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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ment; and provided further, that he shall not exceed the sum
of five thousand dollars for the pay of such clerical assistance.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1900.

CHAPTER 701.

AN ACT to extend the corporate limits of the City of Cum-
berland, Marvland.

City of
Cumberland.
Corporate
limits
extended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the corporate limits of the City of Cumberland,
Maryland, as now constituted be and the same are hereby
extended so as to include all the body of land lying between
the second and the third lines of the Brace survey and the
limits of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Dougherty's
lane, now called South street, and described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road with the wagon-road leading from Cumberland down to
Wiley's ford (said wagon-road is now known as Virginia
avenue), and running thence, with a part of the second line
of the present city boundary, north, seventy-nine degrees;
east about fifty feet, to the present northern boundary of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's property; thence,
with said northern boundary, south, thirty-six degrees and
nine minutes; east about two hundred and sixty feet; south,
fifty-five and three-quarters degrees ; east ,two hundred and sixty
feet; south, sixty-three and three-quarters degrees; east, seven
hundred and ninety-eight feet; south, seventy-two and three-
quarters degrees; east, five hundred and fifty-eight feet, to
the westerly side of Dougherty's lane or South street; thence,
with the westerly side of said lane or street, north, thirteen
and one-half degrees; east about two thousand eight hundred
and ten feet, to the third line of the present city boundary,
as surveyed by the said William Brace in eighteen hundred
and sixty-eight.

Real estate,
etc., subject to
taxation.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the real estate and personal
property within said limits, as extended by the provisions of
this Act, shall be assessed and subject to taxation for muni-
cipal purposes for the June levy of the year 1900 of the Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1900.