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herein directed, the Appeal Tax Court shall make up, as soon as they rea-
sonably can, the assessment roll of the persons and property subject to
taxation in the territory annexed by this Act to Baltimore City, and the
tax rate for said territory, as hereinabove provided, shall apply to the roll
so made up for the year 1919, and annually thereafter the tax rate as
herein provided shall apply to said roll, with such changes thereof as may
be made in accordance with this Act.

Schluderberg Co. v. Balto., 151 Md. 603.

1918, ch. 82, sec. 11.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted. That all roads, streets, avenues or
alleys, lying in any of the territory hereinabove described, which shall
have been heretofore dedicated and accepted or legally condemned as roads,
or streets, under the provisions of any Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland, or of the common law, shall be held to be validly constituted
public highways of Baltimore City; and all proceedings for the laying out,
opening, grading and construction of streets, avenues, or alleys in said
territory, which shall have been begun under any existing statutes of
Maryland prior to the passage of this Act, shall be proceeded with and
completed under the said Act or Acts in all respects as if this Act had not
been passed. When such proceedings are completed, said streets, avenues
and alleys shall be public highways of Baltimore City. Any bridges ex-
isting in any of said highways mentioned in this Section shall be consid-
ered as parts of such highways.

Pole Tax Ordinance applies to Annex. Baltimore v. C. & P. Tel. Co., 142 Md. 79.
C. & P. Tel. Co. v. Baltimore, 145 Md. 71.

1918, ch. 82, sec. 12.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Governor is hereby au-
thorized to nominate and appoint one additional Justice of the Peace for
Baltimore City, for each of said Wards 25, 26, 27 and 28.

1918, ch. 82, sec. 13.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That all school teachers who shall
be connected with the public schools in the parts of the territory described,
in this Act shall be allowed to retain their respective positions for the
scholastic year 1918-19 and such teachers shall be deemed qualified and
continue eligible without further examination to occupy positions as teach-
ers in the public schools, in the same manner as if they had complied with
the examination now required for teachers in the public schools of Bal-
timore City.

1918, ch. 82, sec. 14.

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the Police Commissioner of
Baltimore City is hereby directed, in submitting his annual estimate to
the Board of Estimates in the Fall of 1918, for the expenses of the Police
Department for the year 1919, to submit an estimate of the cost to prop-
erly arm, equip and maintain an additional force of sixty men. Of said