1222                               Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 780

MILES ALONG THE AFORESAID CENTERLINE TO ITS INTER-
SECTION WITH THE PRESENT CENTERLINE OF THE RIGHT
OF WAY FOR THE POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
TRANSMISSION LINE (APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET EAST OF
HENSON CREEK) THENCE GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY
ABOUT 2.0 MILES ALONG THE AFORESAID CENTERLINE TO
ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE BOUNDARY LINE OF OXON
HILL ELECTION DISTRICT THENCE GENERALLY NORTH-
EASTERLY ABOUT 2.0 MILES ALONG THE AFORESAID
BOUNDARY LINE TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.

(2)    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF
THE MARYLAND-WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
ACT, NO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TAX MONEY COLLECTED
IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AS THE RESULT OF ANY
AREA BEING INCLUDED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
MARYLAND-WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT SHALL
BE EXPENDED FOR THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT,
ACQUISITION OR PURCHASE OF ANY PARK SITE OR REC-
REATIONAL AREA BEYOND AND WITHOUT THE BOUND-
ARIES OF THE SAID MARYLAND-WASHINGTON METRO-
POLITAN DISTRICT.

(3)   NO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WITHIN THE AREAS
ADDED BY THIS SUBSECTION (D) TO THE MARYLAND-
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT SHALL BE AU-
THORIZED, BY MEANS OF AN AMENDMENT TO ITS CHARTER
OR OTHERWISE, TO EXERCISE ANY OF THE POWERS RE-
LATING TO PLANNING, SUBDIVISION CONTROL AND/OR
ZONING NOW OR HEREAFTER GRANTED TO THE MARY-
LAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMIS-
SION OR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY. IF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL FOR ANY
REASON BE HELD BY ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURIS-
DICTION TO BE INVALID, IT IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE
THE INTENTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT THIS
SUBSECTION WOULD HAVE BEEN ENACTED WITHOUT THE
INVALID PORTIONS.

22A BOUNDARIES OF THE UPPER MONTGOMERY COUNTY
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 1959—CREATION OF THE UPPER
MONTGOMERY COUNTY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

ALL OF THE AREA OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY NOT IN-
CLUDED WITHIN THE MARYLAND-WASHINGTON METRO-
POLITAN DISTRICT AS IT IS NOW OR MAY HEREAFTER BE
DEFINED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AREA NOW OR
HEREAFTER LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 23A,
SECTION 9, OF THIS CODE, IS HEREBY ADDED TO SAID
MARYLAND-WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND
IS DESIGNATED THE "UPPER MONTGOMERY COUNTY
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT" AND WHICH FOR PURPOSES OF
TAXATION SHALL CONSTITUTE A SPECIAL TAXING DIS-
TRICT IN WHICH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL IS
AUTHORIZED TO LEVY ANNUALLY A TAX OF NOT TO EX-