Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-22
PETITION NO. 1897 Law
Order of Publication

tracts or parcels of land situate
in the Ninth Election District of
Montgomery County, Maryland,
belonging to Donald L. Snyder
and Thomas d. Griffith and
Laura B. Griffith, his wife, Mort
gagees.
The Petition states that the Pc
titioners constitute the State
Roads Commission of Maryland
and are charged, among other
things, 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 purpose referred
to in said petition, and in con-
nection with the construction and
maintenance of the highway sys-
tenn of the State, all those pieces
or parcels of land situate in the
Ninth Election District of Mont
gomery County, Maryland, all
that property consisting of Ills
acres, more or less, and lying be-
tween the lines marked Fright
of Way Line" as shown on the
attached Plats No. 1853, 1859
and 1850 which is being taken
in fee simple, and 10 acres, more
or less also shown on said PIats
for slop and drainage easements.
TOGETHER with right or con-
sent to create, use and maintain
on the land shown Matched on
said Plats No. 1883, 1859 and
1850 such drainage structures
and facilities to adequately drain
and retain the said roadway
and/or adjacent property.
TOGETHER with all the right
whatsoever of ingress and egress
between the through highway
and the remaining property of
the defendants across the lines
which are designated FRIGHT
OF WAY LINE OF THROUGH
HIGHWAY, to the end that
there never will be any vehicular
pedestrian and/or animal access
to or from the through highway
and the remaining property of
the defendants across those lines
which are so marked on the be-
aforementioned PlatS No. 1858,
1889 and 1850, except by means
of such public and/or private
road connections as the petition
ers may construct or permit to
be constructed.
That the Petition further states
that the property is now held I'M
der the provisions of a deed from
Drusilla Briggs, ct al, to Donald
L. Snyder, dated December 81,
1918, and recorded on January Is,
1919, in Liber No. 274, Folio 453,
among the Land Records of
Montgomery County, Maryland.
(a) That the said property is
subject to the lien of a mortgage
given by Donald L. Snyder to
Thomas D. Griffith and Laura
B. Griffith, his wife, dated No
vember 16, 1916, and recorded on
November 16, 1916, among the
Land Records of Montgomery
County, Maryland, in Liber No.
1917; Folio 308, securing the pay
ment of the total sum of six
thousand dollars ($6,0O00O), as
expressed in said mortgage.
That the land and property is
sought to be condemned in con-
nection with the State system of
roads and bridges, and especially
for the construction of the Uni
ted States Route No. 240 Relo-
cation Washington National
Pike, an expressway, in Mont
gomery County, Maryland.
That the Petitioners are unable
to make an agreement with the
defendants and that the Petition
ers have deposited check in the
amount of six thousand seven
hundred dollars CSC, 100000 in the
hands of the Clerk to the Cir
cuitsCourt of Montgomery Coun-
ty, in conformity with the pro-
visions of Article SO B, Section
g B, Public General Laws of
Maryland, said Petitioners deem
ing the said sum to be a fair
value of the land taken and dam
age done to the property and
that it is in the public interest
for them to take possession i'm
mediately upon depositing said
money and that they are taking
possession for the aforesaid pur-
poses.
That the Defendants, Thomas
D. Griffith and Laura B. Griffith,
his wife, are non-residents of the
State of Maryland, residing at
st. Petersburg, Florida, at the
Hotel Martha Washington.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
to Thomas d. Griffith and Laura
B. Griffith, his wife, whose adj
dress is Hotel Martha Washing.