Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-09-04

her husband
BEULAH F. WARD
PETITION No. 46S Law
Order of Publication
The object of this suit is to ac-
quire by condemnation certain
tracts or parcels of land situate
in the Ninth Election District of
Montgomery County, Maryland, be-
longing to Porter G. Ward and
Margaret Ward, his wife, Porter
G. Ward, Executor of Last Will
and Testament of Frank S. Ward,
William II. C. Ward, also known
as Henry Clay Ward and Winifred
Ward, MS wife, Mercy B. Ward,
Katherine Ward, also known as
George K. Ward, Frances Ward
Banks, also known as Frances L.
Ward and Roland L. Banks, ST.,
her husband, and Beulah F. Ward.
The Petition states that the Pc
titioners constitute the State Roads
Commission of Maryland and are
charged with the construction and.
maintenance of highways and
bridges in the State of Maryland.
That they have determined it to
be necessary and proper to acquire
for the purposes referred to in
said petition, and in connection
with the construction and main
tenance of the highway system of
the State, certain tracts or parcels
of land situate in the Ninth Dis
trict of Montgomery County, Mary
land, being and comprising all the
land in Montgomery County, con-
sisting of GAO acres, more or less,
lying between the lines marked
Fright of Way Line, as shown
on Plat No. 10071 and 10072, which
is being taken in fee simple, 0.23
acres, more or less, also shown on
said plat for slope and drainage
easement and together with the
right or easement to create, use
and maintain on the land shown
Matched on said plats Nos. 1O071
and 10072, drain structures and
facilities to adequately drain and
retain the roadway andy adj
jacent property.
The Petition further states that
the property is now held under the
provisions of a deed from Otis
Beall Kent to Frank S. Ward and
Porter g.. Ward, dated December
81, 1943 and recorded on December
81, 1912, in Liber C.K.W. No. 927,
Folio 208, among the Land Records
of Montgomery County, Maryland.
(a) That the said property is
now held under the terms of the
Last Will and Testament of Frank
s. Ward, deceased, recorded among
the Will Records of the Orphans
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, in Will Book W.C.C. %,
Folio 364.
That the land and property is
sought to be condemned in connec-
lions with the State System of
Roads and Bridges, and especially
for the construction of Maryland
Route No. 2S, Jamestown to Hunt
ing Hill, in Montgomery County,
Maryland.
That the Petitioners are unable
to make an agreement with the
defendants and that the Petitioners
have deposited a check in the
amount of One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars ($150.00) in the hands of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, in conformity
with the provisions of Article SOB,
Section Alb, Public General Laws
of Maryland, said petitioners deem
ing the said sum to be the fair
value of the land taken and DANA
ges done to the property and that
it is in the public interest for them
to take possession Immediately up
on depositing said money and that
they are taking possession for the
aforesaid purposes.
That the defendants, William H.
C Ward and Winifred Ward, his
wife, are non-residents of the State
of Maryland, residing at 1922
North LIST Street, Milwaukee, Wis
consin.
That the defendant, Beulah F.
Ward is a nonresident of the State
of Maryland, residing at Clinton,
Ontario, Canada.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN |
to William H. C. Ward and Wini-
fred Ward, his wife, whose adj
dress is 1922 North 1st Street, Mil
~aukee, Wisconsin, and Beulah F. /
Ward, whose address is Clinton,
Ontario, Canada, owners of the
above described property, to APP
Dear in this Court, in person or by
solicitor, on or before the Oath day
If September 1862, and show cause,
f any they have, why said prop
'rty or said defendants interest
herein should not be condemned
as prayed in said petition.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Nd.