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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 315

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229,
230, 231, 232, 235, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240 and

Repeal and
re-enact.

241 of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Washington County," sub-title "Hancock,"
and Chapters 496 and 691 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland for the year 1904, be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enactedj with the additional sections
thereto, to be known and designated as Sections 241 B, 241 C,
241 D, 241 E, 241 F, 241 G, 241 H, 241 I, 241 J, 241 K, 241 L,
241 M, 241 N, 241 O and 241 P and to read as follows :
Section 222. The inhabitants of Hancock, in Washington

Body
corporate.

county, are created a corporation by the name of the bur-
gess and commissioners of Hancock, and by that name shall
have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued, may have
and use a common seal and possess such other incidents and
powers as attaches by law to municipal corporations.
Section 223. The bounds of said town as described on a
plat thereof, recorded in the office of the clerk of the Circuit

Boundaries.

Court for Washington county, are hereby extended so as to
include all the territory within the following limits: Begin-
ning at the intersection of the northeast corner of the
acqueduct under the Chesapeake and Ohio canal with the
east edge of the water of Little Tonoloway creek, and
running thence down the berm bank of the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal two hundred and sixty-three perches to a planted
stone on the berm bank of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
and in what is called Frey's hollow; thence leaving the said
Chesapeake and Ohio canal and running up said Frey's
hollow, passing two sycamore trees standing on each side of
the old national turnpike, north thirty-five perches to a
stone; thence leaving said Frey's hollow north sixty-seven
degrees west one hundred and six perches to a marked pine
tree, north fifty-five degrees west forty-six perches crossing
Little's dam to the northeast corner of the Catholic ceme-
tery; thence north seventy-five degrees west one hundred and
twenty perches to a stone at a gate post on the east side of
an alley or lane; thence along the east side of said alley or
lane south fifteen and one-half degrees west nine perches to
a stone; thence north seventy-five degrees west twenty-seven
perches to the east margin of Parsonage avenue; thence
along the east margin of said Parsonage avenue south four-