492 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 169

and all other county and State officers, shall have, hold and
exercise their offices and jurisdiction in said town within the
limits of their respective counties.

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
passage of an ordinance; and no plat or map purporting to
indicate 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, unless 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 Town
Clerk.

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

22. The "Town of Takoma Park" is hereby declared 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, be-
longing to the "Mayor and Council of Takoma Park. " The
Mayor, Councilmen, and all other officers of the town in office
at the date of the enactment of this Charter, shall hold their
offices until their successors are elected, or appointed and
qualified as herein provided. All ordinances, regulations and
resolutions now in force, and not inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this Charter shall remain in force until altered or
repealed by competent authority. No provisions of this Char-
ter shall affect any right, lien or liability subsisting at the
date of its enactment.

23. This Charter is hereby declared to be a public Act, and
may be used in evidence in all the courts of this State without
proof.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 571 to
628, inclusive, of Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws