MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3483

rated for the purposes hereinafter set forth, and shall be known as the
Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District, hereinafter referred to as
the District.

The boundaries of such area shall be as follows: Beginning at the
point of intersection of the western boundary of the District of Columbia
and the Maryland-Virginia boundary line on the south side of the Potomac
River and running thence along and with the said Maryland-Virginia
boundary line to a point on the said Maryland-Virginia boundary line at
the end of a due north and south line passed southerly from the point of
intersection of the center of the Falls Road and the center of the road run-
ning westerly and northwesterly from Scotland in Montgomery County;
thence duo north with the said north and south line to the said point; thence
in a straight line in a northeasterly direction, passing through the point of
intersection of the center of Seven Locks Road and the center of the road
running westerly past the Montrose School, to a point on a line 300 feet
northerly of and parallel with the center of the road leading easterly to
Montrose School; thence along said line to the point of its intersection
with a line 300 feet westerly of and parallel to the center of the Rock-
ville-Georgetown Road; thence in a northwesterly direction along said
line to the point of its intersection with the extension of the center line
of the road running from the Halpine Station westerly to the Rockville-
Georgetown Road; thence along a straight line in a northerly direction
across the point of intersection of the center of the Rockville-Norbeck
Road with the center of the road leading northward to Avery to a point
on a line 300 feet northerly of and parallel to the center of the said Rock-
ville-Norbeck Road; thence in an easterly and northeasterly direction
along said line to the point of its intersection with a line 300 feet westerly
of and parallel to the center of the Brookeville Pike; thence along said line,
to the point of its intersection with a line 300 feet northerly of and
parallel to the center of the Norbeck-Layhill Road; thence along said line
to the point of its intersection with a line 300 feet northerly of and paral-
lel to the center of the Road running from Layhill in an easterly direction
to the Colesville Ashton Pike; thence along said line to the point of its
intersection with a line 300 feet easterly of and parallel to the center of
the road running from White Oak to Mt. Pisgah Church; thence along
said line to the point of its intersection with the Montgomery County-
Prince George County boundary; thence along the said Montgomery
County-Prince George County Boundary to its intersection with the bound-
ary of the Washington Suburban Sanitary District as described in Chap-
ter 122 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1918; thence
along the said boundary line of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Dis-
trict to its intersection with the Marlboro Pike and thence along a line
South 45 degrees west, true, to intersect a line 300 feet south of and
parallel to the Marlboro Pike; thence along the said line 300 feet south
of and parallel to the Marlboro Pike to the intersection of the said line
with the southeastern boundary line of the District of Columbia; thence
along the southeastern boundary line of the said District of Columbia to