention of this Section is that
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall pay to the Treasurer of
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