The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1914-08-21
CHAPTER 3S

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section of the Charter
of the Town Of Takoma, ia Prince
Georges and Montgomery Counties.
MARYLAND, as the said chartei was en-
acted by Chapter 4S0 of the Acts of
the General Assembly CT Maryland at
its session of 1890, and amended by
Chapter 55S of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly of 1894 by Chapter 81
of the Acts Of the General Assembly
of 1896, by Chapter III of the Acts
of the General Assembly of 1900, by
Chapter 100 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1906, by Chapter 526 OF
the Acts of the General Assem-
bly, of 1910, and bv Chapter 75O I the
Acts of the General Assembly of 1912.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of MARYLAND, That Sec
ton 3 of Chapter 4S0 of the Acts OF the
General Assembly of 1890. entitled "A
Act to incorporate the Town of Tako-
ma Park, Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties, as amended by
Cbapter 55s of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1894, by Chapter 80 OF the
Acts of the General Assembly of 1896,
by Chapter III of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly of 1900. by Chapter 1OC
of the Acts of the General Assembly OF
1905. by Chapter 526 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1910, andby Chap
$50 of the Acts of the General Assemb-
ly of 1912, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:
SEC. 8. That the limits of the said
Town shall be as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of third line of the
District of Columbia with the East inc
of the Metropolitan Branch of the Bal
timore and Ohio R. r and running with
the east line of said road to stone on
the west side of Chicago avenue, oppo-
site the dividing line between the two
lots numbered 6 and in blocks 70 of
the Takoma Park Loan and Trust Com
pany's subdivision of Takoma Park:
thence, with the west side of said Chica-
90 avenue to a stone on the west side
of said avenue, thence, from said stone
with the center line of said avenue to a
point opposite the north line Gf Phila-
delphia avenue; thence, from this point
to and along the north line Of said
Philadelphia avenue to the lines be-
tween lots No. 2 and No. 3 and and a
in block u of the Takoma Park Loan
and Trust Company's subdivision of
Takoma Park; thence, with said lines to
Baltimore avenue; thence, obliquely
across said avenue to a stone, the north
boundary. of lot 6 in block 80 of the
aforesaid Loan and Trust Company's
subdivision, the said stone being on the
third line of the tract of land called
"The Girls Portion" thence to said
line reversed to the north side of Bra
shears avenue; thence, with a right
angle across the lands of Brashears to
the south line of Brashears' land
thence, with said line to the west line
of H. P r. Hollis land; thence, with
the line of said Hollis and Brashears
landto the land purchased by B. F
Gilbert from Blair heirs; thence along
the westerly line of said land to the
north side of Saratoga avenue; thence
northerly along the north line of Sar'
atoga avenue to the eastern edge OF
Mississippi avenue, so as to exclude AND
except from the limits of the corpora
ton as it now exists the land known as
Block Nos. 6t and IS lying south OF
the Blair road: thence along the cas-,
| line of Mississippi avenue to its inter
section with Sligo Greek; thence along
the west bank of Sligo Greek to the
Blair road; thence along the south line
of the Blair road to its intersection with
Flower avenue; thence along the west
| line of Flower avenue to its intersec.
ton with Carroll avenue at the north
east corner of Lot in Block 49: thence
from said point along the easterly side
of Carroll avenue to the Bladensburg
Road at,J ohm Browns; thence, with the
westerly side of said roadto the land OF
Jackson; thence southerly with Jack.
sons land to the land of Riggs; thence
with the east line of Riggs 80 acre wood
| lot to John Powell's corner; thence
with the dividing line between said
John Powell's land and the said 3(
acres wood lot to the west line of sale
Powell s land: and thence with the sale
west line and the west line of George
P. Powell's land to the southwest corn.
er of said George P. PowelPs land, anG
| thence with south line of said George P.
Powelps land to the west line of Rigs
land known as Wroe Farm; and thence
with the west line of Riggs Land to the
land of one Gleason; thence with sale
| land to boundary stone known as the
end of the thirtyfirst line of Chillum
Castle Manor; thence with said line re.
versed and as now laid down to the
land of the late Samuel j. Cockerill
thence still with said line and sale
Cockerill's north line, to the aforesaid
third line of the Dist rict of Columbia
thence with said lines reversed to the
place of beginning.
SEC. Q. And be it enacted by the
| General Assembly of Maryland, That
this Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Approved March 10, 1914.
P.L. GoLDsBCROUGH,
Governor
JAMES McC Triple,
Speaker of the House of Delegates,
JESSE D. PRICE,
President of the Sepate
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House
1 Hereby Certify, That the aforegoine
is true copy of an Act of the Genera
Assembly of Maryland, passed at tht
January Session, 1914.
ALBERT J. ALMONEY,
Chief Clerk of the House