Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-06-17

for slope and drainage easements.
TOGETHER with the right or
easement to create, use and main
tain on the land shown Matched
on said plat, drainage structures
and facilities to adequately drain
the roadway and/or adjacent
property, and together with the
perpetual right to erect and main
tain between October LIST and APP
Ri LIST of each and every year,
snow fences, within 100 feet of
the land condemned in fee simple.
TOGETHER with any right,
title and interest of the defend
ants, in and to the existing bed
of Washington Pike, us. Route
No. 240, lying between the lines
marked Fright of Way Line, as
shown on said plat, and together
with any right, title and interest
of the defendants in and to the
existing bed of Germantown
Road, Maryland Route No. 119,
lying between the lines marked
Fright of Way Line, as shown
on said plat.
THE petition further states
that the property is now held un-
der the provisions of two deeds,
one from William H. Benson and
Mary Alice Benson, his wife, to
William P. Benson, ct al. dated
November II, 1882, and recorded
on March IS, 1888, in Liber $50,
Folio 149, among the Land Rec
ords of Montgomery County,
Maryland, and the other from
William P. Benson, ct al. to Will
liam P. Benson and Mary Alice
Benson, his wife, dated November
II, 1892, and recorded on March
Is, 1888, in Liber $50, Folio $50,
among the Land Records of Mont
gomery County, Maryland.
THAT the land and property is
sought to be condemned in con-
nection with the State System of
Roads and Bridges, and especial
ly for the construction of Merry
land Route 118 and Washington
National Pike to U. S. Route 240,
in Montgomery County, Maryland
THAT your Petitioners are un-
able to make an agreement with
the defendants and that the Peti-
| toners have deposited a check
in the amount of Five Thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty-Three
Dollars 5,883.00) payable to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, to the use
of the aforesaid defendants, in
the hands of the said Clerk, in
conformity with the provisions of
Article SOB, Section 9, Public Gen
eral Laws of Maryland, said Pc
titioners deeming the said sum to
be the fair value of the land
taken and damages done to the
property, and that it is in the
public interest for them to take
possession Immediately upon de-
posting said money and that they
are taking possession for the
aforesaid purposes.
That the defendant, Dorothy C.
Davis, is a nonresident of the
State of Maryland, residing at
8131 34th Avenue, North, St.
Petersburg, Florida.
That the defendants, J. Vance
Benson and Belma Benson, his
wife, are non-residents of the
State of Maryland, residing at
404 San Vincente, Santa Monica
California.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
to Dorothy c. Davis, whose adj
dress is S131 34th Avenue, st.
Petersburg, Florida, and ]. Vance
Benson and Belma Benson, his
wife, whose address is 404 San
Vincente, Santa Monica, Californ-
ia, nonresident owners of the
above described property, to ap-
pear in this Court, in person or
by solicitor, on or before the 7th
day of July 1854, and show cause,
if any they have, why said prop
erty or said defendants interest
therein should not be condemned
as prayed in said Petition.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County
True Copy-Test: