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wardly with the western boundary of the city, to the mid-
dle of Franklin Street Extended; thence eastwardly, with
the middle of Franklin Street to the middle of Winter
Street, thence southwardly, along the middle of Winter
Street to the middle of an alley opposite the Winter
Street Schoolhouse, and lying between Franklin and
Washing-ton Streets; thence along the middle of said
alley north of Washington Street, eastwardly to the alley
running from Washington Street to Franklin Street,
along the east side of the Baldwin House; thence north-
wardly, along the middle of the last mentioned alley, to
the middle of Franklin Street; thence along the middle of
Franklin Street to the middle of North Potomac Street;
thence along the middle of North Potomac Street, south-
wardly, to the place of beginning.

For Ward Number Two: beginning in the center of
the Public Square and running thence westwardly with
the southern lines of Ward Number One, to the Western
Boundary of the city, thence southwardly and eastwardly
with the boundary line of the city, to the middle of the
turnpike road leading to Sharpsburg; thence along the
middle of said turnpike, and the middle of South Potomac
Street to the place of beginning.

For Ward Number Three: Beginning in the center of
the Public Square and running southwardly, through the
middle of South Potomac Street and through the middle
of the Sharpsburg Turnpike to the southern boundary of
the City; thence with the boundaries of the city, east-
wardly and northwardly, to intersect a straight line
drawn along the middle of Valentine Street and Valen-
tine Street Extended; thence westwardly along said line
to the middle of Jackson Lane or North Cannon Avenue;
thence Southwardly, along the middle of said Avenue, to
the middle of East Franklin Street; thence southwardly
two hundred and seventy-six feet to an alley; thence
along the middle of said alley to an alley running
from East Washington Street to East Franklin Street,
in the rear of the Market House property; thence north-
wardly along the alley to the middle of East Franklin
Street; thence westward along the middle of East Frank-
lin Street, to the middle of North Potomac Street; thence