756 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 431

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1933.

Approved April 21, 1933.

CHAPTER 431.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
598 to 659, both inclusive, of Article 17 of the Code of
Public Laws of Maryland of 1930, title "Prince George's
County, " sub-title "Laurel, " as the same were enacted
by Chapter 695 of the Acts of 1912 and amendments
thereto, providing a new charter for the town of Laurel.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 598 to 659, both inclusive, of Arti-
cle 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland of
1930, title "Prince George's County, " sub-title "Laurel, "
as the same were enacted by Chapter 695 of the Acts of
1912 and amendments thereto, be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

598. The citizens of the town of Laurel, in Prince
George's County, are a body corporate by the name of the
Mayor and City Council of Laurel, and by that name may
have perpetual succession, sue and be sued, have and use a
common seal, and may purchase or hold real estate or dis-
pose of the same for the benefit of the said town.

BOUNDARIES.

599. The boundaries of said town shall be those shown
by the Map of Laurel, Maryland, made in August, 1890, by
D. J. Dashiell, Jr.. Engineer, which are as follows:

Commencing at a point on the Patuxent River a quarter
of a mile east of the Washington branch of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad, thence running westerly with said river
to Walker's Branch, thence southerly along Walker's
Branch, to a point where said branch intersects a County
road, thence with the center of said County road to the
road leading from Laurel to Burtonsville, usually known
as the Sandy Spring road, thence crossing said Sandy
Spring road and continuing the same course in a straight
line to a point where said line intersects Crow's branch,