Queenstown                                      2301

East, 1,337.27 feet to a point in the Wye River, thence South 34° 29' 50"
West (passing through the center of the Wye River bridge), a distance
of 447.07 feet to a concrete monument, thence North 55° 30' 10" West,
1,337.27 feet to a concrete monument on the Southeast line of lands of
the heirs of William Sheppard, thence North 63° 58' 50" West, 1,208.71
feet to a concrete monument on the West side of U.S. Route 301, thence
South 66° 16' West 450.53 feet to a concrete monument, thence South
64° 17' 50" West, 1,640.35 feet to a concrete monument, thence North
27° 40' 20" West, 217.71 feet to a concrete monument, thence North 58°
49' 50" West, 300 feet to a concrete monument, thence North 31° 10' 10"
East 1,300 feet, more or less, to the waters of Queenstown Creek, thence
with the waters of Queenstown Creek meandering North to the point of
beginning.

WHEREAS, on November 15, 1970, there was formally presented to
the Commissioners of the Town of Queenstown a written petition signed
by owners of 25 per cent of the assessed valuation of the real property lo-
cated in the areas to be annexed and by 25 per cent of the persons, who re-
side in the areas to be annexed and who are voters in Queen Anne's County
elections in the precinct in which the areas to be annexed are located,
requesting and consenting to the annexation, and

WHEREAS, the President of the Commissioners of Queenstown
has caused to be made a verification of the signatures on said petitions,
and has ascertained that the persons signing the petitions represented at
least 25 per cent of the persons who reside in the areas to be annexed and
who are registered voters in Queen Anne's County elections in the precinct
in which the territory so requested to be annexed is located, and that
the assessment records of Queen Anne's County show that the signers are
owners of at least 25 per cent of the assessed valuation of the real property
located in the areas to be annexed.

Section 1. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Com-
missioners of Queenstown that subsection 2 of Section 1 of the Town
Charter of Queenstown is hereby repealed and that a new subsection 2 of
Section 1 is enacted to stand in place and stead of said subsection so re-
pealed and to read, as follows:

CORPORATE LIMITS

2. The corporate limits or boundaries of the Town of Queenstown
shall be as described on a plat thereof to be recorded in the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County and shall include all
of the territory within the following limits:

BEGINNING at a point marked by a concrete monument, said point
being on the lands of Helen Burgess and Queenstown Creek at a distance
of 300 feet, more or less, North of Queenstown Landing Road and thence
South 51° 37' 40" East a distance of 2,400 feet, more or less, passing
through concrete monument at the Northeast corner of the lands of the
Queenstown Volunteer Fire Company, to the center of Maryland Route No.
18, thence South 17° 18' 30" East 1,130.65 feet to the center of U.S. Route
301 (at Station 907 + 59.48) and thence continuing the same course a
distance of 590.90 feet to a concrete monument, thence South 55° 30' 10"
East, 1,337.27 feet to a point in the Wye River, thence South 34° 29' 50"
West (passing through the center of the Wye River bridge) a distance of
447.07 feet to a concrete monument, thence North 55° 30' 10" West 1,337.27
feet to a concrete monument on the Southeast line of lands of the heirs