A.
Whereas, the Mayor and Town Council of Edmonston, Maryland, a municipal corporation, have received a petition signed by more than twenty-five per centum (25%) of the persons who reside in the area to be annexed and who are registered as voters in county elections, and the owners of twenty-five per centum (25%) of the assessed valuation of the real property located in the area to be annexed, described as: Beginning for the tract of land at a point on the west right-of-way line of the new relocation of River Road as shown on plats No. 11617 and No. 11618, on file with the State Roads Commission of Maryland, at the intersection of said right-of-way line with the existing Town of Bladensburg boundary line; thence running in a westerly direction 101 feet to a point at the intersection of the north boundary line of the Town of Bladensburg with the east boundary line of the Town of Edmonston, said point also being 420 feet west of the present Edmonston Road; thence running in a northeasterly direction along the Edmonston town line to the State Roads Commission right-of-way line as shown on the aforesaid plats; thence running with the right-of-way line of the relocated River Road to the point of beginning.
B.
Whereas, the Mayor and Town Council have verified the signatures appearing on the petition and finding that the petition conforms to the requirements of law, now, therefore, be it resolved, that the territory described herein be and it is hereby annexed to the existing Town of Edmonston, Maryland, and included in the Second Ward thereof.
C.
All of the inhabitants of the territory, and the territory itself, annexed to the Town of Edmonston by this resolution, 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 Mayor and Town Council of Edmonston, and to all the laws and ordinances now in force in said town or which may hereafter be enacted and ordained by it, so far as same may be consistent with the provisions of this resolution, and the territory so annexed shall in all respects be taken and considered as a part of the municipal corporation of the Mayor and Town Council of Edmonston.