EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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of this section, shall be the territory comprised within the fol-

lowing metes and bounds : Beginning for the same at the in-

Metes and

tersection of the south side of Camden street and the west side

bounds of the

of Howard street, and running thence northerly, bounding on

burned
district.

the west side of Howard street to a point where the prolonga-

tion southwardly of the westerly side of Liberty street would

intersect the west side of Howard street, and thence along the

said line and continuing northerly along the westerly line of

Liberty street to the intersection of the west side of Liberty

street with the north side of Lexington street, and thence along

the northerly line of Lexington street, easterly to a point

formed by the intersection of the north side of Lexington street

with the east side of St. Paul street, and thence southerly along

the east side of St. Paul street to the point of intersection of the

east side of St. Paul street and the north side of Fayette street,

thence easterly along the north side of Fayette street with the

east bank of Jones' Falls, and thence in a southerly direction,

following the said east bank of Jones' Falls, to a point where

said bank intersects the north side of the harbor or basin, and

thence due south, across the harbor or basin, to the south side

thereof, and thence westerly along said south side or shore,

to the point of intersection of the north side of East York street

with the east side line of East York street intersected with the

west side of Johnson street, and thence west along the south

side of York street to the point of intersection of the south

side of East York street with the east side of South Charles

street, thence northerly along the east side of South Charles

street to the point of intersection of the said east side of South

Charles street with the south side of Camden street, and thence

along the south side of Camden street westerly to Howard

street, at the point of beginning. "Block," in this section, shall

mean the portion of one side of any street, lane or alley, in-

cluded between the nearest two cross streets; provided, that

no such erections between the grade of the sidewalk and a

Proviso.

point ten feet above thereof shall in any case be permitted, un-

less there shall lawfully exist at the time of the passage of

this Act, on the same side of such street, lane or alley, such

an erection upon or on the said block, at a point within two

hundred feet of that at which it is proposed to make another

such erection.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That Section 8, sub-title "Fran-

chises," of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title

Section re-

"City of Baltimore," as enacted by Chapter 123 of the Acts

-enacted.

of the General Assembly, passed at the January Session, 1898,

be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read

as follows: