Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-03-28
THE cry EXTENSION BILL.

The following Is the bill now in the
hands of the Senate committee providing
for amending the charter of the City Of
Annapolis so as to extend its boundary
Section l. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland. that tue limits Of
the City of Annapolis be, and the same
are hereby extended Sd as 10 include all
that territory lying within the following
bounds, 10 wit The Chesapeake Bay,
Severn river To the northern bank there.
OF, Weems creek. Ga tributary of Severn
river a straight line from the head OF
the said creek 10 Camp Parole, Ia station
on the Annapolis, Washington and Balti-
more Railroad the county road from
Camp Parole to South river bridge, IN
GLIDING the whole OF the said road aud
South river to the southern bank thereof,
excepting from the said limits the Severn
river bridge and the South river bridge;
the said lines, so far as may be necessary,
to be marked and defined under the di-
rection of the said corporation,
Sec. 2, And be 1t enacted, that the said
city shall be divided into as many wards
or election districts, not less than three
nor more than seven, as the said corpora
tion may by ordinance provide; and until
such provision shall be made the territory
hereby added TO the limits of the said city
shall be iecluded within and added TO the
third ward or election district; and the
qualified voters therein shall, at each cor
poration election be entitled to vote in the
said third ward or election district; and
the corporation of the said city shall con-
sist of a Mayor, Counsellor and two AL.
dermen chosen from each of the said
wards or election districts as now existing
f<,h eaf la. a l@Eu -
hereinbeforc provided.
Sec. g. Aud be it enacted, That the
property situated within the territory
hereby added to the limits OF the said city
shall be subjected TO city taxes only when
and as streets, avenues. alleys or other
highways shall be extended through OF
adjacent to the same respectively, and
provision made by ordinance requiring
footways along, and bounding such prop.
erty respectively TO be paved, and causing
curb stones to be laid along the same re-
| spectively, or other improvements of like
or similar character shall have been made
| or provided for by the said corporation,
which ia the judgment OF the said corpo.
ratisn shall render it equitable that such
| property respectively shall be taxed fol
city purposes.
Sec. 4 And be 1t enacted that the Coun.
| ty Commissioners of Anne Arundel coun.
ty shall annually pay to the Corporation
of the sale city such proportion of the
whole amount levied upon the property
within the said county for road purposes
as the amount of the assessable property
| in the said city bears or shall bear from
year TO year, respectively, to the whole
| amount of the assessable property in the
said county, the said amount so paid to
be appropriated and used by the said cor
poration in the repairs and improvement
of the streets, avenues, roads, and other
highways, within the said city, and in
the opening or new streets. avenues
roads and other highways therein.
Sec 5. And be it enacted that this Ac
shall take effect from the date of its pas
says.