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PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE BUILDING SITES

CEAk4G
OF VALUABLE BUILDING SITES
The County Commissioners of
Washington County, Maryland, will
offer at Public Sale in front of the
Court House, in Hagerstown, Mary
land, on TUESDAY,, SEPTEMBER
3rd, 1916, between the hours of l
and o'clock p. m, all the following
valuable unimproved real estate,
well suited for building sites:
All that tract of land lying West
of Western Maryland Railway
Tracks, fronting 1921 feet, more
or less, on the Southern margin of
Northern avenue (when Widened to-
so feet), and extending back there
from CATER said avenue has been
so widened) in a Southerly direc-
ton and almost at right angles
thereto a distance of 1876 feet, more
or less, on the Eastern side and
1927 feet, more or less, on the West
ern side thereof, and being a part
of the former Old Folks Home
property and lying across said
Northern avenue from Fountain
Head Heights. Said property is
bounded on the North by Northern
avenue (when Widened), on the
South by the former Old Folks
Home Property on the East by the
County Roads Department property
and on the West by a tract that has
been or will be conveyed to the
Board of Education of Washington
County.
Said real estate is offered subject
to certain conditions and restrictions.
Sufficient land so that Northern
avenue can be widened to so feet
has been reserved. Permission will
be granted to construct driveways
to connect lots into which said prop
erty may be divided with North
ern avenue as now laid out and i'm
proved until such time as said North
ern avenue may be widened to its
full so feet, provided said drive
ways do not interfere with the pres
ent and natural drainage of said
road.
For the purposes of said sale, said
tract will be considered as laid off
in 16 building lots, numbered from
l to 16 beginning at the Western
end of said tract and extending
Eastwardly to the County Roads De-
partment property, and signs will
be or have been placed thereon in
dicating the respective lots. Lots l
to Is inclusive each front 70 feet
on said Northern avenue (when
widened to so feet) and lot Is fronts
thereon 73.1 feet. Lot 16 is 1856 feet
deep from Northern Ave- (When wild
ened) and the remaining lots each
increase in depth proceeding West
wardly from lot Is, so that some of
the lots are 200 or more feet deep.
The East and West boundaries of
each lot are parallel or almost
parallel with the West boundary of
the whole tract. The South bound
airy of lots 3 to 16 inclusive is a
straight line almost parallel to
Northern avenue The South boun-
Diary of lot and part of lot 2 is not
parallel to Northern avenue.
METHOD OF SALE: The above
described property will be offered
as whole and the 16 building lots
offered separately and the same will
be sold to the best advantage.
TERMS OF SALE: If the above
described property is sold by sepa-
rate lots, a payment of $4,000 per
lot will be required on the day of
sale. If said property is sold as a
whole, payment of $5,000.00 will
be required on the day of sale, bal
ance in cash on day of settlement.
Settlement on or before October l,
| 1916, at which time a good and suf-
ficient deed or deeds conveying a
good and marketable title to the
property purchased will be deliver
ed
For view of plat of whole tract
and lots, list of restrictions and
further information, consult Charles
F. Wagaman, Attorney.
County Commissioners of
Washington County,
By I. KELLER SHANK,
President