3508 ARTICLE 16.

Number Three (Kensington) located between a line 600 feet west of and
parallel to the western boundary of the Brookeville Pike (Georgia Ave-
nue extended) and the eastern boundary of the right of way of the Metro-
politan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio R. R.; (2) the general terri-
tory lying north of the Town of Kensington and the taxing area of Chevy
Chase View in the Kensington Precinct of the Wheaton District, bounded
as follows: beginning at the furtherest southwest point on the boundary
of the special taxing area of Chevy Chase View lying on the side of Saul
Road, along Saul Road to where it merges with the old Bladensburg Road;
thence in a general southerly direction along the old Bladensburg Road to
Rock Creek; thence in a general northerly direction along Rock Creek to
the south side of the right of way of the Metropolitan Branch of the Bal-
timore & Ohio Railroad; thence along the side of the right of way of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad nearest Chevy Chase View to the limits of
the Town of Kensington; thence along the boundary of the Town of Ken-
sington nearest to the Town of Garrett Park to the point where the bound-
ary of the Town of Kensington first touches the boundary of the special
taxing area of Chevy Chase View; thence along the boundary of that
special taxing area nearest the Town of Garrett Park to the point of begin-
ning on Saul Road; (3) the area 400 feet in depth along the southern side
of the State Road from the Brookeville Pike (Georgia Avenue extended)
to a point on said road 600 feet from the present electric railway terminal
at Forest Glen; and (4) the territory within the limits of all municipali-
ties and special taxing areas in Montgomery County within the limits of
the District created hereby as such municipalities and special tax areas
existed on January 1, 1927, except the taxing area of Woodmont in the
Bethesda District, which, provided the present session of the General
Assembly repeals the special taxing area status, is hereby included in the
Suburban District.

1927, ch. 692, sec. 2.

630. The County Commissioners of Montgomery County are hereby
for all of the purposes of this Act, designated as the administrative body
and district council for the said Montgomery County Suburban District,
and which Board of County Commissioners is hereby given, for the pur-
poses of this Act, all legislative powers with which it can, in a constitu-
tional manner, be vested by the General Assembly of Maryland. In addi-
tion to the powers vested in them as County Commissioners by existing
law, the said Board of County Commissioners is hereby authorized within
the said district to make reasonable regulations affecting the kind, size and
character (including the material used therein) of buildings to be erected
in said district; to construct streets, sidewalks, gutters and curbs; to erect,
maintain and protect such buildings for municipal purposes as they may
deem necessary and proper; to cause the public streets and public build-
ings to be lighted; to permit, under such restrictions as they may deem
proper, not inconsistent with existing law, the laying of railroad tracks
and" the running of cars propelled by steam, electricity or other power