CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAN'CASTKR. 151 



tions now incumbent upon and appertaining to said city as a municipal 

 corporation. 



Sec. 15. The city of Lancaster shall be divided into nine wards, in th.- 

 manner following, to wit: So much of the said city as shall l)c include<l 

 within the line beginning in the middle of Penn or Centre Square; thence, 

 running north through the middle of North Queen street to Walnut 

 street; thence, on a line west through the middle of Walnut street to 

 Mulberry street; thence, south through the middle of Mulberry street to 

 West King street; thence, on a line east through the middle of West 

 King street to the middle of Penn or Centre Square the place of begin- 

 ning, shall be one ward and shall be called the First Ward. And so 

 much of the said city as shall be included within the line beginning in 

 the middle of Penn or Centre Square; thence, running north through the 

 middle of North Queen street, to the intersection of said Queen and 

 Chestnut streets ; thence, on a line through the middle of Chestnut street 

 east to the city boundary; thence, along said boundary south to East 

 King street; thence, through the middle of said street west to the place 

 of beginning, shall be one ward and shall be called the Second Ward. 

 And so much of said city as shall be included within the line beginning 

 in the middle of Penn or Centre Square; thence, running east through 

 the middle of East King street to the intersection of King and Middle 

 streets ; thence, through the middle of said last mentioned street south- 

 west to the intersection of Middle and South Queen streets: thence, 

 through the middle of Queen street north to the place of beginning, shall 

 be one ward and called the Third Ward. And so much of said city as 

 shall be included within the line beginning in the middle of Penn or 

 Centre Square; thence, through the middle of West King street west to 

 the intersection of King and Mulberry streets; thence, through the middle 

 of Mulberry street south to Strawberry street; thence, through the 

 middle of Strawberry street south-east to intersection of Strawberry and 

 Water streets ; thence, on a line south-westerly to a point at the inter- 

 section of roads at City Gas Works; thence, along Hoffman's Eun south 

 to the city boundary; thence, east to South Queen street; thence, through 

 the middle of Queen street north to the place of beginning shall be one 

 ward and shall be called the Fourth ^Vsin\. And so much of the said 

 city as shall be included within the line beginning at the intersection of 

 West King and Mulberry streets; thence, running through the middle 

 of Mulberry street, to the'centre of Walnut street; thence, on a line west 

 through the middle of Walnut street to the boundary line of the city 

 limits; thence, south by the boundary line of the city hmits to the 

 Columbia Turnpike Eoad; thence, east through the middle of the Col- 

 umbia Turnpike Eoad and West King street to Mulberry street, the 



15. Ibid., Sec. 2. 



