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south 5 degrees east 625 feet to the south end of the Cream-
ery lot; thence with same and the north edge of the said new
road south 82 degrees east 40 feet; thence with the east side
of said new road south 10 1/2 degrees east 1,505 feet to the
west side of the said Cambridge-East New Market road;
thence with the west side of said road north 67 1/2 degrees east
347 feet to a point marked by a stone, opposite where a large
cedar tree formerly stood on the opposite side of said road;
thence in the line, with where the said cedar tree formerly
stood south 73 degrees east 2,029 feet to a stone in the line of
the right of way of the Cambridge and Seaford Railroad;
thence north 22 degrees east 1,530 feet to the center of said
Railroad avenue; thence still with the same course and with
the line of the property of Edwin C. Bell 906 feet; thence at
right angles north 68 degrees west 2,197 feet to a point in
S. L. Webster's land; and thence south 51 1/2 degrees west 980
feet to the place of beginning.

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

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 414.

AN ACT to pay the claim of Captain Edward N. Dixon, deputy
commander of the Oyster Navy, for money expended in
defending himself upon a charge of murder.

WHEREAS, Captain Edward N. Dixon, deputy commander of
the Oyster Navy, in charge of the schooner "Daisy Archer,"
was in November last arrested in Anne Arundel county upon
a charge of assault with intent to kill and later upon a
charge of murder; and,

WHEREAS, Upon hearing under habeas corpus proceedings it
was determined that the Criminal Court of Baltimore City
had jurisdiction of such offense as he had committed; and,

WHEREAS, He was duly indicted in Baltimore City upon a
charge of murder which case was removed to the Circuit
Court for Harford County for trial, and upon said trial,
which was begun in said Circuit Court for Harford County
on Monday, February 19, 1912, said Captain Dixon was
duly acquitted and adjudged not guilty of said crime; and,