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case, the two arbitrators shall appoint a third, and if they can-
not agree upon such third arbitrator, the latter shall be ap-
pointed by the Governor of Maryland; the decision of two of,
said arbitrators shall be final and conclusive on both parties.
In ascertaining the said fair valuation of said properties, or
the amount to be paid to the Treasurer of each of said coun-
ties, respectively, the arbitrators shall take into consideration
the location of each of said schoolhouses, fire engine houses
and police stations, and the value or usefulness thereof to each
of said counties, respectively, outside of the portion annexed
by this Act to Baltimore city. If, in the judgment of said
arbitrators, any fire engine house and lot, with its apparatus,
any police station and lot, and any schoolhouse and lot and
furniture is so situate as to be of no use to the population of
the counties outside of the territory annexed by this Act to
Baltimore city, they shall value such engine house and lot and
apparatus, such stationhouse and lot or such schoolhouse, lot
and furniture, respectively, at a nominal valuation, and any
such fire engine house, lot and apparatus, station house and
lot, or schoolhouse, lot and furniture so situate as to be, in the
judgment of. said arbitrators, of use to the inhabitants of the
counties outside of the territory to be annexed by this Act to
Baltimore city, shall be valued according to the judgment of
said arbitrators, according to its usefulness to the people of
the counties outside of the territory annexed by this Act to
Baltimore city. The intention of this section is that the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore shall pay to the Treasurer of
Baltimore county and the Treasurer of Anne Arundel county,
respectively, the fair value of any and every use of the public
property hereinabove mentioned, situate within the territory
annexed by this Act to Baltimore city, of which the inhabi-
tants of the county outside of said territory are deprived by
this Act.

'In addition to the payments hereinabove directed to be
made, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall also pay
to the Treasurer of Anne Arundel county the fair value of the
existing bridge over Curtis Creek, included within the terri-
tory annexed by this Act to Baltimore city; said value to be
ascertained, in case of disagreement, by the arbitrators above
mentioned, upon the basis of the cost of reproducing said
bridge new, less a proper charge for depreciation on account
of age. '"