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Ward 21. Shall comprise all of the new territory annexed
to the city by this Act lying between the northern boundary
line of the city as it existed prior to the passage of this Act
and the northern boundary line of the city as established by
this Act, and between the center line of the Belair road and
the center line of the Reisterstown road.

Ward 28. Shall comprise all the new territory annexed to
the city by this Act lying between the center line of the Reis-
terstown road and the center line of Frederick road and be-
tween the northern and western boundaries of the city as
they existed prior to the passage of this Act and the western
boundary of the city as established by this Act.

The duly qualified and registered voters in each of the said
new wards shall be entitled to elect one Member of the First
Branch City Council, and the duly qualified and registered
voters in Wards 25 and 26 together shall be entitled to elect
one Member of the Second Branch City Council, and the duly
qualified and registered voters in Wards 27 and 28 together
shall be entitled to elect one Member of the Second Branch
City Council.

At the regular councilmanic election in May, 1919, the said
Members of the First and Second Branches of the City Coun-
cil shall be elected to serve for a term of four years, as pro-
vided in Sections 212 and 213 of the Revised Charter of
Baltimore City.

As soon as they conveniently can, after the passage of this
Act, the Board or Supervisors of Elections for Baltimore City
shall divide each of said Wards 25, 26, 27 and 28, into election
precincts conveniently arranged, having regard to the popula-
tion and area, and the said Board of Supervisors of Elections
shall provide suitable places for registration and polling places
in all of said precincts, and shall cause a new registration
of all persons entitled to vote in all of said precincts, to be
made at the same time as the Baltimore City registration in
the Fall of 1918, and shall provide for holding the Municipal
Primary and General Elections in all of said precincts in the
Spring of 1919 and all elections thereafter. All existing laws
applicable to the registration of voters and to the Municipal
Primary and General Elections in the Spring of 1919, within
the limits of Baltimore City, as they existed prior to the pas-
sage of this Act, are hereby made applicable to the registra-
tion herein directed and to the Municipal Primary and Gen-
eral Elections in the Spring of 1919, hereby directed to be held