6 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 2

of the Oldtown Road and the same extended to the Potomac
River, on the East by the City Limits, on the South by the
northerly boundary of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com-
pany's right of way to where it intersects the center line of
Third Street extended Westward, and the center line of said
Third Street extended to the Potomac River; and on the West
by the Potomac River.

Ward No. 6, Precinct No. 3—Comprising all that part of
Ward No. 6 which is bounded on the North by the northerly
boundary of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company's right of
way to where it intersects the center line of Third Street ex-
tended Westward; and the center line of said Third Street ex-
tended to the Potomac River; on the East by the City Limits,
on the South by the City Limits; on the West by the City
Limits and the Potomac River.

And elections shall hereafter be conducted in said precincts
as they now or may hereafter be conducted under the Laws of
the State of Maryland pertaining to the City of Cumberland,
or as shall be provided by ordinances duly passed by the Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland, and the Mayor and City
Council of Cumberland is hereby authorized, directed and em-
powered to make provision by ordinance duly passed for addi-
tional precincts in any of the wards of said city from time to
time whenever in their judgment or discretion it shall be
deemed expedient so to do for the convenience of the voters,
and for such purpose the said Mayor and City Council may
from time to time change the boundary lines of any precinct in
the erection of any new precinct or precincts, but the boundary
lines of no ward shall be changed without the passage of an
Act giving such authority by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, and whenever the City Limits shall be extended the por-
tion taken in shall be deemed to become and is a part of the
ward and precinct to which it was contiguous before said City
Limits were extended.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this is an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of public safety,
and being passed upon a yea and nay vote and three-fifths of
the members of each house of the General Assembly of Mary-
land concurring therein, the same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved February 4, 1924.