1614 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 714

point; thence at a right angle to the preceding and crossing
Pennsylvania Avenue Extended 2300 feet, more or less,
to across, and 200 feet perpendicularly beyond the western
marginal line of Maryland and U. S. Route 522; thence
Southwardly 200 feet distant from said Route 522 to inter-
sect the Northern boundary line of Myer's Dale as shown
on Plat Record Folio 264 and westwardly with said northern
limits of Myer's Dale Extended to intersect the extended
Western boundary of Blue Hill Addition as shown on Plat
Record Folio 44 to a planted stone at the Southern end of
said line of Blue Hill Addition; thence with the next South-
easterly line of Blue Hill extended crossing U. S. Route No.
40 and continuing to the Potomac River; thence down-
stream with the river water line 7500 feet, more or less, to
an extension of the western boundary line of Lot No. 6 of
the East End Addition and with said line Northwardly to
the north marginal line of U. S. Route No. 40 as relocated
and constructed this date; thence eastwardly with said
North marginal line to the East boundary line of River
View Extension as shown on Plat Record Folio 157;
thence with said East boundary extended Northwardly to
and across, and 300 feet perpendicularly, beyond the
former location of U. S. Route No. 40 thence Westwardly
300 feet distant from said road to a point 600 feet from
the point of beginning; thence to the stone at the point
of beginning.

480A. The Mayor and Council of Hancock shall cause
two plats of the survey of said town to be made and cer-
tified by a registered surveyor of the State of Maryland;
one of which shall be recorded in the Office of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Washington County and the other
kept by the said Mayor and Council of Hancock; the copies
of the plat recorded as aforesaid, duly certified by said
Clerk under the seal of his office shall be admitted as evi-
dence by all Courts within the State.

480B. The property, real and personal, located within
the new limits of said town and without the old lines
thereof, shall pay for municipal purposes town taxes begin-
ning with the levy of 1954 as follows: On fifty per cent
of the assessed value thereof for the year 1954, and on
ten per cent additional for each and every year thereafter
until the full assessed value is reached and thereafter on
the full assessed value thereof. Provided, however, that
any land within the corporation limits used for agricul-
tural purposes shall not be subject to municipal taxes, said
provision not to apply to improvements on said land.