HARRY W. NICE; GOVERNOR. 937

admission of liability on the part of the Mayor and Com-
mon Council or otherwise used against the said Mayor and
Common Council respecting its liability or asserted to be
any liability of the Mayor and Common Council in any suit
instituted by a claimant to enforce his claim.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1935.

Approved May 17, 1935.

CHAPTER 432.

AN ACT to request the State Roads Commission to investi-
gate the ownership and possessory rights of the property
at the junction of the Defense Highway and Baltimore
Boulevard in Bladensburg and if there is outstanding
ownership or right of possession in any one to any part
of said tract, to authorize and direct said Commission
to acquire the same and to direct the Board of Public
Works to transfer a sufficient sum to said Commission
for payment of same.

WHEREAS, a controversy has arisen over the ownership
and use of a small tract of land surrounding the Peace
Cross at the junction of the Defense Highway and the
Baltimore Boulevard in Bladensburg, Maryland, and the
use of said land for commercial purposes will create a seri-
ous menace to traffic at this point; and

WHEREAS, The State Roads Commission is deeply con-
cerned about the traffic hazard situation at this junction;
therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the State Roads Commission is authorized
and directed to investigate the ownership and possessory
rights of the so-called Casey Tract surrounding the said
Peace Cross at the junction of the Defense Highway and
the Baltimore Boulevard in Bladensburg, and if the said
Commission determines that there is an outstanding own-
ership or right of possession to any part of said tract, it is
authorized and directed to proceed forthwith to acquire the
same by purchase or condemnation.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Board of
Public Works be and it is hereby directed to transfer to the