ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

described in this act as shall be annexed under
its provisions to Baltimore city, shall be allowed

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to retain their respective positions for the
scholastic year beginning September, eighteen
hundred and eighty-eight ; and such teachers
shall be deemed qualified and continue eligible
without further examination to occupy positions
as teachers in the public schools in the same
manner as if they had complied with the exam-
ination now required for teachers in the public
schools of Baltimore city.
SEC. 27. And be it further enacted, That the

Teachers to
retain posi-
tion.

bridges which the county commissioners have
heretofore agreed to build within the limits of
the territory which may become annexed to
Baltimore city shall be completed by the city
of Baltimore ; and all bridges within the limits
of the territory which may become annexed to
Baltimore city by virtue of this act shall be
maintained and kept in repair for public travel
at the expense of Baltimore city; and if the
territory described in either the first, second or
third sections of this act shall, under its provi-
sions, be annexed to the city of Baltimore, then,

Bridges to be
completed.

and in that event, all bridges crossing the
Patapsco river from said city, including the
bridge known as the "Long" or Light-street
bridge, shall be maintained and kept in repair
for public travel at the sole expense of the said
city of Baltimore, and all acts or parts of acts
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Maintained
and kept in
repair.

SEC. 28. And be it further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 14, 1888.

Effective.