Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                  1141

Beginning at the intersection of the existing Metropolitan District
Boundary and the District of Columbia Boundary, thence south-
easterly and northeasterly along the existing Metropolitan District
Boundary line to its intersection with a line 300 feet east of and
parallel to the center line of St. Barnabas Road, thence southerly
along said line 300 feet east of and parallel to the center line of St.
Barnabas Road to the intersection of said line with a line 300 feet
east of and parallel to the center line of Livingston Road, thence south-
west along said line 300 feet east of and parallel to the center line of
Livingston Road to its intersection with the northerly line of Murray
Hill Subdivision as recorded in the Land Records of Prince George's
County in plat books 24, 25, and 29, pages 88, 75, and 26, respectively,
thence easterly and around said Murray Hill Subdivision boundary
as recorded in above-mentioned plat books to its intersection with a
line 300 feet east of and parallel to the center line of Indian Head
Highway (Maryland Route 210), thence south along said line 300
feet east of and parallel to the center line of Indian Head Highway
to its intersection with the center line of Hunters Mill Branch, thence
along the center line of said Hunters Mill Branch to Broad Creek and
continuing along the center line of said Broad Creek to the Potomac
River and the westerly boundary of Prince George's County, thence
northerly along said County Boundary line to its intersection with
the District of Columbia Boundary, thence northeasterly along the
District of Columbia Boundary to the place of beginning.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT NO MUNI-
CIPAL CORPORATION WITHIN THE AREA ADDED BY THIS
ACT TO THE MARYLAND-WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT SHALL BE AUTHORIZED, BY MEANS OF AN
AMENDMENT TO ITS CHARTER OR OTHERWISE, TO EXER-
CISE ANY OF THE POWERS RELATING TO PLANNING, SUB-
DIVISION CONTROL OR ZONING NOW OR HEREAFTER
GRANTED TO THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITOL PARK
AND PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. IF THIS SECTION
SHALL FOR ANY REASON BE HELD BY ANY COURT OF
COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO BE INVALID, IT IS HEREBY
DECLARED TO BE THE INTENTION OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY THAT THIS ACT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENACTED
WITHOUT THE INVALID PORTIONS.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-

vation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a

yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the

same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

SEC. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS ACT
SHALL TAKE EFFECT JUNE 1, 1957.

Approved April 10, 1957.