1334 ARTICLE 4.

of the City of Baltimore, which is nearest to the junction of Gwynn's
Falls and Gwynn's Run, then reversing said last mentioned line and
binding thereon, to its beginning, and thence northeasterly, binding
on the preesnt western boundary line of Baltimore City, to its inter-
section with the north side of North Avenue, thence easterly on the
north side of North Avenue to the place of beginning, shall be an-
nexed to and become a part of the City of Baltimore, at the time
and upon the conditions hereinafter mentioned.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all that part of Baltimore
County which is included within the following metes and bounds, that
is to say:

Beginning for the same at the intersection of the present northern
boundary line of the City of Baltimore with the present eastern
boundary line of said city, and running thence northerly on and with
the line of said present eastern boundary line of said city if said line
were extended northerly to a point on a line drawn due east and west
two miles due north from the intersection of the west side of Charles
Street with the north side of North Avenue, and thence running with
and bounding on said line easterly until said line intersects a line
drawn northerly and southerly and parallel to East Street as laid
. down on the map of the Canton Company's property, and one mile
distant therefrom, measured at right angles thereto, thence southerly
binding on said line to the Patapsco River, and thence in a south-
westerly direction to a point in the division line between Anne Arun-
del and Baltimore Counties, nearest to the south boundary line of the
Marine Hospital property, and thence along said division line be-
tween said counties to a point in said division line nearest to the most
westernmost boundary of what is known as the one-half acre lot,
owned jointly by the Commissioners of Anne Arundel County and
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and thence in a north-
westerly direction to a point on the Baltimore County shore line,
where the west branch of the Patapsco River intersects the middle
branch of said river, and thence following the shore line of the middle
branch of the Patapsco River to the present city limits, shall be an-
nexed to and become a part of the City of Baltimore, upon the con-
dition hereinafter mentioned.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the question whether that por-
tion of Baltimore County described in the first section of this Act shall
be annexed to and become a part of Baltimore City, shall be submitted to
the qualified registered voters residing within the said portion of Balti-
more County, at a special election to be held for this purpose, on the third
Tuesday in May, 1888, for which election there shall be one polling place
in each one of the existing election precincts of Baltimore County, em-
bracing any part of the territory described in the first section of this Act,
and all persons entitled to vote at said election shall vote at the polling