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PROCLAMATION S, 1918. 1871 vacate the said tract of land and to remove therefrom all movable property within thirty (30) days from the date of this proclamation. It being desirable in the public interest to make a slight re- tm1},§‘§$“,g;Sd°* '°”¤¤*' adjustment of the boundaries of that certain tract of land described An¢e,p.1S2v',==me¤d- in the proclamation of A gust 7, 1918, (#1472) as "Tract :l$7", °d` being the site selected forulVavy Mine De t near Yorktown, Va., the said boundary line as described in saicimproclamation of August 7, 1918, is hereby modified to read as follows: i nasa-xpmm. Beginning for the same at a point in the low water line on the southern shore of the York River in York County, State of Virginia, said point being the point of intersection of Parallel N. 37°—16'—54" with Meridian 7 6°—35’——00" west of Greenwich; thence southwesterly across the certain sand spit at the mouth of Creek, Yor County, to the int of intersection with the center line of said Creek, a distance of eight hundred ten (810) feet more or less; thence continuing in a eneral southwesterly and then southerly direction following the center line of said King Creek to the point of intersection with the south line of the certain road shown on the said map as in a general northeigly and then easterly direction from or in the vicinity of the illage of Grove, a distance of twenty-four thousand ninety (24090) eet more or less; thence in a general southwesterly and then southerly direction following the southerly and then easterly line of said above described road to its point of intersection with the northerl line of the main road extending from the Village of Grove to tlie Village of Halstea.d’s Point a distance of thirty-two hundred and ninety (3290) feet more or less; thence in a southeasterly direction following the northerl line of said last described road to its point of intersection with the northerly line of the right of way of the Chesa ake and Ohio Railroad Company between Williamsburg antim Newport News, Virginia, a distance of four hundred seventy (470) feet more or less; thence in a general southeasterly direction following the northerly line of the said right of way to the point of intersection with the northerly line of the certain road shown on said map as crossing the said right of wa at a point to the eastward of the railroad bridge over Blows ltlill Run a distance of fifteen thousand four hundred twenty (15,420) feet more or less; thence in a general northeasterly direction following the northerly line of said last described road to a certain point which point is distant one thousand feet more or less westerly from the intersection of said road with the westerly line of the certain road shown on said map as between the villages of Halstead’s Point and Lee Hall, Virginia, which point of intersection is also the location of a certain bench mark as shown on said map a distance of four thousand six hundred and eighty feet (4680’) more or less; thence in a general northerly direction parallel to the westerly line of said last described road a distance of one thousand feet (1000’) more or less; thence easterly and parallel to the road crossing the right of way aforesaid of the Chesapeake &_ Ohio Railroad Company at a point to the eastward of the railroad bridge over Blows Mill Run to its intersection with the westerly line of the certain road shown on said maiplas running between the Villages of Halstead`s Point and Lee H , Virginia, a distance of one thousand feet (1,000’) more or less; thence in a general northerly direction following the westerly line of said last described road to the point of): intersection with the north line of the second road shown on said ma to the north of said bench mark a distance of six hundred ang twenty feet (S20') more or less; thence in a general northeasterly direction following the