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the regular county taxes upon the property so benefited and to be col-
lected as other county taxes are collected.

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.*

1924. ch. 539, sec. 1. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 327. 1929, ch. 61.

327. All that part of Baltimore County described as follows: Begin-
ning in the Patapsco River at the point where the boundary line between
Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County is intersected by the eastern-
most boundary of Baltimore City by a line drawn due south, in continua-
tion of the eastern boundary of Baltimore City; thence in a southeasterly
direction along said boundary line between Baltimore County and Anne
Arundel County to the point of intersection between the boundary lines
of Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County and Kent County; thence
in a northeasterly direction along the boundary line between Baltimore
County and Kent County to the point of intersection between the bound-
ary lines of Baltimore County, Kent County and Harford County; thence
in a northwesterly direction along the boundary line between Baltimore
County and Harford County for a distance of 3 and 5/6 miles; thence
in a straight line drawn southwesterly to a point in the center of Back
River between Rocky Point and Cuckolds Point; thence following along
the center of Back River in a general westerly and northwesterly direction
to the mouth of Deep Creek; thence along the middle of the east branch
of Deep Creek to the head thereof; thence north and northeasterly in a
straight line to the intersection of Eastern Avenue and Stemmer's Run
Road; thence northeasterly along Eastern Avenue to the intersection of
Eastern Avenue and Middle River Road; thence northwesterly along the
Middle River Road to the intersection of Middle River Road and the
Philadelphia Road; thence northeasterly along Philadelphia Road to the
intersection of Philadelphia Road and Bucks Schoolhouse Road; thence
along Bucks Schoolhouse Road in a general northwesterly direction to a
point that is one-half mile southeast of and at a right angle to the Belair
Turnpike; thence northeasterly along a general straight line parallel to
and one-half mile east of the Belair Turnpike to intersect the Gunpowder
Falls; thence northwesterly following along the center line of the Gun-
powder Falls to a point that is one-half mile at a right angle to the Belair
Turnpike; thence southwesterly along a general straight line one-half mile
west of and parallel to the Belair Turnpike to intersect the Joppa Road;
thence westerly along the Joppa Road to a point one-half mile east of
and at a right angle to the Harford Turnpike; thence northeasterlv along
a general straight line one-half mile east of and parallel to the Harford
Turnpike for a distance of one and one-fourth miles; thence northwesterly
in a straight line and at right angles to the last described boundary line
a distance of one mile; thence southwesterly at right angles to the last
described line and running along a general straight line parallel to and

*Ch. 539. 1924, creating Hie Metropolitan District was held valid in Dinneen v.
Rider, 152 Md. 343.