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Home My Public Portal About1902_03_28Rt a Rcgular 1:18cettng of the Mayor anal Common Council of the Town of Leesburg, Va.,held on Frtday March 28th,1�)02. Present -The Recorder,and councilmen,liorrts, Garrott, Johnston, Swartz, Shroff, Rollins,Bttzer and Casey. The Mayor being absent -the Rccordcr called the meeting to oracr and appotntcd Mr -Casey Recorder pro -tem. The minutes of the last meeting were rea•,i ana approved. Report of Committee on Expansion: - To the Hon.E.eyor and Common Council of the town of Leesburg: Your CO-mittee appointee to prepare an amendment to the Charter of the town In order to extend its corporate boundaries,respectfully report that, the surveyor only to day made a return of his work,togethcr with a plat showing the propose., out 1tnes,courses and itstances,from which we submit the following amendment to section one (1) of the Charter as appears by an Act of July 9th,1870-I "An Act to amend ana re-enact section one of an Act to amend " "End re-enact the Charter of the Tow1: of Leesburg in the " "County of Loudoun passed July 9th 1870: " "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia " "that Section one,of an act to amend and re-enact the Charter n "of' the Town of Leesburg in the County of Loudoun passea July "9th 1870,be amended and re-enactod so as to read as follows:" 1. "The Corporate limits and bou._ds of the Town of " "Leesburg,tn the County of Loudoun,sholl be as follows:Begtn- "ing at A" being a point in the present corporate line sixty "feet east of an original corner stone and running with said ° "line S fi5 3/40 E. 81 poles to a point on South Linc Of the "land of the Southern Railway Company,thence with satd line of'" said Railway Company S 51 3/40 E.11.16 poles to a point in 11 nsaid line near the corner of R.T.Hempstone and R.H.Tebbs lard" thence N 24 1/40 E llo poles to a point tmmedt.ately or. the " "North side of Market Street,thcnce with the North line of "Market Street N 65 0/4° W 21.72 polos to the present corpo- ration line,thcncc with the present corporation line extended N.24 l/4° E.130.60 poles to a stake in Vrs.Paxton's ftcla " "thonce N 65 3/4° v! 183.52 poles to the N.W.corner of Union "Cemetery,on the East stere of the Waterford road; thence with " "the West stie of sato Cemetery S 70 E 18.52 poles toa stake "on the East side of sata road;therce S 24 1/4° W 71.92 poles " "to an t-ntcrsectton with the north line of Forth Street,thencc„ "with the :forth line of "worth Street extelideu N 65 3 40 v. " "7;;.48 poles to a stake in the Harrison Orchard;thence S 24 1/4° W 52 poles to the North side of road at Rock Spring "thence with the same ltne and course continued 100 poles to he corner of stake J.R.Rhodes lot on the Louth sire Of a ste in ta and ak a line of the land of the Southern Ratlroaa,thence " with the Southern boundarg line of sates P.atlroad's land " "1�4.GC polos to a point intersecting Wirt Street extcndel, " "t'acnc- S 24 1/40 W 61 poles to e stake to Mrs Etwell's lot " "thence S 00 1/4° E 42.50 poles to a stake in R.T.Hempstones It"line corner to ::.J.Johnston and Littleton lots,therlce i1 "24 1/4° E 38.80 poles to the beginning. 2. "This act shall hot be t.. force until It shall have n "been rattfteu by a vote of the Wortty of electors of said " "Towrr,as deftned by the boundaries of this Act,at the next "regular election. The Surveyors Btll together with th4t of Chain carriers and Flagman amounts to ;,"31.18. 1,11 which is respectfully submitted, VI.E.Garrett P .F .Shroff Oden N.Casey Resolved,That the Report, of the E..panston Commttteee be adopted Gnu seta Committee be instructed to use all proper dtltgence to securtng the passage of this act,referred to,by the Generai Assembly. Bill of H.A.Wenner Surveyor for w31.18 was ordered to be pate Bill of J-H-Loslie for 015.00 for repairing Fire Engine was ordered pato. App_ication having been made to the Council to have a pump or Cistern placed on North King Street about mt4way between North anu UnIon Strcets,thc matter was referred to the Wrter Committee to take sucA steps as they think proper. Resolved, that a Committee of three be appointed by the I:£ayor to Graft an Orat mance with respect to having a Meat Irspcctor aPPol.rteu ane make their report at the next meeting. Thereupon the b'ayor a Pb, otnted Messrs Shroff,Johnston and Garrett members of sat' COrmittee. There being no further busincs ; Coui.ctl a,00urned. Recorder (P roe^tem f� �� 1, cttng Mayor.