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ough Road to a point on said road located at a distance of one-fourth mile
northeast of and at right angles to Liberty Road Turnpike; thence at
right angles northwesterly in a straight line parallel to and one-fourth
mile from Liberty Road Turnpike, for a distance of 3,200 feet; thence
at right angles southwesterly in a straight line one-half mile; thence at
right angles southeasterly one-fourth mile from and parallel to the Reis-
terstown Turnpike to intersect Green Lane; thence southeasterly along
Green Lane to the intersection of Green Lane and Old Court Road; thence
southwesterly along Old Court Road to intersection of Old Court Road
and Ridge Road; thence southeasterly along Ridge Road to the intersec-
tion of Ridge Road and Dogwood Road; thence southwesterly along Dog-
wood Road to the center of the Patapsco River at Hollofield; thence in
a southerly and southeasterly course along the center of the Patapsco
River boundary line of Baltimore County and Howard County and Bal-
timore County and Anne Arundel County to the point where the Balti-
more County and Anne Arundel County line intersect the southwestern
boundary of Baltimore City; thence in a northwesterly direction along
the southwestern boundary of Baltimore City to the western boundary
thereof; thence in a northerly direction along the western boundary of
Baltimore City to the northern boundary thereof; thence due east along
the northern boundary of Baltimore City to the eastern boundary thereof;
thence due south along said eastern boundary of Baltimore City to the
point of beginning, be and the same is hereby designated and constituted,
for the purposes hereinafter set forth, to be the "Baltimore County Met-
ropolitan District." In addition, the Baltimore County Metropolitan Dis-
trict shall include, for the purposes of assessing front foot benefit charges
for water supply, sewerage and drainage systems, a marginal strip of
and without the Metropolitan District to a distance of one hundred and
fifty (150) feet over the Metropolitan District line, except within the
territorial limits of Baltimore City. The names of the roads herein men-
tioned are as given on the 1919 map of Baltimore County road system,
prepared by the Baltimore County Roads Engineer, a copy of which plat
marked Baltimore County District Plat is to be recorded among the land
records of Baltimore County immediately after the passage of this Act.

1924, ch. 539, sec. 2. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 328.

328. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, said
District shall be under the jurisdiction of the County Commissioners, of
Baltimore County, hereinafter called Commissioners. The Commissioners
shall meet and sit on Monday of each week, and on such other, days as
may be necessary, at their office for the transaction of business under this
Act. Each of the Commissioners shall receive, in addition to the, sum
of $2,400 per annum as now provided by law, the sum of twelve hun-
dred dollars per annum, payable monthly, as compensation for the dis-
charge of the duties imposed upon them under this Act.

The Commissioners shall appoint and fix the compensation of a chief
sanitary engineer, and shall appoint or authorize the appointment of such