FREDERICK COUNTY. 2469

line of said addition South 53 degrees 59 minutes West—2,416.8 feet to
a stone on the north side of West Fourth Street Extended, thence South
29 degrees 22 minutes West—3,897.8 feet to a stone at the southwest cor-
ner of lot No. 13 of a tract of land recently subdivided by Mary E. and
Will C. Flautt, said point being 300 feet south of West Patrick Street Ex-
tended and 150 feet west of Norva Avenue, thence South 51 degrees 15
minutes East—2,419.0 feet to a stone on the west side of Jefferson Street
Extended, thence South 59 degrees 54' minutes East—4,705.7 feet to a
stone on the east side of South Market Street Extended, thence North 74

degrees 0 minutes East—4,369.5 feet to a stone on the south side of East
South Street Extended, just west of the Abattoir, thence North 49 de-
grees 56 minutes East—1,546.0 feet to a stone on the north side of East
Patrick Street Extended, said point being also 5 feet south of the 44 Mile
Stone, thence North 8 degrees 50 minutes West—1,464.7 feet to a stone
on the north side of the public road at the northeast corner of the Fred-
erick County Agricultural Society Grounds, thence North 23 degrees 15
minutes West—4,713.7 feet to the place of beginning. The Mayor and
Aldermen of Frederick shall have full power and authority to assess, levy
and collect within said limits, as the same are extended by this Act, any
and all taxes whatsoever which they were authorized to assess, levy and

collect within the taxable limits as heretofore existing; provided, however,
that all unimproved agricultural land, barns, stables and other improve-
ments erected thereon, farming implements and stock used in connection
therewith, contained within the limits described in this Act, which are
now used exclusively for agricultural purposes except dwellings and im-
provements other than those above described and the land upon which
they are erected, and the curtilage and garden used in connection there-
with, shall be exempt from assessment and taxation. All roads, streets,
avenues, alleys and highways, lying in any of the territory hereinabove
described, which shall have been heretofore dedicated and accepted, or
legally condemned or acquired as roads or streets, under the provisions of
any Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, or of the common law,

shall be held to be valid constituted public highways of Frederick City.

1914, ch. 93, sec. 254A. 1918 Code, sec. 222. 1924, ch. 407. 1929, ch. 75, sec. 254A.
198. The Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick are hereby authorized
and directed to erect or plant suitable stone or iron markers to designate
and definitely establish the lines of the taxable limits of Frederick City,
and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to move or remove any
such marker, or to cause, aid, or abet any person in so doing; and any
person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the
House of Correction for a period not less than three months nor more than
two years, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court.