800 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 445

sections to follow immediately after Section 254 and to be
designated as Sections 254-A, 254-B, 254-C, 254-D, 254-E and
254-F and to read respectively as follows:

Section 254-A. That there is hereby added to the territory

of Pocomoke City all the land lying immediately between the
boundaries of the town of Pocomoke City as they existed prior
to the passage of this Act, and the boundaries fixed by this
Act, as follows: Beginning at a stone bounder where formerly
stood a red oak, the said place of beginning being at the end
of the third line of the survey of the boundaries of the town
of Pocomoke City as they existed prior to the passage of this
Act, said beginning point being described in said survey as
"an old red oak standing on the Northeast side of a road lead-
ing from Dr. Hearn's house to Winter Quarter Landing, "
thence running (1) North fifty-nine and one-half (59 1/2) de-
grees East two hundred eighty-seven (287) feet to a stone
bounder in Winter Quarter Woods, thence (2) South nine-
teen (19) degrees East eight hundred fifteen (815) feet to
an iron pin driven in the ground, eight (8) feet in an East-
erly direction from the East side of a ditch in what is known
as the "Peter Tarr Field, thence (3) South nineteen (19) de-
grees East parallel with said ditch and approximately six (6)
feet in an Easterly direction from the East side thereof nine-
teen hundred forty-seven (1947) feet through the Peter Tarr
Field to a stone bounder on the North side of the State Stone
Road leading from Pocomoke City to Snow Hill, thence run-
ning (4) South twenty-four and one-half (24 1/2) degrees East
across said State Road thirty (30) feet to the East corner of
a culvert on the South side thereof, thence (5) South ten (10)
degrees East across what is known as the "John Sturgis Land"
eighteen hundred fifteen (1815) feet to a stone bounder on the
East side of a ditch, thence (6) South twenty-four (24) de-
grees East by and with the East side of said ditch four hun-
dred fifty-five (455) feet to a stone bounder, thence (7) South
forty (40) degrees East six hundred fifty (650) feet to a stone
bounder on the North side of a private road leading North-
easterly from the East side of the State Stone Road which
leads from Pocomoke City to the Virginia Line, thence (8)
South forty-six and one-half (46 1/2) degrees West by and with
the North side of said private road three hundred twenty-
seven and one-half (327 1/2) feet to a stone bounder on the
East or Northeast side of the State Stone Road leading from
Pocomoke City to the Virginia Line, thence (9) North forty