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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tioned act of incorporation of the said Chesapeake bank, and of all

laws, public or private, and especially the general laws of this

Repeal.

State, providing for the incorporation of banking associations, be

and the same are hereby repealed in so far as the same may apply

to said Chesapeake bank, wherever the same shall be inconsistent

with the provisions of this act.

Effective

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That this act shall be in force from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.

CHAPTER 480.

AN ACT to incorporate the town of Takoma park, Montgomery

and Prince George's counties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That the inhabitants of the town of Takoma park, Montgomery

Style.

and Prince George's counties, shall be and are hereby made a body

corporate by the name and style of "The mayor and council of Ta-

koma park," and by that name shall have perpetual succession,

sue and be sued, and have and use a common seal.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the limits of said town shall

be as follows : beginning at the intersection of the third line of

the District of Columbia with the Metropolitan branch of the

Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and running with the east side of

said railroad to the northwest corner of Lewis and Heaton's sub-

division; then with the outlines of said division to the north

Limits.

line of old "Takoma;" then with said line to Holt's west line ;

then with the lines of Holt, Carroll and Brasheares to the land

purchased by Gilbert from Blair; then with the outlines of said

land to the Sand spring road; then with said road to the road

leading to Bladensburg; then with said Bladensburg road to the

land of Jackson; then with the lands of Jackson and Riggs to

the south lines of the aforesaid park; then with said lines to the

aforesaid third line of the District of Columbia; then with said

line reversed to the place of beginning.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the citizens of said town hav-

ing the qualifications prescribed for voters by the laws of this

State, and having resided in said town for three months previous

Mayor.

to any election, shall on the first Monday in May next, and every

two years thereafter on the same day, at such place as shall be

designated by the council butween the hours of six a. m. and six

p. m. elect one person, at least thirty years of age, mayor of said

town, and four persons, not less than twenty-five years of age,

who, together with the mayor, shall constitute the council; all of