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Equity No. 1921
Order of Publication

The object of this suit is to
procure a Declaratory Decree di-
vesting the Defendants of any in.
terest they may have and enjoin.
ing them from asserting any in.
terest in the property described
in the Bill of Complaint, and
vesting the Complainants with an
absolute and indefeasible fee in
the said property. The Bill OF
Complaint states in substance
that the Complainant, William E.
Smith, became the owner in fee
simple and entered into posses
sion of all of Blocks 6, Z, 9, 10
10, 20, 81 and %, in tse Subdivi
sion of land called Laytonia, as
shown on the plat of said sub
division recorded among the land
records of Montgomery County
in Plat Book 2. at Plat 143, by
Deed from William F. Easter and
Albert B. Easter, joint tenants,
dated May 16, 1916, recorded May
16, 1916, in Liber 1913 at Folio
80; that the said William F,
Easter and Albert B. Easter, took
title to the above described land
by Deed from Benjamin o. Wood
ward and Corrie V. Woodward
his wife, by Deed dated July %
1910, and recorded January 21
1871, in Liber S12 at Folio 1871;
that the Complainant, William E
Smith, conveyed Lots 9 to u, in
elusive Block 10, Laytonia, to
Kenneth Clyde Marshall, Sr. and
Eliza Nettie Marshall, his wife
as tenants by the entirety, by
Deed dated August 81. 1851, re
corded August %, 1851, in Liber
1866 at Folio 574; that the Com
plainant, William f. Smith, con.
veyed Lots Z and s in Block 10
to Charles Lee Runyon and Bar
bara Irene Runyon, his wife, by
Deed dated September 8, 1852
and recorded in Liber 1904 al
Folio 467; which said land was
thereafter conveyed to Kenneth
William Runyon and Ellanora
Runyon, his wife, by Deed dated
November %, 1858, and recorded
November 30, 1853, in Liber 1864
at Folio 545; that the Complain.
ant, William f. Smith, conveyed
Lots 10 and Ii in Block 10, Lay.
tonia, to Kenneth William Run.
yon and Ellanora Runyon, his
wife, by Deed dated November
10, 1858, and recorded November
30, 1858, in Liber 1864 at Folio
544; that the Complainant, vii.
liam E. Smith, conveyed Lots /
to 6, inclusive, and Is to 20, in.
Block 10, to Joseph Ra
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Sealed Bids

Sealed Bids will be received in
the Purchasing Office, County
Office Building, Rockville, Mary.
land for furnishing Montgomery
County with the following:
Street Sweeper
June %, 1855 200 PM.
8 Emergency Standby
Generators
June 90, 1855 11:OO AM.
3 Cash Registers
June 90, 1855 HOO AM.
Art Supplies
July 8. 1855 100 AM.
Art Metal & Jewelry Supplies
July IL, 1855 11:OO AM.
Library Books
July IL, 1855 HOO AM.
Brown Kraft Bags
June 90, 1855 1I:OO AM.
Athletic Supplies
July Is, 1855 HOO AM.
For further information con-
tact Purchasing Office, County
Office Building, Rockville, Mary
land, Poplar 2-2121.
PURCHASING OFFICE
GAG
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No. 1868 Lay
Order of Publication

Pursuant to an Order entered
on May p, 1855, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, the undersigned, Clerk
of the said Court, hereby gives
notice to the Defendants,
The Unknown Owners of 16
Acres of Land, More or Less, in
the Tenth Election District of
Montgomery County, Maryland,
Bounded on the West by the
Lands of Edwin Weihe, on the
North by the Lands Now or
Formerly Owned by Albert d.
Ferris, and on the South and East
by the Lands of Walter f. Perry,
named in the above entitled case.
that a Petition for Condemnation
was filed in the said case on Nav
81 1855, by Transconlinental Gas
Pipe Line Corporation. and is now
pending in said Court; that the
said Defendants, and each of them
must be and appear in said Court,
on or before the 9Th day of July,
1858, and must show cause, if any
they have, why the property de.
scribed in said Petition, or such
Defendants interests therein.
should not be condemned as pray.
ed in the said Petition; and that
the rights and claims of the said
Defendants in and to the said
property will be adjudicated and
forever determined in these pro.
ceedings in the said Court
The said Petition for Condemn.
alton filed in the above entitled
case states that the Petitioner.
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation, is q Delaware corpor.
alton and has qualified as a for.
eign corporation to do business in
the State of Maryland; that under
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in the home of petitioners; that
on May Is, 1855, by virtue of an
( Order entered in said action. re-
sponsibiIity of the Prince Georg-
es County Welfare Board for the
further custody and care of said
Mary Louise McIntire was term
mated; that she has resided with
petitioners ever since her place
ment with them on August 3,
1896; that petitioners desire to
legally adopt the said Mary Lou
Use McIntire and believe such
adoption would serve her best in
tereStS; that said Mary Louise
Mclntire has consented in writing
to said adoption; that petitioners
and said Mary Louise McIntire
are of the Caucasian race and of
the Protestant faith; that they
have no knowledge of the where
abouts of the said Rose Viola
McIntlre; that of petitioners mar
riage, three children were born,
two of whom are married, and
one deceased; that there is no
blood relationship between petit
TONERS and said Mary Louise Nc
Intire.
TT is, THEREUPON, this 9th
day of June, 1855, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, sitting as a Court of
Equity, ordered that petitioners,
by causing a copy of this Order
to be inserted in some newspaper
published in Montgomery Coun-
ty, Maryland, once in each of four
successive weeks before the 9th
day of July, 1855, give notice to
the said absent and non resident
Rose Viola McIntire of the OBJ
ject and substance of this petit
ton and warning her to be and
appear in this Court, in person
or by solicitor, on or before the
26th day of July, 1865, to show
cause, if any she may have, why
a decree should not be passed
as prayed.
STEDMAN PRESCOTT,
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
Clayton K, Watkins,
Clerk $40
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Order of Publication

The object of this suit is to
procure a decree of adoption by
Ralston Demar Binkley and Elsie
May Binkley, his wife, of Mary
Louise Mclintire, sometimes
known as Mary Lou McIntire,
and to change her name to Mary
Louise Binkley.
The petition states in substance
that the petitioners are husband
and wife; that they are residents
of Montgomery County, Mary
land, residing at 213 Ethan Allen
Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland;
that the said Mary Louise Nc
Intire, sometimes known as Mary
Lou McIntire, was born on Jan
uary II, 1886 TO Rose Viola Nc
Intire in the District of Columbia;
that she Was placed with petition.
erS on August 3. 1886, by the ma
tural grandmother of the said
Mary Louise McIntire; that by
virtue of an Order of the Circuit
Court for Prince Georges Coun-
ty, Maryland entered in Equity
No. A421S on July 2, 1851, Gus
tody of said Mary Louise McIn-
tire was given to Prince Georges
County Welfare Board, and said
ra- infant was permitted to rem;
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ing to have any interest in
property known as Outlot 3.
Block 30, Connecticut Avenue
Estates, containing 3,948
square feet, lying in the 18th
Election District;
UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JOSEPH
SMITH, ROBERT l.. YOUNG,
and all persons having or claim
ing to have any interest in
property known as Lot Eight
80, Block 4, ken Gar, con.
tanning 1,514 square feet, ly-
ing in the 18th Election Dis
trict;
VERNON CULPEPPER and
CATHRYN w. CULPEPPER, his
wife, and all persons having or
claiming to have any interest
in property known as Block Is.
Part Reservation Indian
Spring Village, containing L.
1888 square feet, lying in the
18th Election District;
RICHARD S. BOARDMAN and
PHYLLIS o. BOARDMAN. his
wife, NEWTON r. DENNIS and
JULIA ANN DENNIS, his wife.
with FRANK w. MARSALEK
and MARY BELL, Trustees I'M
der Deed of Trust, and all per,
sons having or claiming to
have any interest in property
known as Outlet B, Block A,
Bonnie lew" Takoma Park,
containing 2,678 square feet,
lying in the 18th Election Dis
trict.
Defendants
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mond Keesee and Katherine
Elizabeth Keesee, by Deed dated
August 20, 1854, and recorded
August %, 1854, in Liber 1855
at Folio 284; that doubt has been
expressed as to the validity of
the Compliments title and none
of your Complainants are able to
insure the title to any of the
property above described, and
therefore, unable to obtain mort
gage construction loans; that the
Defendant, Benjamin o. Wood
ward, claims an open, notorious,
hostile, continuous and exclusive
possession of all of the above
land until his conveyance to Viii
liam F. Easter and Albert B.
Easter, as joint tenants, afore-
said, from a conveyance from
Olivia A. Crawford, widow of
Charles c. Crawford, dated APP
ril p, 1927, and recorded May
6, 1927, in Liber 424 at Folio 2O2;
that it appears from an examina-
ton of the title to the land de-
scribed in Paragraph l, herein,
that Blocks 6 and Z are good and
marketable; that your Complain
ant, William E. Smith, has a tax
title to Lots II to ID, Block 9.
the legal title to which is in J.
Martin Rausch; that the legal
title tos Lots / to 10, inclusive,
in Block 9, is in George w.
Marsh; that the legal title to Lots
16 to 20, in Block 9, is in Adolph
Priester; and the legal title to
Lot Is, Block 9, is in ]. Martin
Rausch; that the Complainant,
William E. Smith, has a tax title
to all of Block 10, the legal title
to Which is in J. Martin Rausch;
that the Complainant, William E.
Smith, has tax title to all of
Blocks 10 to %, inclusive, legal
title to which is in George A.
Macy.
1T is, THEREUPON, this 2nd
day of June, 1855, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, sitting as a Court of
Equity,
ORDERED, that the Complain
ants, by causing a copy of this
order to be inserted in some
newspaper of general circulation,
published in Montgomery Coun-
ty, Maryland, once a week for
four successive weeks before the
18th day of July, 1855, give no.
tice to the Defendants, George A.
Macy, ]. Martin RauSch, George
w. Marsh and Adolph Priester,
whose addresses are unknown,
of the object and substance of
this Bill and warning them to be
and appear in this Court, in per-
son or by solicitor, on or before
the 29th day of July, 1855, to
show cause, if any there be, why
a decree ought not to be passed
as prayed.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
Clayton K. Watkins, Clerk
Robert E. Billiard
Rockville, Maryland
Solicitor for the Compliments
$50
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Robert E. Billiard, Sol.
Rockville, Md.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND
Sitting as a Court of Equity
WILLIAM E. SMITH
KENNETH CLYDE MARSH
ALL, SIR.
ELIZA NETTIE MARSHALL
WILLIAM RUNYON
ELLANORA RUNYON
JOSEPH RAYMOND KEESEE
KATHERINE ELIZABETH KEE-
SEE
Laytonia, Maryland
Complainants
VS.
GEORGE A. MACY
j. MARTIN RAUSCH
GEORGE w. MARSH
ADOLPH PRIESTER
addresses unknown,
and all persons having or claim
ing to have any interest in the
following property: Blocks 9,
10, 10, 20, 81, %, LAYTONIA,
as the same are shown in Plat
Book 2 at Plat 143.
Defendants
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ne OBJECT OF TINS SUIT is TO
procure a decree ordering that
portion of a road known as Pyle
Road (also known as Pyle's Road,
Piles Road, as contained with
in that tract of land as shown
and designated in Petitioners Elk
hibit A, attached therein, and de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning for the same at a
point on the fourth or South 81
so 30" West 1221.00 foot line of
deed from Joseph H. Milans
and Gertrude B. Milans, his wife,
to Merrimack Construction Corp
Grafton, dated November 4, 1854,
and recorded among the Land
Records of Montgomery County,
Maryland in Liber 1888 at Folio
511, said point being also at the
end of the first or North 340
AZ 40" East 219.47 foot line of
the deed from Brannockburn Co
operators, Inc, to Selkirk Corp.
dated November "a, 1854 and re-
corded among the aforementioned
Land Records in Liber 1895 at
Folio APO and being also South
81 IA 10" East 1884 feet from
the most southerly corner of Lot
l in Block 6 as shown on a plat
of Bannockburn Heights filed
among the aforesaid Land Rec
ords in Plat Book DO. 10 as Plat
No. 49, and running thence with
the west side of Pyle Road (also
known as Pyle's Road, Piles
Road the six following courses
and distances;
South 340 so 30' West 219.47
feet reversely with the first line
of the deed to Selkirk Corp. and
with the fourth line of the deed
to Merrimack Construction Corp
Grafton to a stone at the end of
said line; thence,
South / 49, SO" 397.15 feet with
the fifth line of the deed to Mer-
rimack Construction Corporation
and reversely with the last or
thirty-first line of the deed to
Selkirk Corp; thence,
South IL % 05" West 302.42
feet with the sixth line of the
deed to Merrimack' Construction
Corporation and reversely with
the thirtieth line of the deed to
Selkirk Corp; thence,
South 81 AZ CO., West 10000
feet with the seventh line of the
deed to Merrimack Construction
Corporation and reversely with
the twenty-ninth line of the deed
to Selkirk Corp; thence.
South TO- So co. West 1907
feet with the eighth line of the
deed to Merrimack Construction
Corporation and reversely with
the twenty-eighth line of the deed
to the Selkirk Corp; thence,
South 80 So "a" West 1857
feet with a portion of the ninth
line of the deed to Merrimack
Construction Corporation and re,
versely with the twenty-seventh
line of the deed to Selkirk Corp.
thence, leaving the outlines OF
the Selkirk Corp. and continuing
on the same course
/ South 80 So "a" West 1888
feet still with the ninth line OF
the deed to Merrimack Construc.
ton Corporation and also with
one of the lines of Block 9 as
shown on a plat of Fairway Hills
filed among the aforementioned
Land Records in Plat Book % as
Plat 1853 to a stone at the end
of said line; thence,
South l 54 20' West 1862
feet with the tenth line of the
deed to Merrimack Construction
Corporation and still with one
of the lines of said Block 9 of
Fairway Hills Subdivision;
/ thence.
South AZ 25' 20' West 1857
feet with a portion of the
eleventh line of the deed to the
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A. E. Brault, Sol.
SIG Transportation Bldg.
Washington, DC.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND
Sitting as a Court of Equity
In the Matter of the Petition of
MERRIMACK CONSTITUTE
TION CORPORATION, a
Maryland corporation, for the
abandonment of that portion Of
Pyle Road (also known as
Pyle'S Road, Piles Road which
is contained within that parcel
of land which is designated on
a plat filed herewith and mark
ed petitioners Exhibit A."
No. 1S265 FollitV
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Dan NJ. Murray, Jr.
James r. Miller
Solicitors
nI.1I NJ

James R. Miller
Solicitors
Rockville, Md.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Sitting as a Court of Equity
J. EDWIN HASLUP,
Savage, Howard Co., Md,
Complainant,
VS..
FLORENCE WEST,
Annapolis Junction,
Howard Co., Md,
BERTHA FREEMAN,
1922 Spring Road, NV,
Washington 10, DC,
GRACE HELM,
1884 Meridian Pl., NV,
Washington 10, DC,
ELIZABETH w. COLLINS,
210 Foster Road,
Bay Shore,
Toms River, New jersey,
SUSAN CATHERINE ALBERT,
IA Dreher Avenue,
Pikesville, Baltimore Co., Md.
FRANCIS JACOBI,
80 Market Street,
Annapolis,
Anne Arundel Co., Md,
CHARLES f. KING,
1927 NV. 33rd St,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
FREDERICK w. SELLING,
Snow Hill,
Worcester Co, Nd,
ROBERT FRANCIS KING,
1919 58th Avenue,
Cheverly,
Prince Georges Co., Md,
ALICE KING ANDERSON,
Edgewater,
Anne Arundel Co., Md,
Defendants.
No. 1927 Equity
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| ONN~ ~ NAA~ - EAAeAAo NCNA VI
the Register of Wills of said
County in wills" Liber RIP.
No. II, Folio IS, whereby she
gave and devised the aforesaid
real property located in Mont
gomery County unto the said
Florence West and Laura Has
lup in the following words: my
house and lot in Silver Spring,
Maryland to Mrs. Florence West
and Mrs. Laura Haslup to own
jointly; that the said Florence
West, deviSee as aforesaid, sur
ViVed the said Ida M. King,
whereas the said Laura HaSlup,
also deVisee as aforesaid, died
inteState while a resident of Ho-
ward County on January q, 1854,
predeceasing the said Ida M. King
and leaving as her sole heirs at
law her husband, the complain
ant herein, her six sisters, to wit:
the said Florence West, Bertha
Freeman, Grace Heflin, Elizabeth
w. Collins, Susan Catherine AL
bert and Frances jacob, one
brother, the said Charles E. King,
the said Frederick w. SIZZLING, the
only son of a deceased sister,
Anne E. Sizzling, who died in or
about the year 1851, predeceas-
ing the said Laura Haslup, and
the said Robert Francis King and
Alice King Anderson, the children
of a deceased brother, Francis
S. King, who died in the year
1899, also predeceasing the said
Laura HaSlup; that because of
said devise of said real property
located in Montgomery County,
complainant AYERS that he is
seized and posed of an interest
therein as an heir at law of his
wife, the said Laura Haslup; that
said real property located in
Montgomery County is not sus-
ceptible of partition without ma
terial loss and injury to the par
ties entitled to interests therein
as above stated and that, in or
der to make division of said in
terestS, it will be necessary that
said real estate be sold and the
proceeds thereof divided among
the parties according to their sew
eral interests.
1t is thereupon, this 25th day
of May, 1855, ORDERED by the
Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, sitting as a Court of
Equity, that the complainant, by
causing a copy of this order to
be inserted in some newspaper
published in said Montgomery
County, once in each of four sue
ceSSive weeks before the 4th day
of July, 1855, give notice to the
said Bertha Freeman, Grace FIef-
lin, Elizabeth w. Collins and
Charles King, all of whom are
non-residents of this State, of the
object and substance of this bill,
warning them to appear in this
Court in person or by solicitor
on or before the 22nd day of July
next, to show cause, if any they
have, why a decree ought not
to be passed as prayed.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County
True Copy-Test:
Clayton K. Watkins, Clerk
Dan M. Murray, Jr.,
James R. Miller,
Solicitors for Complainant 433
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I east size OF DARCY Lane as
shown on the aforementioned
plat of Fairway Hills; thence
crossing Pyle Road (also known
as Pyle's Road, Piles Road and
with the east side of Dalroy Lane,
sixty feet wide,
66.36 feet along the arc of a
curve to the right having a rad.
Jus of 325,75 feet and a long
chord bearing and length South
20 80 40" West 66.25 feet to the
point of intersection of the east
side of Dalroy Road and the east
side of Pyle Road (also known
as Pyle's Road, Piles Road
thence, with the east side of PYLE
Road, (also known as Pyle's
Road, Piles Road thirty feet
wide, the eight following courses
and distances
North Az % 20" East 11o.22
feet; thence,
Nofth L Oh ~ East 1904
feet; thence,
North 30 So 81" East $50. 38
feet; thence,
North TO So 90" East 1872. 20
feet; thence,
North 81 Al 90" East 1923
feet; thence,
North II % 05' East 1852
feet; thence,
North 1 1S' Sc" West 39O.69
feet; thence,
North "a so 30" East 2O9.68
feet; thence,
North SIS 09' 80" West 5000
feet crossing Pyle Road (also
known as Pyle's Road, Piles
Road to the place of beginning,
containing calculated area of
1.148 acres of land.
Said Pyle Road (also known as
Pyle's Road, Piles Road being
more fully described in Liber
E.B.P. II at Folio 453 of the
Land Records of Montgomery
County, Maryland.
That by decree said portion of
said road be abandoned as a dedi-
Gated road and be decreed free
from any public right, claim, title
and use, and be vacated so as to
revert to its former status, free
from any claim or any right of
the public.
The petition states that Merri-
mack Construction Corporation,
a Maryland corporation, is the
record owner of the subject par
eel of land, over and across which
the road requested to be aband-
oned runs, and the petitioner
AYERS that the proposed abandon
ment is being submitted to the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission and to the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission for their ap-
prOVal and consent to the said
abandonment; that said abandon
ment does not affect any proper
ty except that of the petitioner,
and that no adjoining property
owner, or the public at large, will
be adversely affected by the said
abandonment, and that it would
be to the benefit of the petition
er to have said land abandoned
and have it revert to its status
prior to its dedication.
1t is, thereupon, this 9Th day
of June, 1855,
ORDERED, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland sitting as a Court of
Equity, that all persons having
! any interest in, or affected by,
the abandonment in this proceed
ing mentioned, show cause on or
before the 9th day of July, 1855,
if any they have, why a decree
should not be passed herein, as
prayed. PROVIDED, a copy of
this Order be inserted in. some
newspaper published in Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, for three
successive weeks before the 9Th
day of July, 1855.
STEDMAN PRESCOTT
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
Clayton X. Watkins,
Clerk -65
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Simpson & Simpson, Soils.
Rockville, Maryland
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS
PIPE LINE CORPORATION
a Delaware Corporation
Plaintiff
VS.,
The Unknown Owners of 16 acres
of land, more or less, in the
Tenth Election District of
Montgomery County, Mary.
land, bounded on the West by
the lands of Edwin Weihe, on
the North by the lands now or
formerly owned by Albert D.
Ferris, and on the South and
East by the lands of Walter f.
Perry
Defendants
No 1868 Law
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Notice to
Paving Contractors
Sealed Bids will be received
UNTIL 1000 AM.
FRIDAY. lilly Iq5k

UNTIL IU:OU AM.
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1858
for construction designated as
MCPW Contract S-418) of road
way Improvements along Hard
ing Drive in Fairway and Tenn
pie Subdivisions. Principal items
will approximate 1900 If Con-
crete Curb, 100 SY Bituminous
Pavement. Bidding documents
may be obtained at Room SOC,
County Office Building, Rock.
vile, upon presentation of Coun-
ty Receipt for $500 mot refund
able).
NJ A. BUTCHER
Director of Public Works
for Montgomery County,
Maryland $50