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quently amended from time to time. Hereafter in this Article it may
be referred to as "the Commission" or as "Commission".

(b)  Property rights and legal actions.—All property of every kind
belonging to or in the possession of the Commission immediately
prior to June 1, 1959, is vested in the Commission herein continued.
Any action pending against the Commission immediately prior to
June 1, 1959, shall not abate, but shall be continued in the name of
the Commission herein continued with the same effect as if so origin-
ally brought or begun. All subsisting liabilities, obligations, con-
tracts, claims, or demands at law or in equity accrued or to accrue
against the Commission or in favor of the Commission shall without
further formality or action of any kind be and become on June 1,
1959, the liabilities, obligations, contracts, claims, or demands at
law or in equity of the Commission herein continued. No criminal
action, prosecution, or indictment arising under the laws of the Com-
mission at any time prior to June 1, 1959, shall be affected by the
enactment of this Article; and any such criminal action, prosecution,
or indictment shall be prosecuted under the laws in force prior to
June 1, 1959.

(c)  Bonds Validated.—Nothing in this Article shall be construed
to affect or impair the validity or obligation of any bonds, notes, or
certificates of indebtedness heretofore issued and sold by the Com-
mission under any previous statute which is amended or repealed by
this Article. All such bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness
are ratified and confirmed as the valid and binding obligations of the
Commission herein continued in accordance with the terms thereof,
as issued upon the full faith and credit of the Commission and of the
county or counties guaranteeing them.

(d)  Ordinances, resolutions, decisions, etc. validated.—Nothing in
this Article shall impair the continued and entire effectiveness of
any ordinance, order, regulation, resolution, adoption, certification,
decision, determination, plan, map, plat, or other action duly and
validly enacted, adopted, made, or taken by the County Commission-
ers or District Council of Prince George's County, or by the County
Council or District Council of Montgomery County, or by the Com-
mission, or by the Board of Zoning Appeals of Prince George's Coun-
ty, or by the County Board of Appeals of Montgomery County, or by
any other body or official under the authority of any law heretofore
repealed, prior to the effective date of the repeal, unless the ordinance
order, regulation, resolution, adoption, certification, decision, de-
termination, plan, map, plat, or other action may be amended, repeal-
ed, revoked, or otherwise changed under and in accordance with the
provisions of this Article. Nothing contained in this Article shall
be deemed or construed to validate, ratify, legalize, or make con-
forming any building, structure, or use which was, is, or may here-
after be unlawful or prohibited under the provisions of any ord-
inance, order, regulation, resolution, adoption, certification, decision
determination, plan, map, plat, or other action enacted, adopted,
made, or taken by the County Council or District Council of Mont-
gomery County or by the County Commissioners or District Council
of Prince George's County, or by the Commission, or by the Board
of Zoning Appeals of Prince George's County, or by the County
Board of Appeals of Montgomery County, or by any other body or