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this Act, or hereafter, it may be authorized to enact and
ordain.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That the Board of
County Commissioners of Prince George's County, shall pay
or cause to be paid annually to the Mayor and Common Coun-
cil of Hyattsville three-fourths (3/4) of the full amount of the
road and bridge tax levied and collected each fiscal year from
property taxed for such purposes within the limits of the cor-
poration of the Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville as
enlarged by this Act. Any portion of said three-fourths of
said road and bridge tax collected by said County Commis-
sioners after the fiscal year for which the same was levied,
shall be accounted for and paid over to the said Mayor and
Common Council, from time to time, in the year in which the
same shall be collected.

Said road and bridge tax shall be refunded and paid for
the fiscal year 1927-1928 and for each fiscal year thereafter.
The money so received by the said Mayor and Common Coun-
cil shall be used by it for the repair and improvement of the
streets, avenues, roads and sidewalks within its corporate lim-
its as enlarged by this Act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the new territory
hereby annexed to said town by this Act, shall constitute and
be known as the Fourth Ward of the town of Hyattsville; shall
be represented in the government of said town by two council-
men to be elected at a special election to be held on the first
Monday in June, 1927, one of said councilmen to be elected
for a term expiring on the first regular meeting of the said
Mayor and Common Council in May, 1928, and one for a
term expiring on the first regular meeting of said Mayor and
Common Council in May, 1929. Upon the expiration of their
respective terms, their successors shall be elected for the term
of two years each, as is now provided by law. Said councilmen
shall possess the same qualifications as are now required for
councilmen for the town of Hyattsville, and any vacancies
which may occur in the office of councilman from said new
ward shall be filled as now provided by law.

The said Mayor and Common Council, as soon as practicable
after the passage of this Act, shall appoint registration officers
and provide for the registration of voters in said annexed
territory, in accordance with the law providing for the regis-
tration of voters in the town of Hyattsville. The election for