2336                               Municipal Charters

situated contiguous to and binding upon the Easterly corporate lim-
its of The City of Salisbury, popularly known as the "Beaverdam
Area" and bounded on the South by the existing corporate limits of
The City of Salisbury and bounded on the West by the Westerly line
of South Park Drive and bounded on the East in part by the Easterly
line of North Park Drive and Beaglin Park Drive and being bounded
on the North in part by the Northerly line of North Park Drive and
Glen Avenue, and providing for the conditions and circumstances
applicable to the proposed change in boundaries of The City of Salis-
bury.

WHEREAS, The City of Salisbury has received consents to annexa-
tion, signed by at least 25% of the persons who reside in the area to be
annexed and who are registered voters and by the owners of at least 25%
of the assessed valuation of the real property located in the area sought
to be annexed, being contiguous to and binding upon the Easterly corpo-
rate limits of The City of Salisbury and called "Beaverdam Annexation,"
for identification, and

WHEREAS, The City of Salisbury has caused to be made a verifica-
tion of the signatures on said consent to annexation and have verified
that the persons signing the petition represent at least 25% of the per-
sons who reside in the area to be annexed and who are registered to vote
in the county elections for Wicomico County, in which said area is located
and that the persons signing the consent to annexation are the owners
of at least 25% of the assessed valuation of the real property located in
the area sought to be annexed, all as of March 23, 1970, as will more
particularly appear by the certification of Philip W. Cooper, Director of
Public Works for The City of Salisbury, attached hereto; and

WHEREAS, it appears that the consents meet all the requirements
of law.

Section 1. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF SALISBURY, That it is hereby proposed and
recommended that the boundaries of The City of Salisbury be changed so
as to annex to and include within said city all that certain area of land,
together with the persons residing therein and their property, contiguous
to and binding upon the Easterly corporate limits of The City of Salisbury,
and being more particularly described as follows: ALL that piece or parcel
of land situated adjacent to and binding upon the easterly corporate limits
of the City of Salisbury, Wicomico County and State of Maryland, being
bounded and abutted as follows: That is to say: Beginning at a four inch
circular concrete monument situated on the corporate limit and said point
being ten feet South of North Park Drive; thence South seventy-nine
degrees forty-six minutes zero, nine seconds East, four hundred and nine-
teen decimal seven, three (419.73) feet to a cement post on the northerly
right-of-way line on North Park Drive; thence South sixty-nine degrees
seventeen minutes East, two hundred and sixty-one decimal two, zero
(261.20) feet to a cement post on the northerly right-of-way line on North
Park Drive; thence South fifty-five degrees forty-eight minutes nineteen
seconds East, one hundred and fifty-eight decimal seven, zero (158.70)
feet to a cement post on the northerly right-of-way line on North Park
Drive and being the southwest corner of Hanna Real Estate's property;
thence by and with said property line North forty-three degrees forty
minutes twenty-one seconds East, one hundred and twenty decimal five,
three (120.53) feet to a cement post at the Northwest corner of Hanna
Real Estate's property; thence South thirty-nine degrees twenty-five min-
utes thirty-nine seconds East, three hundred and eleven decimal three, two