426 LAWS OF MARYLAND. CH. 279

75 degrees 30 minutes west 125.4 feet to a Poplar Tree, north
05 degrees 30 minutes west 668.25 feet to a Chestnut Tree,,
south 73 degrees west 334.12 feet, south 67 degrees 15 minutes
west 412.5 feet, south 49 degrees 30 minutes west 173.25 feet,
south 29 degrees 30 minutes east 264 feet, south 01 degrees 30
minutes west 150 feet, the beginning point of the said con-
veyance to William B. Hamelton; thence still continuing with
the outline of the said conveyance, south 33 degrees east 265
feet to a point in the westmost shore line of Chase Creek;
thence in a southeasterly direction about 875 feet to a point
in the eastmost shore of the north branch of Chase Creek at
a point about 190 feet in a southwesterly direction as meas-
ured along the shore line from the Community Wharf, said
point being also the eastmost extremity of the property shown
on a plat entitled the "Pines On The Severn" recorded among
the Land Records of Anne Arundel County in Plat Book 3
and 4, folio 228; thence running with the northmost shore line
of the eastern branch of Chase Creek in a southeasterly and
easterly direction to the southeastmost head-waters of the said
Chase Creek; thence leaving the said Creek and running south
58 degrees 35 minutes east 1550 feet; thence north 43 degrees
00 minutes east 1188 feet, more or less, to the center line of
the right-of-way of the said B. & A. R. R.; thence with the
said center line northwesterly 3160 feet, more or less, to the
place of beginning, containing 205 acres, more or less, exclu-
sive of that area covered by tide-water, that the above descrip-
tions be and the same are hereby designated and constituted
for the purpose hereinafter set forth, to be the "Anne Arundel
County Sanitary District."

426A. The Commission may purchase at tax sale any
benefited property within a sanitary district, sub-district or
any location outside of the corporate limits of said districts
where a sewer or water main has been laid, in the same man-
ner as if it were a natural person, at a price not greater than
State and County taxes in default, including the current year
in which the property is being advertised for sale, plus any
benefit assessment of the Commission and its interest thereon
and cost of sale, including court costs, which said property
when acquired by said commission shall be exempt from State,
County and Municipal taxes.

Any tax sale property acquired by the Commission not
necessary in its operations, shall be offered for sale, on or
after three years from the final ratification of such tax sale
property by the Circuit Court having jurisdiction in such
sales, by the Commission on such terms as the Commission
may elect and at such price not less than the original cost,
plus costs and expenses; or the Commission may assign or
re-sell to any purchaser within the three-year period men-