HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 883

mine it to be necessary for the public benefit, that any road,
street, avenue or alley should be improved, which is not, by
the provisions of this Act, made a public highway of said
town, it shall take supervision and control of the same, and
such road, street, avenue or alley shall thereupon become a
public highway of the town of Cottage City.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all the inhabitants
of the territory annexed to the town of Cottage City by this
Act shall, in all respects and to all intents and purposes, be
subject to the powers, jurisdiction and authority vested, or
to be vested by law, in the Cottage City Commission, and to
all the ordinances now in force in said town, or which may
hereafter be enacted and ordained by it, so far as the same
may be consistent with the provisions of this Act, and the
territory so annexed shall, in all respects, be taken and con-
sidered as a part of the municipal corporation of the town of
Cottage City.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
determining whether the residents of the territory hereinabove
described desire the same to be annexed to the town of Cottage
City, there shall be held an election on the fourth Tuesday in
May, 1937, and H. Frank Wells, George Tyrea and Lawrence
Schuett are hereby appointed a committee for the purpose of
holding said election. In the event any of said committee shall
die, become incapacitated from acting for any cause, or refuse
to act, the said election shall be held by the remaining member
or members of said committee.

Not less than seven (7) days before said election, said com-
mittee shall cause a notice thereof to be published once in a
newspaper published in Prince George's County, having a cir-
culation within the town of Cottage City and shall post in at
least five (5) public places within the territory proposed by
this Act to be annexed to the town of Cottage City, a notice
of said election. Said advertisement and posters shall notify
the residents of said territory that there will be held on said
day at a place designated therein or at some convenient place
in the town of Cottage City between the hours of five o'clock P.
M. and ten o'clock P. M, an election to determine whether or not
said residents desire the territory described in this Act to be
annexed to the town of Cottage City. The said committee shall
provide a polling place, ballot boxes, booths and ballots for
said election, the costs thereof to be paid by the town of Cot-
tage City, which is hereby authorized to pay the same. The
said ballots shall contain the words "For Annexation to the
town of Cottage City" on one line, and "Against Annexation
to the town of Cottage City" on another line, with a square