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able expense of transcribing said list or roll of assessments,
not exceeding the amount chargeable by law for furnishing
transcripts from the Land Records. From said lists or rolls
furnished by the County Commissioners of Baltimore County
and the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County, as
herein directed, the Appeal Tax Court shall make up, as soon
as they reasonably can, the assessment roll of the persons and
property subject to taxation in the territory annexed by this
Act to Baltimore city, and the tax rate for said territory, as
hereinabove provided, shall apply to the roll so made up for
the year 1919, and annually thereafter the tax rate as herein
provided shall apply to said roll, with such changes thereof as
may be made in accordance with this Act.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That all roads, streets,
avenues or alleys, lying in any of the territory hereinabove
described, which shall have been heretofore dedicated and ac-
cepted or legally condemned as roads or streets, under the pro-
visions of any Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, or of
the common law, shall be held to be validly constituted public
highways of Baltimore City; and all proceedings for the Jay-
ing out, opening, grading and construction of streets, avenues,
or alleys in said territory, which shall have been begun under
any existing statutes of Maryland prior to the passage of this
Act, shall be proceeded with and completed under the said
Act or Acts in all respects as if this Act had not been passed.
When such proceedings are completed, said streets, avenues
and alleys shall be public highways of Baltimore City. Any
bridges existing in any of said highways mentioned in this
Section shall be considered as parts of such highways.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Governor is
hereby authorized to nominate and appoint one additional
Justice of the Peace for Baltimore City, for each of said Wards
25, 26, 27 and 28.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That all school teachers
who shall be connected with the public schools in the parts of
the territory described in this Act shall be allowed to retain
their respective positions for the scholastic year 1918-19 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 com-
plied with the examination now required for teachers in the
public schools of Baltimore City.