210 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 103

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That all roads, streets,
avenues or alleys lying within the territory annexed to the
said town by this Act, and heretofore dedicated or acquired
by condemnation proceedings under the provisions of any of
the laws of Maryland, or the Common Law, and in actual gen-
eral use as a road, street, avenue or alley, shall be held to be
validly constituted public highways of the Town of Cottage
City.

The said Cottage City Commission, whenever it shall deter-
mine it to be necessary for the public benefit, that any road,
street, avenue or alley should be improved, which is not, by
the provisions of this Act, made a public highway of said town,
it shall take supervision and control of the same, and such
road, street, avenue or alley shall thereupon become a public
highway of the Town of Cottage City.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all the inhabitants of
the territory annexed to the Town of Cottage City by this Act
shall in all respects and to all intents and purposes, be subject
to the powers, jurisdiction and authority vested, or to be vested
by law, in the Cottage City Commission, and to all ordinances
now in force in said town, or which may hereafter be enacted
and ordained by it, so far as the same may be consistent with
the provisions of this Act, and the territory so annexed shall,
in all respects, be taken and considered as a part of the munici-
pal corporation of the Town of Cottage City. And be it further
enacted, that the General Assembly of Maryland does hereby
determine, because of the increased burden on the taxpayers of
the Town of Cottage City in furnishing fire protection to the
territory described, an acute emergency exists and the General
Assembly of Maryland further determines that passage of this
Act is necessary to deal properly with such acute emergency
and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 14, 1951.