Evening journal., 1914-12-10

side Of Rising Sun lane. continued in a
straight line 10 the middle of Brandy
wine creek; thence down the middle of
Brandywine creek bv the several
. courses thereof 20 a point in a line run
ming at right angles TO the Wilmington
and Great Valley turnpike road, said
/ line beginning at point on the west
: erly side of the Brandywine creek where
II is intorsectcd by a line drawn paral.
lei with and distant sixty nine hundred
and siNty-cight feet northcrly from the
northerlv side of Lancaster avenue;
thence northerly by said line running at
right angles 10 the Wilmington and
Great Valley turnpike road to the
southerly side of said Wilmington and
Great Valley turnpike road; thence by
said side of said turnpike road TO the
westerly right of way of the Baltimore
a Ohio r. r.; thence northerly along the
westerly right Of way line of said Bal
timorc a Ohio Railroad to its intcrsec-
tion with the extension of the southorly
| line of Thirty fourth street at fifty feet
wide; thence easterly by said extension
of the southerly line of Thirtv-fourth
street to the westerly line Of Van Buren,
( street as laid out al right angles TO
! lhiity-sccond street; thence northcrly
along said westerly line of Van Buren
street twelve hundred and twenty feet
70 a point thence easterlv along a line
/ parallel with Thirty-sccond street TO
where this line would intersect line
I drawn parallel to the center line of
Thirteenth street and distant thirty two
/ hundred feet northerly therefrom :
/ thence easterly along said line parallel
with and distant thirty-two hundred
! feet northerly from the center line of
Thirteenth street TO a point in the Della
ware river distant three thousand feet
from the westerly bank thereof and
thence thereby southerly and parallel TO
said westerly bank of said river TO the
place Of beginning
Section 2.-And said boundaries
shall always extend to and include any
and all piers, docks, bulkheads. slips.
or other structures now or hereafter
erected in the Delaware River. be-
tween the northern and southern
boundaries of said corporation ex-
tended.
Section 3. The said corporation
shall have all the powers. rights. priv
ileges, franchises and immunities
heretofore belonging to THE Mayor
and Council Of Wilmington" as a mu-
nicipal corporation and shall have all
the privileges and franchises incident
to a corporation or body polite. All
statutes relating to the government
of said city not of a general nature.
and all laws, ordinances. reso-
lutions, rules and regulations
now 10 force, within said city, and not
inconsistent with. modified or re-
pealed by the provisions of this act,
shall be deemed to be ordinances OF
said city and shall continue in force
until repealed, rescinded or changed
by ordinance passed in exercise of the
powers herein granted.
Section 4. BY the style and name
aforesaid, the said municipal corpor-
alton shall have perpetual succession.
/ and It is hereby authorized and en-
powered to have, take. purchase. re-
ceive. possess, enjoy and retain to Il
ana It's successors, lands, tenements.
neredltaments, goods. chattels, and ef-
iects or what kind nature or quality
| soeVer, and wheresoever situated
ana the same to sell. grant. demise
alen or dispose Of at its pleasure. 10
administer trusts, TO sue or be sued
implead or be impleaded. answer and
be answered defend and be defended
IN an courts of law or equity. or anv
! other place whatsoever. and also m
/ make, nave and use a common seal
ana me same to break, alter. and re-
new al its pleasure.
Section 3. In extension and not in
limitation of the powers herein grant
co. the said corporation shall Law,
power in so far as the same Is NOT
inconsistent with the constitution ana
laws of this State:
(al To provide for the general an,
special municipal elections and make
laws regulating the same.
'ol 10 provide for the assessing OF
property and the levying and collect
lns OF taxes for corporate PURPOSES
upon property OF every kind and char
acter' not now exempt from taxation
by law, and upon persons and animals
ana TO provide for the payment of the
debts and expenses Of said corpor.
alton To provide for making of local
improvements, and to levy. secure ana
collect special assessments on proper-
y benefited thereby. and for paving
the same, or any portion thereof: TO
determine what work i'm relation to
sewers. curbs. pavements, street con-
sructlon and other improvements
shall be done or made by or al the
expense, in whole or in part. of the
owners of the abutting. contiguous or
proXimate property, or others special-
~ benefited thereby. adopting a
fronting foot or other standard of as
sessment and TO provide the manner OF
the payment and collection thereof.
tcl 10 borrow money for corporate
purposes on the credit of said corpora-
tion and TO issue negotiable bonds there
Tor and to issue bonds in place of or 10
supply means to meet maturing bonds
or other indebtedness or for the CON
solldation or funding Of the same. pro
Nided that the aggregate amount of
bonds issued shall never be in excess of
ten per centum of the assessed valuation
OF the real property situated in said
city, and the last preceding assessment
OF said property shall be the basis upon
lated.
Cd To purchase or appropriate pri-
Nate property within or without the cor
porate limits of said city for corporate
uses by acquiring the same by agree.
ment with the owners thereof or bv con-
demnation.
ten To lay out. own. establish. build.
construct, repair, open, alter, widen. ex.
tend, grade, establish grades, pave. va
cate, close, discontinue. abolish. or other
wise improve regulate the use of. and
deal with parks, Fairgrounds, highways.
streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, sidewalks,
wharves, docks, bulkheads, reservoirs.