WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1451

west, 373.8 feet to a cement post at the east corner of the
intersection of Antioch and Hampden Avenues, thence
north ten degrees forty minutes west, 416.2 feet to inter-
sect the center line of the state road aforementioned (State
Route 388), at a point which bears south ten degrees forty
minutes east from a cement post placed on the north side
of the fifty feet right-of-way, thence with the apparent
center line of the said road the three following courses and
distances: North eighty-three degrees five minutes west,
1300.0 feet, thence north eighty-six degrees thirty-six
minutes west, 267.0 feet, thence north eighty-nine degrees
zero minutes west, 2550.0 feet to the place of beginning,
to be known as "Antioch Avenue Extended".

Except as hereinafter otherwise provided all the provi-
sions of the Constitution of Maryland and of the Charter
of the town of Princess Anne and other local laws applic-
able to the town of Princess Anne, and all the existing
ordinances of the town of Princess Anne are hereby made
applicable to such portions of Somerset County as shall
under the provisions of this Act be annexed to and made
part of the town of Princess Anne.

No municipal improvements of any character shall be
made in the territories described in Sections (b and c) of
this Act, unless, upon consideration that the assessable
property or property owners within such sections as here-
inbefore described solely bear the expense of such im-
provements and the financing thereof in the same manner
provided with respect to similar improvements within the
section of said town hereinbefore designated as "Old
Town".

Upon the passage of this Act and upon such construction
of such improvements in said annexed territories, such
new territory shall also be subject to taxation for municipal
purposes generally in the same manner that is now and may
be hereafter prescribed by the charter and ordinances of
the town of Princess Anne, and further that the residents
of such annexed territory thereof shall then become entitled
to the same rights and subject to the same regulations as
relate to property and residents within the limits described
in foregoing paragraph (a) known as "Old Town".

Furthermore, all land within the limits of the territories
described in Sections (b and c), aforesaid, used exclusively
for commercial agricultural purposes shall not be taxed for
any improvements providing said land is greater than one
acre in area.