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are by this Act annexed to Baltimore City shall remain in the same Con-
gressional District of which they now, respectively, form parts, but the
Congressional as well as all other elections to be held therein after January
1, 1919, shall be conducted by the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore
City.

1918, ch. 82, sec. 7.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Board of Supervisors of
Elections of Baltimore County are hereby directed to provide new polling
places for, or to so amend their election precincts as to include within
existing election precincts, all registered voters residing in Balimore
County outside of the limits of Baltimore City as fixed by this Act and
who have heretofore been registered in election precincts whose polling
places were located within the territory annexed by this Act to Baltimore
City; and the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Anne Arundel County
shall, in like manner, provide new polling places or re-arrange existing
precincts so as to provide polling places for all registered voters of Anne
Arundel County outside of the limits of Baltimore City as fixed by this
Act and who have heretofore been registered in election precincts the
polling places of which were located within the territory annexed by this
Act to Baltimore City.

1918, ch. 82, sec. 8.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That persons resident and property
situate within the territory which by this Act is annexed to Baltimore
City shall become subject to taxation for local city purposes beginning
with the city levy, to be made in the fall of 1918, for the year 1919.
And the Treasurer of Baltimore County and the Treasurer of Anne Arun-
del County are hereby respectively authorized to collect all State Taxes
levied for the year 1918, and the proportion to December 31, 1918; of
all county and other local taxes, if any, levied for the fiscal year 1918-
1919, and all taxes for previous years which may not have been paid, to
the same extent as if this Act had not been passed. The said Treasurers
are hereby directed, in making out the bills for local taxes for the fiscal
year 1918-1919 to deduct such proportion thereof as the time from Decem-
ber 31, 1918, to the end of said fiscal year shall bear to the whole year.
The obligation of maintaining a police force for preserving the peace and
of maintaining a fire department as a protection against fire, and of main-
taining the public highways and public schools and of performing every
other governmental or municipal function heretofore performed by the
County Commissioners or other public officials in the territory which is
by this Act annexed to Baltimore City (except the duties hereinabove
imposed upon the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City), shall con-
tinue to rest upon the County Commissioners of Baltimore County and
the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County, respectively, or other
public officials, until December 31, 1918, inclusive. Beginning with Jan-
uary 1, 1919, all these obligations shall pass to the Mayor and City Coun-