680 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 272

said branch or ditch to a branch and its intersection with
the northwesterly side of Dighton road; thence running
North twenty-three degrees (23°) fifty-two minutes (52')
West to Pocomoke River; thence running by and with
Pocomoke River in a northeasterly direction to a point
which is North forty-three degrees (43°) fifteen minutes
(15') West from the aforesaid point of beginning; and
thence running South forty-three degrees (43°) fifteen
minutes (15') East to the place of beginning aforesaid, all
courses and distances being according to Survey made by
William D. Pitts, Registered Surveyor, March 1, 1949,
and as of the magnetic bearings of that date.

297A. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, all
the provisions of the Constitution of Maryland and of the
Charter of the Town of Snow Hill, and all other local or
general laws applicable to the Town of Snow Hill, and
all amendments thereto, and all the existing ordinances of
the Town of Snow Hill, are hereby extended and made
applicable to such portions of Worcester County as shall,
under the provisions of this Act, be annexed to and made
a part of the Town of Snow Hill; but nothing contained
herein shall affect the power of the Mayor and Council
of Snow Hill to amend or repeal any ordinance existing at
the time of the passage of this Act.

297B. All public roads, streets, avenues and alleys ly-
ing in any of the territory annexed to the corporate limits
of Snow Hill by this Act, which shall have been heretofore
dedicated and accepted or legally condemned as roads,
streets or avenues under the provisions of any Act of the
General Assembly of Maryland, or of the common law, or
otherwise acquired shall be held to be validly constituted
public highways of the Town of Snow Hill.

297C. All persons resident and all property situated
within the territory which, by this Act, is annexed to the
Town of Snow Hill, except such property as is hereinafter
exempted, shall become subject to taxation for local town
purposes beginning with the town levy to be made for the
year 1950. The territory annexed to the Town of Snow
Hill by this Act is hereby declared to be a taxing district,
and the Mayor and Council of Snow Hill shall have full
power to assess, levy and collect within said taxing district
any and all taxes whatsoever which it has or shall be au-
thorized to assess, levy or collect within the taxable limits
of the Town of Snow Hill as it heretofore existed, subject,
however, to the following limitations, restrictions and
conditions.