196 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 114

Section 24 A, which shall follow immediately after Section
24 of said Chapter 178.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 3 and Section 5 of Chapter 178 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January
session of 1896, entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of
Ridgely, Caroline County, Maryland, " be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, and that a
new Section be and the same is hereby added to said Chapter
178 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed
at said session to be designated as Section 24 A, which shall
follow immediately after Section 24 of said Chapter 178,
passed at said session, so that said Sections as amended and said
additional Section shall read as follows:

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the boundaries and limits
of said town shall be as follows to-wit: Beginning at a point
where the center of Central Avenue intersects the center of the
Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad and running with the cen-
ter of said railroad in a northeasterly direction one-half mile
to point in center of said railroad, which said point shall be the
beginning for the outlines of said corporation; and from thence
in a northerly direction on a line parallel with said Central
Avenue one-half mile; thence in a southwesterly direction at
right angles with line No. 1 and parallel with first mile of said
railroad one and one-fourth miles; thence in a southerly direc-
tion at right angles with line No. 2 and parallel with Central
Avenue forty-eight hundred and seventy-five feet; thence in
a northeasterly direction at right angles with line No. 3
and parallel with line No. 2 one and one-fourth miles;
thence in a northerly direction at right angles with line
No. 4 and parallel with said Central Avenue twenty-two
hundred and thirty-five feet; to center of said railroad,
the place of beginning for the outlines; provided, no taxes shall
be levied by the Commissioners of Ridgely for corporate pur-
poses upon any real estate, that which is located upon opened
avenues to the depth of one hundred and eighty feet excepted
situated in said town, unless the same is divided into lots of
one acre or less in area, or has a dwelling house or other build-
ings thereon, and then not exceeding one acre of such land,
shall be taxed in addition to the buildings; and further pro-
vided, that no public street, avenue, alley or walk shall be
opened by said Commissioners of Ridgely through the grounds