J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            1221

an amendment to its charter or otherwise, to exercise any of the pow-
ers relating to planning, sub-division control or zoning now or here-
after granted to the Commission or the County Commissioners of
Prince George's County. If this paragraph 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 sub-
section would have been enacted without the invalid portions.

(D) 1959 ADDITION IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.—(1)
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED AREAS WITHIN PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY ARE HEREBY ADDED TO AND INCLUDED
WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT:

(A)  BEGINNING AT A POINT WHICH IS THE POINT OF
INTERSECTION OF THE PRESENT CENTERLINE OF THE
COLESVILLE-BELTSVILLE ROAD, ALSO KNOWN AS THE
ODELL ROAD, WITH THE PRINCE GEORGE'S-MONTGOMERY
COUNTY LINE, THENCE GENERALLY NORTHEASTERLY
ABOUT 1.6 MILES ALONG THE AFORESAID COUNTY LINE TO
ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN
ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 (VANSVILLE) AND ELECTION
DISTRICT NO. 10 (LAUREL), THENCE GENERALLY EASTER-
LY ABOUT 6.8 MILES ALONG THE AFORESAID DIVIDING
LINE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE DIVIDING LINE BE-
TWEEN ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 (VANSVILLE) AND
ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 14 (BOWIE), THENCE GENERALLY
SOUTHERLY ABOUT 4.9 MILES ALONG THE AFORESAID
DIVIDING LINE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE DIVID-
ING LINE BETWEEN ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 (VANS-
VILLE) AND ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 21 (BERWYN),
THENCE GENERALLY WESTERLY ABOUT 3.0 MILES ALONG
THE AFORESAID DIVIDING LINE TO ITS INTERSECTION
WITH THE PRESENT CENTERLINE OF EDMONSTON AVE-
NUE AND THE PRESENT CENTERLINE OF BEAVER DAM
CREEK, THENCE GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY ABOUT
250 FEET ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF BEAVER DAM
CREEK TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE PRESENT CEN-
TERLINE OF INDIAN CREEK AND THE PRESENT MARY-
LAND-WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT BOUND-
ARY LINE, THENCE GENERALLY NORTHWESTERLY AND
WESTERLY ABOUT 5.1 MILES ALONG THE AFORESAID
BOUNDARY LINE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE
PRINCE GEORGE'S-MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE, SAID IN-
TERSECTION BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

(B)  ALL OF ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 12 (OXON HILL)
LYING SOUTHEAST OF THE EXISTING MARYLAND-WASH-
INGTON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINE, EX-
CEPTING THAT PORTION OF OXON HILL ELECTION DISTRICT
INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED AREA: BEGIN-
NING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTER LINE OF
ALLENTOWN ROAD WITH THE PRESENT CENTERLINE OF
THE TEMPLE HILLS ROAD; THENCE GENERALLY NORTHER-
LY ABOUT 0.6 MILES ALONG THE AFORESAID CENTERLINE
TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE PRESENT CENTERLINE
OF THE BRINKLEY ROAD; THENCE WESTERLY ABOUT 0.8