The inhabitants of the Town of Somerset, in Montgomery County, within the corporate limits legally established from time to time, are hereby constituted and continued a body corporate by the name of "The Town of Somerset" with all the powers and privileges of a body politic and corporate, by that name to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity, to have and use a common seal, to hold real, personal, and mixed property when the best interests of the town so demand, and to have perpetual succession, unless the Charter and the corporate existence are legally abrogated. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 59-1.)
A description of the corporate boundaries of the town at all times shall be on file with the clerk-treasurer and with such other officials and agencies as required by law. The corporate boundaries are as follows:
Being a piece or parcel of land in the Bethesda (7th) District of Montgomery County, Maryland; and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning for the same at a point at the end of the North 65° 17' 45" East 489.53 foot plat line of Lot 12 as shown on a plat of subdivision entitled "Lot 12, Block B, Friendship Heights" and recorded among the Land Records of Montgomery County, Maryland, in Plat Book 77 as Plat 7779, said point also being South 72° 09' 20" West 1415 feet, more or less, from a stone marked I.T.5F.V. found at the end of the South 52° 45' 05" West 372.42 foot plat line as shown on a plat of subdivision entitled "Parcel 'A', Block 9, Somerset Heights" and recorded among the aforesaid Land Records in Plat Book 78 as Plat 7813; and running thence reversely with the aforesaid 489.53 foot plat line in the meridian of the aforesaid plat recorded in Plat 7813.
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South 60° 31' 05" West, 489.53 feet to a point; thence.
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South 10° 30' 20" East, 98.50 feet to a point on the northerly right of way line of Willard Avenue; thence running along said right of way line.
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South 79° 29' 40" West, 107.57 feet to a point on the first deed line as described in a deed from Lester B. Cook, et ux, to the Town of Somerset, Maryland, dated December 30, 1965, and recorded among the aforesaid Land Records in Liber 3582 at Folio 429; thence with said deed line.
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North 71° 58' 00" West, 203.20 feet to a point on the easterly line of extension of the South 71° 13' 55" West 361.31 foot plat line as shown on a plat of subdivision entitled "Part of Block 'H', Somerset Heights" and recorded among the aforesaid Land Records in Plat Book 76 as Plat 7548; thence running with part of said line of extension.
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South 72° 09' 20" West, 273.93 feet to a point at the northerly most corner of Lot 25, Block H, as shown on a plat of subdivision entitled "Lots 25 and 26, Block 'H', Somerset Heights" and recorded among the aforesaid Land Records in Plat Book 105 as Plat 12136; thence running along the outlines of said Lot 25 and also along Lot 26, Block H, as shown on said plat, six (6) following courses and distances.
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South 17° 50' 41" East, 70.00 feet to a point; thence.
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South 37° 06' 00" West, 155.11 feet to a point; thence.
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North 56° 47' 12" West, 77.90 feet to a point; thence.
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North 48° 12' 21" West, 18.02 feet to a point; thence.
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South 55° 46' 33" West, 180.31 feet to a point; thence.
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North 34° 13' 27" West, 139.46 feet to a point on the aforesaid 361.31 foot plat line; thence running with part of said plat line.
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South 72° 09' 20" West, 232.17 feet, more or less, to a point on the northeasterly edge of River Road; thence running along said edge.
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North 50° 11' 40" West, 406 feet, more or less, to a point on the fourth deed line as described in a deed from Thomas Hyde, Trustee, to John E. Beall and Ralph Walsh, dated March 1, 1890, and recorded among the aforesaid Land Records in Liber J.A. 17 at Folio 151; thence running reversely with said deed line.
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North 08° 52' 10" West, 2800 feet, more or less, to a stone at the foot of a blazed cedar tree, said stone also being at the southwesterly corner of the land now or formerly owned by General R.C. Drum; thence running along a line dividing the said Drum land from that land as described in the aforesaid deed recorded in Liber J.A. 17 at Folio 151.
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South 82° 59' 40" East, 3650 feet, more or less, to a point on the westerly right of way line of Wisconsin Avenue (U.S. Route 240); thence running approximately along said right of way line.
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South 11° 41' 35" East, 840 feet, more or less, to a point at the end of the North 69° 50' 54" East 152.10 foot plat line as shown on the aforesaid plat recorded in Plat Book 78 as Plat 7813; thence running reversely with said plat line.
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South 69° 50' 54" West, 152.10 feet to a point; thence continuing to run along the outline of Parcel A as shown on the aforesaid plat recorded in Plat Book 78 as Plat 7813, the seven (7) following courses and distances.
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South 79° 25' 45" West, 174.60 feet to a point; thence.
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North 75° 31' 40" West, 95.50 feet to a point; thence.
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North 81° 43' 42" West, 391.35 feet to a point; thence.
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South 08° 38' 20" West, 200.00 feet to a point; thence.
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South 09° 00' 40" East, 230.87 feet to a point; thence.
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South 50° 40' 40" West, 248.94 feet to a point; thence.
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South 08° 38' 20" West, 470.00 feet to a point on the South 72° 09' 20" West, 1865.89 foot plat line as shown on the aforesaid plat recorded in Plat Book 78 as Plat 7813, 966.16 feet from the beginning thereof; thence running with part of said plat line
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South 72° 09' 20" West, 448.84 feet to the place of beginning; containing approximately 172 acres of land.
(Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 59-2, Res. R-3-79, 4-19-1979; Res. R-4-80, 6-24-1980; Res. R-9-87/Ch. Am. No. 1-88, 4-28-1988.)