142 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 82

ber 31, 1918, inclusive. Beginning with January 1, 1919,
all these obligations shall pass to the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore or other public officials of Baltimore and
the County Commissioners of Baltimore County and Anne
Arundel County, respectively, shall be thereafter relieved there-
from.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore shall pay to the Treasurer of Balti-
more County, for the use of said County, such a sum as shall
be ascertained, in the manner hereinafter directed, to be the
fair value to said County, after the passage of this Act, of all
schoolhouses, including the school furniture therein, fire engine
houses, including the fire engines and apparatus used in con-
nection therewith, and police stations, situate within the terri-
tory which is by this Act annexed from Baltimore County to
Baltimore City, and the said Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more shall pay to the Treasurer of Anne Arundel County, for
the use of said County, such a sum as shall be ascertained, in
the manner hereinafter directed, to be the fair value to said
County, after the passage of this Act, of all schoolhouses, in-
cluding the school furniture therein, fire engine houses, in-
cluding the fire engines and apparatus used in connection there-
with, and police stations, situate within the territory which is
by this Act annexed from Anne Arundel County to Baltimore
City. The amount so to be paid to each of the said Counties,
respectively, shall be ascertained, in accordance with the prin-
ciple hereinbelow stated, by arbitrators, one to be appointed by
the Mayor of Baltimore City, one to be appointed by the Coun-
ty Commissioners of Baltimore County, for the purpose of
passing upon the amount to be paid to the Treasurer of Balti-
more County, as herein directed, and one to be appointed by
the Mayor of Baltimore City, and one to be appointed by the
County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County, for the pur-
pose of passing upon the amount to be paid to the Treasurer
of Anne Arundel County, in pursuance of this Section; in
each case, the two arbitrators shall appoint a third, and if
they cannot agree upon such third arbitrator the latter shall
be appointed by the Governor of Maryland; the decision of two
of said arbitrators shall be final and conclusive on both parties.
In ascertaining the said fair valuation of said properties, or
the amount to be paid to the Treasurer of each of said coun-
ties, respectively, the arbitrators shall take into consideration
the location of each of said schoolhouses, fire engine houses