1274 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 522
pairing the footways in the streets, lanes and alleys of
said town, and impose a tax on any lot fronting on any
street, lane or alley, for the purpose of grading, regulating,
paving and repairing the footways in front thereof, or
compel by fine or otherwise, the owner of any lot to pave
or repair the footways in front thereof, agreeably to
the ordinances to be passed by them; and shall have
power to open and establish new streets, lanes and alleys,
and to straighten and widen old streets, lanes and alleys,
and to provide for the payment of damages and expenses
incurred by opening, widening or straightening the streets,
lanes and alleys, as aforesaid, by levying and assessing the
same generally upon the whole of the assessable property
of the town, or upon the property of persons to be bene-
fitted thereby.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the corporate
limits of the town of Barclay are hereby declared to be as
follows:
Beginning at the center of State Highway Route #313
at the northern end of town, opposite the northeastern
corner of the Oliver Richardson property, thence westward
with the northern boundary of the said Richardson prop-
erty a distance of 200 feet to a point; thence southward
parallel with and 200 feet from the said state highway
to the southern boundary of the Charles Jarman property
at a tributary of the Big Ditch; thence eastward to the
southwestern corner of the Carl Graham property; thence
continuing eastward with the southern boundary of the
said Graham property for a distance of 200 feet; thence
northward parallel with and 200 feet from the aforesaid
state highway to a point 200 feet south of Maple Street,
or Avenue; thence eastward parallel with and 200 feet
from said Maple Street to the southeast corner of the John
Godwin property; thence northward to the center of the
state highway leading from Barclay to Templeville at a
point opposite the northeastern corner of the Providence
M. E. Church property; thence westward with the center
line of the said highway to a point opposite the southeast-
ern corner of the Richard Phillips property; thence north-
ward to the northeastern corner of the Paul W. Phillips
property; thence westward with the northern boundary of
the said Phillips property and across the Delaware Rail-
road, or Pennsylvania Railroad property, to the western
boundary of said railroad property; thence southward with
the western boundary of the said railroad property to a
point 200 feet north of the Old Milk Station Street;
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