Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-09-06


trict of Columbia Corporation,
Trustee under the Will of Brain
ard H. Warner, deceased, states
that it is the owner of Lots three
(3), four (4), five (5) eight and
eleven (11) in Block four (4);
and Lots numbered four ~,
forty-four ,(44), forty-five (45),
and forty-six (46) in Block six
co., all in the subdivision known
as and called "Kensington Park, -
as per Plat recorded in Plat Book
B at Plat 4, one of the Land Rec
ords of Montgomery County,
Maryland, which property petit
toner acquired as trustee under
the Last Will and Testament of
Brainard H. Warner, who died 4
resident Of the District of Co.
iumbia, on the 18th of May, 1916,
certified copy of said will being
recorded in the Office of the Reg
lister of Wills for Montgomery
County in Will Book H.C.A. 10,
folio 450, a copy of which is filed
therein as petitioners Exhibit
A." The said Brainard H. War
ner having acquired the said
property by a deed, conveying all
Of the land in the aforesaid sub
division, from Richard T. Petit,
dated May "a, 1890 and recorded
among the said Land Records il
Liber j. A. 20, folio 1853, a copy
of which is filed therein as ''Pe-
titioners Exhibit B."
That a copy of the original plat
of said subdivision, showing said
property, as recorded in Plat
Book B, Plat 4, of said Land Rec
ords, is filed therein as Petition
er's Exhibit c."
That the portion of Kent Street
sought to be abandoned is not in
public use, or in any use what
soever, and has never been graded
or improved in any manner to fit
it to use by the public or any use
whatsoever; your petitioner hav-
ing paid taxes on said portion OF
Kent Street for many years, the
fact being that the general public
has for many years used Lots for
ty-four (44) and four (4) of Block
co., in said subdivision, as a street
or roadway in the place and stead
of the portion of Kent Street
sought to be abandoned, which
Lots forty-four (44) and four (4)
have become known as Kent
Street, have been paved and are
generally used by the public as
Kent Street.
That the purpose of this pro-
posed abandonment is to permit
resubdivision of the said prop
erty in accordance with the plan
for such resubdivision which has
heretofore been approved by the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission on April
IL, 1851 and by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission on
April 27, 1851, as will particular
ly be shown by plat of the pro-
posed resubdivision, a copy Of
which is filed therein as Petition
or's Exhibit D."
That it is proposed and petition
ed therein that the portion of
Kent Street be entirely abandoned
where it is described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of
the southerly line of Lot numbered
eleven (11) in Block Four (4) in
said subdivision and the easterly
line of Prince Georges Avenue, and
running thence easterly along said
southerly line of Lot IL and the
southerly line of Lot numbered
10 in said Block A, 525 feet to the
westerly lire of Frederick Ave
nue., thence southerly along said
westerly line of Frederick Avenue
to its intersection with the north
erly line of Lot Number ! in Block
rumber 6 in said subdivision;
thence westerly along said north
erly line and the northerly line Of
Lot number 46 in said Block CO..
525 feet to the aforementioned
oasterly line of Prince Georges
Avenue; thence northerly along
said easterly line of Prince Geor-
ges Avenue to the place Of begin
ming.
That all of the lands not owned
by your petitioner which that por-
ton of Kent Street sought to be
abandoned would have heretofore
been available TO serve if said
street had been fit for use, will
be served by streets proposal 70
be created by the aforesaid result
division IS shown by petitioners
Exhibit D."
That on all of the property
mentioned therein State and
County Taxes have been paid to
June 30, 1851.
That the reason for the aban-
donment of the said portions of
the subdivision, as herein petit
toned, are that the subdivision as
originally plated was laid out in
small ffty-foot lots, but the gen.
eral type of development in this
n -.