1200                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                         CH 609

SUBHEADING, SHALL HAVE CAUSED A DISTRICT (A BODY
POLITIC AND CORPORATE) TO BE CREATED IN FRED-
ERICK COUNTY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SEC-
TIONS 645 TO 673, INCLUSIVE, OF ARTICLE 43 OF THE
ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND (1965 REPLACEMENT
VOLUME) THE FREDERICK COUNTY METROPOLITAN COM-
MISSION SHALL REPLACE AND SUCCEED SUCH DISTRICT
AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBHEADING. THE
SAID COMMISSIONERS SERVING AS THE GOVERNING BODY
OF SUCH DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 649 OF SAID
ARTICLE 43 SHALL, ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBHEADING BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF FREDERICK
COUNTY UNDER THIS SUBHEADING AND SHALL BE MEM-
BERS OF THE FREDERICK COUNTY METROPOLITAN COM-
MISSION, AND THE TERMS OF SUCH MEMBERS SHALL BE
PRESCRIBED BY THE SAID BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10A-1 (A) OF
THIS SUBHEADING. ALL PROPERTY NOW OWNED BY SUCH
DISTRICT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LAND,
STRUCTURES, IMPROVEMENTS AND BUILDINGS THEREON,
AND ANY STREAMBED, WATERWAY, WATER RIGHTS, OR
WATERSHED, AND ANY RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, APPURTE-
NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THERETO BELONGING,
EITHER IN FEE OR AS AN EASEMENT, EITHER WITHIN
OR WITHOUT FREDERICK COUNTY, SHALL, ON THE EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF THIS SUBHEADING, BE DEEMED TO BE
OWNED BY THE FREDERICK COUNTY METROPOLITAN
COMMISSION. THE SAID METROPOLITAN COMMISSION
SHALL CAUSE TO BE FILED, ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS SUBHEADING, WITH THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF ANY COUNTY WITHIN WHICH ANY LAND,
STRUCTURES, IMPROVEMENTS AND BUILDINGS THERE-
ON, AND ANY STREAMBED, WATERWAY, WATER RIGHTS,
OR WATERSHED, AND ANY RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, APPUR-
TENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THERETO BELONGING,
NOW OWNED BY SUCH DISTRICT, ALL DOCUMENTS OR
CERTIFICATES NECESSARY TO EVIDENCE SUCH CHANGE
OF OWNERSHIP. SUCH DISTRICT SHALL CEASE TO EXIST
AS A BODY POLITIC AND CORPORATE ON THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SUBHEADING AND IT SHALL NOT THERE-
AFTER BE NECESSARY FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM-
MISSIONERS OF FREDERICK COUNTY OR SUCH DISTRICT
OR THE SAID COMMISSION TO FILE ANY ORDINANCE, RES-
OLUTION, CERTIFICATE OR ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
WITH ANY PERSON OR AGENCY EXCEPT AS SPECIFICAL-
LY REQUIRED BY THIS SUBHEADING.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other pro-
visions or any other application of this Act which can be given