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every two contiguous wards of the said new wards; and all of the in-
habitants thereof shall, in all respects, and to all intents nnd purposes,
be subject to the powers, jurisdiction and authority vested, or to be vested
by law in the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and to all the ordi-
nanqes now in force, or hereafter to be enacted, except so far as they may
be expressly excepted therefrom, and except so far as the same may be in-
consistent with the provisions of this Act j and the parts so annexed shall
in all respects be taken and considered as part of said City of Baltimore,
but the provision of said ordinance relating to the erection of frame build-
ings in said city shall not apply to the territory so annexed until ex-
pressly made applicable thereto by ordinance or ordinances of the said
Mayor and City Council.

Sec. 16. And be it further enacted. That the Governor shall nominate-
and appoint one additional Justice of the Peace for each ward that shall
be set off under the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 17. And be it further enacted., That the several portions of terri-
tory which, under the provisions of this Act, shall be annexed to the City .
of Baltimore, shall remain as of the same congressional district or dis-
tricts of which they now form a part, and the territory described in the
first section of this Act shall constitute, if annexed to the City of Balti-
more, a part of the second legislative district of said city; the territory
described in the second section of this, Act shall, if annexed to the City
of Baltimore, constitute a part of the third legislative district of the said
city; and the territory described in the third section of this Act shall,
if annexed to the City of Baltimore, constitute a part of the first legis-
lative district of said city.

Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore shall pay to the County Commissioners of Baltimore County
such a sum as shall be ascertained to be a fair value of the fire engine
houses and the fire engines and apparatus used in connection therewith,
and the station-houses, lamps and school-houses within the limits of such
portions of the territory described in the first, second and third sections
of this Act; which value shall be ascertained by a majority of a board
of three arbitrators, one to be appointed by the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, and one by the County Commissioners of Baltimore Coun-
ty, and the two arbitrators thus appointed shall appoint the third arbi-
trator; and if they cannot agree upon such third arbitrator, the latter shall
be appointed by the Governor of Maryland; the amount so to be ascer-
tained shall be paid within ninety days from the award of said arbitrators.

Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That until the year nineteen hun-
dred, the rate of taxation for city purposes upon all landed property sit-
uated within the territory which, under the provisions of this Act, shall
be annexed to the City of Baltimore, and upon all personal property liable-