Ch. 568

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BEGINNING AT A POINT, SAID POINT BEING THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST
PARCEL OF A TRACT OF LAND WHICH BY DEED DATED MAY 13, 1988, AND RECORDED
IN THE LAND RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN LEBER 8279, FOLIO 156, WAS
CONVEYED BY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, TO THE
USE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND RUNNING THENCE IN A
SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION, WITH THE LOW WATER MARK, ALONG THE
SOUTHWESTERN SHORELINE OF WATKINS ISLAND 5100 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE
SOUTHERNMOST POINT ON SAID ISLAND, THENCE RUNNING IN A NORTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION, WITH THE LOW WATER MARK, ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN SHORELINE
OF WATKINS ISLAND 6403 FEET MORE OR LESS TO A POINT, THENCE LEAVING THE
NORTHERN SHORELINE OF WATKINS ISLAND AND RUNNING 900 FEET MORE OR LESS
TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF SAID ISLAND, THENCE RUNNING IN A
SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION, WITH THE LOW WATER MARK, ALONG THE
SOUTHWESTERN SHORELINE 1891 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.

SAVING AND EXEMPTING FROM THE ABOVE A PARCEL OF LAND CONVEYED TO
THE WASHINGTON SANITARY COMMISSION BY DEED RECORDED IN THE LAND
RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN LIBER 3943, FOLIO 28, SAID PARCEL BEING
LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN END OF WATKINS ISLAND ON THE NORTHERN
SHORELINE.

SAVING AND EXEMPTING ALL GAS PIPELINES RUNNING THROUGH THE ABOVE
DESCRIBED PORTION OF WATKINS ISLAND.

PARCEL 3

A TRACT OF LAND KNOWN AS KATIE (POTEAU) ISLAND, LOCATED WITHIN THE
POTOMAC RIVER, IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, 400 FEET MORE OR LESS NORTHWEST
OF WATKINS ISLAND, THE CENTER OF WHICH LIES AT 444910 NORTH, 713880 EAST IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARYLAND STATE PLANE GRID SYSTEM (NAD27).

PARCEL 4

A TRACT OF LAND KNOWN AS NORBELL ISLAND, LOCATED WITHIN THE
POTOMAC RIVER, IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, 800 FEET MORE OR LESS NORTHEAST
OF WATKINS ISLAND, THE CENTER OF WHICH LIES AT 443370 NORTH, 719980 EAST IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARYLAND STATE PLANE GRID SYSTEM (NAD27).

PARCEL 5

A TRACT OF LAND KNOWN AS GRAPEVINE ISLAND, LOCATED WITHIN THE
POTOMAC RIVER, IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, 300 FEET MORE OR LESS SOUTHWEST
OF WATKINS ISLAND, THE CENTER OF WHICH LIES AT 443990 NORTH, 714100 EAST IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARYLAND STATE PLANE GRID SYSTEM (NAD27).

PARCEL 6

A TRACT OF LAND KNOWN AS BEALL'S ISLAND, LOCATED WITHIN THE
POTOMAC RIVER, IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, 9000 FEET MORE OR LESS NORTHEAST
OF POTOMAC, MARYLAND, THE CENTER OF WHICH LIES AT 433400 NORTH, 731600
EAST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARYLAND STATE PLANE GRID SYSTEM (NAD27).

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