Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-06-10

Urder OF Publication
The object of this suit is to &C.
quire by condemnation certain
tracts or parcels of land situate
in the Second and Ninth Election
Districts of Montgomery County,
in the State of Maryland, belong
ing to Mary Alice Benson, Widow,
Surviving Life Tenant, William P.
Benson and Mary ]. Benson, his
wife, Dorothy c. Davis, Widow,
j. Vance Benson and Belma Ben
son, his wife, Ralph Benson and
Frances Elsie Benson, his vile,
Arjorie A. Snyder and Jacob
Snyder, her husband, and Kath.
leen A. Benson, single.
The Petition states that the
Petitioners constitute the State
Roads Commission of Maryland
and are charged with the con-
Struction and maintenance of
highways and bridges in the State
of Maryland
That they have determined it
to be necessary and proper to ac-
quire for the purposes referred
to in said petition, and in con-
nection with the construction and
maintenance of the highway sys-
tenn of the State, all those tracts
or parcels of land situate in the
Second and Ninth Election Dis
tricts of Montgomery County,
Maryland, being and comprising
all the land consisting of 80
acres, more or less, lying between
the lines marked Fright of Way
Line" as shown on Plat No.
1854, which is being taken in
fee simple and .01 acres, more
or less, also shown on said plat
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.
ril 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. 118,
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-
4 Ter 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 Viii.
liam P. Benson and Mary Alice
Benson, his wife, dated November
IL, 1882, 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 Mary
land Route 118 and Washington
National Pike to U. S. Route 24O,
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, $4,000 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 Cen
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