1564 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 542

Section 17. The parts of the several county roads within the
limits of said town are hereby made and declared to be public
streets and avenues of said town, and shall be from time to
time improved and repaired, as in the discretion of the Coun-
cil the public interests may require and the resources of the
town will justify.

Section 18. The County Commissioners of Montgomery and
Prince George's Counties shall annually pay to the Treasurer
of the town that proportion of the total amount levied for the
repair of roads in said counties which the total amount of
property assessed within said town, within the limits of said
respective counties, bears to the total amount of property as-
sessed in said respective counties, according to the tax books
of said counties.

Section 19. The Commissioners of Montgomery and Prince
George's Counties, Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Constables,
and all other county and state officers, shall have, hold and exer-
cise their offices and jurisdiction in said town within the limits
of their respective counties.

Section 20. From and after the date of the enactment of
this Charter, no subdivision of property within the corporate
limits of the town hereafter made, shall have any force or effect
unless and until a map or plat of the same shall have been
filed with the Clerk, and approved by the Council, by the pas-
sage of an ordinance; and no plat or map purporting to indi-
cate such a subdivision of property within the corporate limits
of the town shall be received for record or recorded among the
land records of Montgomery or Prince George's Counties, un-
less and until the said subdivision shall have been approved by
the Council as aforesaid, and certification of such approval
shall appear upon the face of the plat or map proposed to be
recorded, such certification to be by the Clerk under the seal of
the town.

Section 21. Neglect or non user shall not work a forfeiture
of this Charter.

Section 22. The "Town of Takoma Park" is hereby de-
clared to be the legal successor of the "Mayor and Council,of
Takoma Park," and shall be entitled to, and is hereby vested
with, all the property and rights of every nature whatsoever,
belonging to the "Mayor and Council of Takoma Park." The
The Mayor, Councilmen, and all other officers of the town in