122 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 27.

ment Districts, " created by Section 1 hereof, said new sec-
tions to read as follows:

516. That the territory within each and every sub-
division of land in Anne Arundel County, sub-divided for
residential and business uses, and abutting or bordering
upon the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, as shown by the
plats of said respective sub-divisions recorded among the
Land Records of said county, be, and the same hereby are,
respectively created separate Taxing and Assessment Dis-
tricts and each District, for the purposes of this Act, shall
bear the name of the sub-division out of which it is created.

517. That the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel
County is hereby authorized and empowered to act as the
District Council for each of said Taxing and Assessment
Districts, and, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, to
use all the applicable power and authority vested in it by
existing law and by this Act.

Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by said County
Commissioners, acting as a District Council for any of said
Taxing and Assessment Districts, to take or acquire any
land, structures or buildings, either in fee or as an ease-
ment, for the construction, extension or maintenance of
any erosion prevention works to prevent erosion by Chesa-
peake Bay and tributaries in any of said Taxing and As-
sessment Districts, it may purchase the same from the
owner or owners, or, failing to agree with the owner or
owners thereof, may condemn the same, and any interest
of any tenant, lessee or other person therein, by proceed-
ings in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County as now
provided by Article 33A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land. At any time after ten days after the return and
recordation of the verdict or award in said proceedings,
the said County Commissioners, acting as the. District
Council for such Taxing and Assessment District, may en-
ter and take possession of the property so condemned, upon
first paying to the Clerk of the Court the amount of said
award and all costs taxed to date notwithstanding any ap-
peal or further proceedings upon the part of the defendant
or defendants; at the time of said payment, however, it
shall give its corporate undertaking, acting as District
Council for the District proposed to be protected by said
erosion prevention works, to abide by and fulfill any judg-
ment on appeal or on further proceedings.

518. Upon the written application or petition of any
property owner or owners in any of said districts, re-