Evening journal., 1923-01-25
AN ACT
TO ALTER REVISE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
WILMINGTON.

State Delaware Assembly the mem;
o each House concurriug theren
Section The boundaries of the City of Wilmington shall be as
folOws;--
Beginning at point in the Delaware River on parallel
aerly the scctOu of the middle
of northery side
the right of of the Philadelphia Reading Company;
nhwestey said line parallel Front street $1,000
nohwester the north
easty side right of way of Philadelphia Reading Rail
Company with the easy side of the right of
the Castle Branch of the Philadelphia Baltimore and Wash
ngon Companyi northey along the aforementioned
right way point 9" southery line
7O widel, measured at right angles eO thence north
westerly parallel Front marked stone set in the bank
souteastey the Chna Rivers thence nOrthwestery
along souhwsey side of Beech street tat so
w) and perpendicular Maryland to the center OF the main
roadway tracks of the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Rail
thence DETECTING the left through angle of ll6'Or
for distance OF 2sS s along the center line OF said roadway or
point; thence DETECTING the right through angle Of
99s' the line of Maryland
wide, point being 2ss" south
the line of Seventh measured along the centr
line Maryland thence along straight line connecting the last
mentioned point OF intersection Wlth corner stone at the
ouhweery wide) AMI the north
westerly wid) point l5O westerly from
the nohwestery side OF Lincoln street M 90 wde measured at g
tt thence southwestey and parallel to Lincoln street.
the ortwesey side of the right of of the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Railroad branch running from the main line to the West
Yards of said Company thence northwey along the aforesaid right
of approximately 1910 to the extension of the center line Wood
lawn avenue tat 90 we souhWestery from Lancaster avenue; thence
northstey the said line extension approximately 2sO
the extended center line of Linden street lat 60 wide the latter
thence northwesry
along line of Linden approximately lll7 to
northeaster the said extension of Grenh approximately
southweerly go wdej thence
ho'Nh"eeiy
approximately Pas the center line OF jackson Inn Du Pont roads
nOtery along the said road center line approximately 2ol6 to
widel,
heastey along the said extension and side of Seventh street
poxmately the northwesey side of Greenhn tat
norheasey the said Of Greenhn
point sOuhwestey from the OuhwesteHy side of
northwesey along line parallel distant l5O south
of souheasey
side Of Rising SUN Lane extended thence nhy along the said
Rising continued in straight line, the middle of
thence noh and outheasterly along
the middle line of Brandywine Creek by the several courses thereof
ion a
Great Valley Turnpike road (now Concord avenuel
passing through point determined the
of a parallel notheerly
northeastey with westerly side of the
thence easy this line perpendicular Concord
with the line OF the Philadelphia and
Railroads eaterly the line of said Phil
adepha and Baltimore Railroad to point distant I9O feet
eastery widl measured
along approximately south O
east along the southery side OF Thirty street extended to e
northwe side of Van Buren 60 wde) thence nOhery
the said side of Van Buren, street 1920 o thence south
a along line perpendicular to the Philadelphia and wilmington
Market at about 60
noheastey wde.
and Eawn avenue t SO "idel to It's intersection with an extension
line OF the last mentioned Esawn thence south
eaerly by the line Estawn to the
nide of shePot Creek thence souhy along the middle line OF
shepo by the several thereof its intersection with
parallel Thirteenth mentioned line passing
through the point determined by the intersection Of line drawn parallel
and 4oS lo9s" nOeaste from the center line of Twenty
tat So widel, measured right angles thereto with the nOrthery
side OF the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Raidi thence
southeastey along the line parallel Thirteenth point dis
5000 sOuhry from the mdl OF the bank OF the Della
Rivers thence southwesery to the place OF beginning
corporate existence OF The Mayor Council of
shall hereafter be The of Wilmington and all
relating the existing corporation the City shall
with this continue the said "The
City Wilmington City"
powers discharge thereby imposed
provided hereby shall any
qualify the full administrative authority
Council elected by this managing the affairs City
Wilmington.
Of
Section The City Wilmington the inhabitants thereof
limits hereafter be- shall polite
"The Wilmington
seal; be
property purchase
condemnation privilege purchase
any municipal purpose may manage
make all rules and regulations
which required fully all the
deed, WILL relation gift
by may acquire property may acquire
operate regulate public utt
levy special purposes
which the city lawfully money
credit the the sale bonds the
appropriate the money the purposes
regulate things the
public works may levy
for local Improvements; license and regulate
associations engaged business
define prohibit abat and all things
the health,
the inhabitants of the all