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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Repealed
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ten of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Dorchester
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enacted.
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County," sub-title " Cambridge " be and the same are hereby
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repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as
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follows :
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SEC. 42. The corporate limits of the town of Cambridge
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are extended and defined so as to include all the land and
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Town
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territory contained and embraced within the following
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"limits of
Cam-
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metes and bounds, courses and distances, to wit : Beginning
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bridge.
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at the south corner of J. W. Crowell's land at Hambrook's
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road on Glasgow street extended and thence running in a
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straight line to the most northerly boundary of the said
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town on the sounth side of the Horn's Point road, thence
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running and binding with the south side of said road to the
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next boundary on the said road, thence running and bind-
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ing with another line of the said town to the western
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boundary of the said town, thence running and binding
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with the present southern and eastern line or limits of said
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town to the foot of Cemetery avenue, thence across Cam-
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bridge Creek and in a line parallel with Maryland avenue
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to the county road leading from the avenue last aforesaid
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to the Jacktown road, thence with the lands of John Hurst
and binding therewith to Choptank River, thence running
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and binding with the said river (and including the wharves
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at the foot of High street and Mill street) to the point on
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the shore at which the divisional line between the said
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Crowell's and S. T. Milbourne's lands, if extended in a
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straight line to the said river would strike the same, and
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thence in and with said extended and divisional line to the
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place of beginning, provided that all municipal taxes levied
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upon and collected from the property within the area or
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territory brought within the corporate limits of the town of
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Cambridge by the provisions of this act, and not heretofore
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within said corporate limits, shall be exclusively applied to
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and expended for the improvement of that part of the town
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so brought within the said corporate limits for a period of
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three years from the date of this act.
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SEC. 44. The said town shall be divided into five wards
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First
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as follows, to wit: First ward, beginning for the first ward
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ward.
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at the foot of Gay street, thence binding with Cambridge
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Creek and Choptank River (including the wharves at the
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foot of High street and Mill street) to the northwestern
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line or limit of the said town, thence with the said line to
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the south corner of said Crowell's land at Hambrook's road,
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thence with the said road and Glasgow street to High street,
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thence with High street to Court lane, and thence with
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Court lane to the beginning.
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Second ward, beginning for the second ward at the corner
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of High street and Glasgow street, thence binding with
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