3880 ARTICLE 17

1927, ch 172 sec 2

488 Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, all the provisions of
the Constitution of Maryland, all Laws of the State of Maryland appli-
cable to the town of Hyattsville which now are in force or may hereafter
be enacted, and all the existing ordinances of the town of Hyattsville, shall
be and the same are hereby extended and made applicable to such portion
of Prince George's County as is, under the provisions of this Act, annexed
to and made a part of the said town of Hyattsville Nothing herein, or
elsewhere in this Act, shall affect the power of the Mayor and Common
Council of Hyattsville to amend or repeal any ordinance existing at the
date of the passage of this Act, or to enact and ordain any ordinance
which, at the date of the passage of this Act, or hereafter, it may be
authorized to enact and ordain

1927 ch 172, sec 3

489. The Board of County Commissioners of Prince George's County
shall pay or cause to be paid annually to the Mayor and Common Council
of Hyattsville three-fourths ( 3/4 ) of the full amount of the road and bridge
tax levied and collected each fiscal year from property taxed for such
purposes within the limits of the corporation of the Mayor and Common
Council of Hyattsville as enlarged by this Act Any portion of said
three-fourths of said road and bridge tax collected by said County Com-
missioners after the fiscal year for which the same was levied, shall be
accounted for and paid over to the said Mayor and Common Council,
fiom time to time, in the year in which the same shall be collected

Said road and bridge tax shall be refunded and paid for the fiscal year
1927 1928 and for each fiscal year thereafter The money so received by
the said Mayor and Common Council shall be used by it for the repair
and improvement of the streets, avenues, roads and sidewalks within its
corporate limits as enlaiged by this Act
See secs 546 and 559

1927, oh 172 sec 4

490. The new territory hereby annexed to said town by this Act, shall
constitute and be known as the Fourth Ward of the town of Hyattsville,
shall be represented in the government of said town by two councilmen to
be elected at a special election to be held on the first Mondav in June,
1927, one of said councilmen to be elected for a term expiring on the first
regular meeting of the said Major and Common Council in May, 1928,
and one for a teim expiimg on the first regular meeting of said Mayor and
Common Council in May, 1929 Upon the expiration of then respective
terms, their successois shall be elected for the term of two years each as
is now provided by law. Said councilmen shall possess the same qualifi-
cations as are now requued for councilmen for the town of Hyattsville, and
any vacancies which may occur in the office of councilman from said new
ward shall be filled as now provided by law

The said Mayor and Common Council, as soon as practicable after the
passage of this Act, shall appoint legistiation officers and provide for the
registration of voters in said annexed territory, in accordance with the