DEED, AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF COVENANTS,
THIS DEED, AGREEMENT AND
DECLARATION, made this 13th day of December,1966, by and between THE COLUMBIA PARK AND
RECREATION ASSOCIATION, INC., a Maryland non-profit membership corporation
(hereinafter referred to as "CPRA"), Grantor, and C. AILEEN AMES,
unmarried, a resident of Baltimore City Maryland (hereinafter referred to as the "Declarant"),
Grantee.
Whereas, THE HOWARD
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (hereinafter
referred to as "HRD"), has heretofore acquired the fee interest or
leasehold interest in those certain tracts or parcels of land containing, in
the aggregate, 13,690.118 acres of land, more or less, situated, lying and
being in the Second, Fifth and Sixth Election Districts of Howard Count,
Maryland, and more particularly described in Exhibit A annexed hereto and made
a part hereof;
Whereas, HRD intends to develop a new town (to be known as
"Columbia") on the land included in the "Property", as
hereinafter defined, affording well-planned residential, commercial, industrial,
recreational, institutional and open space uses, buildings, facilities and
areas;
Whereas, HRD desires to
subject the Property (whether owned by it or by others) to the covenants,
easements, charges and liens imposed hereby in order (i) to provide funds for
use as specified in Article IV hereof, and
(ii) to grant rights, easements and privileges relating to the use of
certain facilities, subject to the conditions set forth herein;
Whereas, HRD has caused
CPRA to be formed for the purpose of providing a non-profit civic organization
to serve as the representative of the Owners and Residents with respect to: the
assessment, collection and application of all charges imposed hereunder; the
enforcement of all covenants contained herein and all liens crafted hereby; and
the creation, operation, management and maintenance of the facilities and
services referred to hereafter;
Whereas, the within
instrument is the "Declaration" referred to in the Articles of
Incorporation of CPRA; and
Whereas, in order to cause
said covenants, easements, charges and liens to run with, burden and bind the
Property, HRD has, by deed of even date, conveyed the Property to CPRA upon
condition that CPRA execute the within instrument, and CPRA, by this
instrument, hereby conveys the Property to the Declarant upon condition that
Declarant covenant and declare as herein provided and forthwith reconvey the
Property to HRD subject to, and burdened and bound by, all covenants,
easements, charges and liens imposed hereby.
Now, Therefore, This Deed,
Agreement and Declaration, Witnesseth: that for and in consideration of the
premises and the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00), paid by each party to the other,
the receipt and sufficiency, whereof being hereby mutually acknowledged, the
parties hereto do hereby grant, covenant and declare as follows:
CPRA does hereby Grant,
Convey and Assign unto the Declarant, the Property, subject, however, to the
covenants, easements, charges and liens hereinafter set forth.
Together with any and all
rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining.
To Have and to Hold the
above granted Property unto the Declarant, her heirs and assigns, forever, in
fee simple with respect to those properties conveyed in fee simple to CPRA by
the aforesaid deed from HRD, and for the terms of years unexpired with respect
to the leasehold estates assigned and conveyed to CPRA by the aforesaid deed
from HRD, subject, however, to the following covenants, easements, charges and
liens, which it is hereby covenanted and agreed shall be binding upon (i) CPRA,
its successors and assigns, (ii) the Declarant, her heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns, and (iii) the Property, to the end that such
covenants, easements, charges and liens
shall run with, bind and burden the Property, in perpetuity with respect
to the fee simple estates convoyed hereby and for the remainder of the
unexpired terms of the leasehold estates assigned and conveyed hereby.
And the parties hereto
further covenant, agree and declare as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.01. The following words, phrases or terms when used herein
shall have the following meanings:
A. "Assessable Property" shall mean
and refer to the entire Property except such part or parts thereof as may from
time to time constitute “Exempt Property”, as herein after defined.
B. “Declaration” shall mean and refer to this
Deed, Agreement and Declaration, as the same may from time to time be
supplemented in the manner provided in Article VI hereof.
C. “Board” shall
mean and refer to the Board of Directors of CPRA.
D. “CPRA Land” shall
mean and refer to such part of the Property as may at any time hereafter be
owned by CPRA (or a "Successor Corporation" as defined in Section
7.04 hereof) for so Iong as CPRA (or such Successor Corporation) may be the
owner thereof.
E. “Deed” shall mean
and refer to the deed, assignment or other instrument conveying the fee simple
or leasehold interest in a "Lot", as hereinafter defined.
F. “Exempt Property”
shall mean and refer to the following portions or parts of the Property:
(i)
all land and “Permanent Improvements”, as hereinafter defined, owned by the
United States, The State of Maryland, Howard County, or any instrumentality or
agency of any such entity, for so long as any such entity or any such
instrumentality or agency shall be the owner thereof;
(ii)
all land and Permanent Improvements owned by CPRA (or a “Successor Corporation”
as defined in Section 7.04 hereof) for
so long as
CPRA (or such “Successor
Corporation”) shall be the owner thereof;
(iii)
all land and Permanent Improvements exempt from both Howard County and the
State of Maryland real property taxes by virtue of applicable law.
G. “Lot” shall mean
and refer to a portion of the Assessable Property which is less than the whole
thereof and which is assessed as a unit by the appropriate public officials for
the purpose of real estate taxes imposed by the State of Maryland and Howard
County.
H. “Notes" shall mean and refer to all
notes, bonds, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness issued and sold by
CPRA.
I. “Note Holder”
shall mean and refer to the holder of any Note and all trustees or other
representatives of one or more such holders.
J. “Owner” shall
mean and refer to the holder of record title to the fee interest in any Lot or
the record holder of any leasehold estate assigned hereunder or created on any land
presently covered by any record holder of any leasehold estate assigned
hereunder whether or not such holder actually resides on any part of the
Property.
K. "Permanent
Improvements" shall mean and refer to all buildings, structures and other
matters and things which at the time of the assessment of each "Annual
Charge", as hereinafter defined, are taxable by the State of Maryland or
Howard County as real property under applicable law.
L. “Property” as
used herein shall mean and refer to as follows:
(i)
at the time of the execution hereof, the term "Property" shall mean
all land described in Exhibit A annexed hereto and all presently existing
Permanent Improvements built, installed or erected thereon;
(ii)
from and after the building, installation or erection of each new Permanent
Improvement upon the land described in Exhibit A annexed hereto, the term
"Property" shall also include each such new Permanent Improvement;
(iii)
from and after each addition to the land subjected to the
"Restrictions", is hereinafter defined, pursuant to Article VI
hereof, the term "Property" shall also include each such new parcel
of land and each Permanent Improvement existing on each such new parcel of land at the time that the same
is subjected to the Restrictions ; and
(iv)
from and after the building, installation or erection of each new Permanent
Improvement on each new parcel of
land referred to
in subparagraph (iii) above the term "`Property" shall also
include each such new Permanent Improvement.
M.
"Resident" shall mean and refer to (i) each tenant actually residing
on (or conducting a business on) any part of the Assessable Property, and (ii) members of the immediate family of each
Owner and of each such tenant actually living in the same household with such
Owner or such tenant. Subject to such rules and regulations as CPRA may
hereafter specify, including the imposition of special fees for use if CPRA
shall so direct, the term "Resident"
shall also include the employees, guests or invitees of any such Owner or
tenant if the Board, in its absolute discretion, by resolution so directs.
N.
"Restrictions" shall mean and refer collectively to all covenants,
easements, charges, and liens created or imposed by this Declaration.
ARTICLE II
Section 2.01. For the
purpose of providing funds for use as specified in Article IV hereof, the Board
shall in each year, commencing with the year 1966, assess against the
Assessable Property a charge (which shall be uniform with respect to all
Assessable Property) equal to a specified number of cents (not in excess of
seventy-five cents) for each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of the then current "Assessed Valuation", as
hereinafter defined, of the Assessable Property. In making each such
assessment, the Board shall separately assess each Lot based upon its Assessed
Valuation, and each such Lot shall be charged with and subject to a lien for
the amount of such separate assessment which shall be deemed the "Annual
Charge" with respect to such Lot.
Section 2.02. As used
herein, the term "Assessed Valuation" shall mean:
(i) the highest
valuation placed on land and permanent improvements in each year for Howard
County or Maryland State real estate tax purposes, whichever may
be higher, as assessed or
determined in such manner as
may from time
to time be
provided by applicable
law, regardless of any decrease
of such valuation during such year by reason of protest, appeal or otherwise;
(ii) if both Howard
County and the State of Maryland shall ever cease to impose real estate taxes,
then said term shall mean in each year thereafter the highest valuation placed
on land and permanent improvements during the last year when either shall have
imposed real estate taxes, determined as provided in the immediately preceding
subparagraph (i).
Section 2.03. As soon as
may be practical in each year, CPRA shall send a written bill to each Owner
stating (i) the Assessed Valuation of each Lot owned by such Owner as the same
appears on the appropriate public record;
(ii) the number of cents per One Hundred Dollars ($100) of such Assessed
Valuation assessed by the Board as the Annual Charge for the year in question,
(iii) the amount of the Annual Charge assessed against each such Lot, stated in
terms of the total sum due and owing as the Annual Charge, and (iv) that unless
the Owner shall pay the Annual Charge
within thirty (30) days following the date of receipt of the bill the same shall be decreed delinquent and will bear interest at the rate of six
percent (6%) per annum until paid.
Section 2.04. If the Owner
of any Lot shall fail to pay the Annual Charge within ninety (90) days
following receipt of the bill referred to in Section 2.03 hereof, in addition
to the right to sue the Owner for a personal judgment, CPRA shall have the
right to enforce the lien hereinafter imposed to the same extent, including a
foreclosure sale and deficiency decree, and (to the extent the appropriate
court will accept jurisdiction) subject to the same procedures, as in the case
of mortgages under applicable law, and the amount due by such Owner shall
include the Annual Charge, as well as the cost of such proceedings, including a
reasonable attorney's fee, and the aforesaid interest. If in any case the
appropriate court refuses jurisdiction of the enforcement of said lien, then
CPRA shall have the right to sell the property at public or private sale after
giving notice to the Owner (by registered mail or by publication in a newspaper
of general circulation in Howard County) at least 30 days prior to such sale.
Section 2.05. The Board shall
have the right to adopt procedures for the purpose of making the assessments
provided herein and the billing and collection of the Annual Charges, provided
that the same are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof.
Section 2.06. Upon written
demand by an Owner, CRRA shall within a reasonable period of time issue and
furnish to such Owner a written certificate stating that all Annual Charges
(including interest and costs, if any) have been paid with respect to any
specified Lot as of the date of such certificate or, if all Annual Charges have
not been paid, setting forth the amount of such Annual Charges (including
interest and costs, if any) due and payable as of such date. CPRA may make a
reasonable charge for the issuance of such certificates which must be paid at
the time that the request for such certificate is made. Any such certificate,
when duly issued as herein provided, shall be conclusive and binding with
regard to any matter therein stated as between CPRA and any bona fide purchaser
of, or lender on, the Lot in question.
ARTICLE III
Section 3.01. Declarant,
for herself, her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, hereby covenants
and agrees (in perpetuity with respect to the fee simple estates conveyed
hereby, and for the remainder of the unexpired terms of the leasehold estates
assigned and conveyed hereby):
(i) that she will
pay to CPRA the Annual Charge assessed by CPRA in each year against the
Assessable Property; and
(ii) that the Annual
Charge, both prior to and after the assessment thereof in each year, together
with the continuing obligation to pay all future Annual Charges assessed in all
future years, shall be and remain a first charge against, and a continuing
first lien upon, (a) the Assessable Property, and (b) all Exempt Property to
the extent that any change of ownership may result in any portion of the same
becoming Assessable Property, to the end that said charge and lien shall be superior
to any and all other charges, liens or encumbrances which may hereafter in any
manner arise or be imposed upon the Assessable Property (or the Exempt Property
to the extent that the same may later become Assessable Property) whether
arising from or imposed by judgment or decree or by any agreement, contract,
mortgage or other instrument, saving and excepting only such liens for taxes or
other public charges as are by applicable law made superior.
Section 3.02. In addition
to taking subject to the charge and lien imposed by Section 3.01 hereof, each
Owner of each Lot by the acceptance of a Deed therefore, whether or not it
shall be so expressed in such Deed, shall be deemed to have agreed to be
personally liable for the payment of each Annual Charge assessed by CPRA
against such Lot in each year during any part of which such Owner holds title
to such Lot or to a leasehold interest therein.
Section 3.03. As used in
this Article III, the term "Annual Charge" shall mean the total of
the following:
(i) the Annual
Charge as assessed pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof;
(ii) the interest on
delinquent charges imposed by Section 2.03 hereof ; and
(iii) the cost of enforcing the lien as provided in Section
2.04 hereof.
Section 3.04. Nothing
contained in these Restrictions shall prevent any Owner from changing, altering
or destroying any Permanent Improvement owned by him if the Annual Charge
imposed hereunder with respect
thereto (i) has been paid for the year
in which such change, alteration or destruction takes place or (ii) the Annual
Charge with respect to the Permanent Improvement in question has been paid for
the year preceding such change, alteration or destruction and a bill for the
Annual Charge for the then current year has not been sent by CPRA under Section
2.03 hereof prior to such change, alteration or destruction.
ARTICLE IV
Use of Funds
Section 4.01. CPRA shall
apply all funds received by it pursuant to these Restrictions, and all other
funds and properly received by it from any source, including the proceeds of
the loans referred to in Section 4.02 and the surplus funds referred to in
Section 4.03, to the following, pro tanto and in the order
stated:
(i)
the payment of
all principal and
interest, when due, on all loans borrowed by
CPRA, to the extent required
under any agreement with Note Holders referred to in Section 4.02 hereof;
(ii)
the costs and expenses of CPRA ; and
(iii)
for the benefit of the Property,
Owners and Residents by devoting the same to the acquisition,
construction, reconstruction, conduct, alteration, enlargement, laying, renewal, replacement, repair, maintenance,
operation and subsidizing of such of the
following as the Board, in its discretion, may from time to time
establish or provide:
any or all projects,
services, facilities, studies, programs, systems and properties relating to:
parks, recreational facilities or services; drainage systems; streets,
roads, highways, walkways, curbing, gutters, sidewalks, trees, flowers and
landscaping, fountains, benches, shelters,
directional and informational signs, walkways, and bridges, and street,
road and highway lighting facilities;
facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of garbage and
refuse, mass transit systems, stations and terminals, airfields,
airports, air terminals and associated facilities; facilities for the fighting
and preventing of fires; public utility systems, including plants, systems,
facilities or properties used or useful
in connection with the manufacture,
production, distribution, delivery
and storage of electric power and manufacture of natural gas or any
other potential power source, and any
integral part thereof, utility lines,
poles, surface and underground
ducts, relay stations, cables, pipes, pipelines, valves, meters and equipment
and appurtenances, and all properties,
rights, easements and franchises, editing thereto ; communication
systems and facilities,
including all buildings,
systems, facilities and properties used or useful in connection with the
operation of communication networks and facilities, stations, towers, relay
systems and facilities, cables,
underground and surface clients, lines, poles, receiving, transmitting and
relay equipment, and appurtenances and
all properties, rights, easements and
franchises relating thereto ; auditoriums, galleries, halls, amphitheaters,
theaters, arenas and stadiums, educational buildings and facilities, including equipment, supplies and accessories in
connection therewith, office buildings,
buildings, storage and maintenance yards, forages and other buildings and
facilities deemed necessary or
desirable by the Board in connection with the administration,
management, control and operation of CPRA; libraries, including equipment, books, supplies and accessories
in connection therewith; hospitals and clinics, including equipment, medicines,
supplies and accessories in connection
therewith; traffic engineering programs
and parking facilities; facilities for animal rescue and shelter; lakes, dams,
parks, goof courses, tennis courts, zoos, playgrounds, boat basins and marinas,
equestrian centers and facilities; skeet ranges, bowling alleys, and other
related or unrelated recreational facilities; and any and all other improvements, facilities and services that
the Board shall find to be necessary, desirable or beneficial to the interest of the Property, Owners and Residents.
Section 4.02. In order to
secure the repayment of any and all sums borrowed by it from time to time, CPRA
is hereby granted the right and power:
(i)
to assign and pledge all revenues received, and to be received, by it
under any provision of this Declaration,
including, but not
limited to, the proceeds of the
Annual Charges payable hereunder;
(ii)
to enter into agreements with Note Holders with respect to the
collection and disbursements of funds, including, but not limited to agreements
wherein CPRA covenants:
(a)
to assess the Annual Charges on a given day in each year and, subject to
the limitation on amount specified
in Section 2.01
hereunder, to assess the same at a particular rate or rates;
(b)
to establish sinking funds and/or other security deposits;
(c)
to apply all funds received by CPRA first to the payment of all
principal and interest, when due, on such loans, or to apply the same to such
purpose after providing for costs of collection;
(d)
to establish such collection,
payment and lien enforcement procedures as may be required by the Note
Holders;
(e)
to provide for the custody and safeguarding of all funds received by
CPRA.
The amount, terms, rate or
rates of all borrowing and the provisions of all agreements with Note Holders
shall be subject solely to the decision of the Board acting in its absolute
discretion
Section 4.03. CPRA shall
not be obligated to spend in any calendar year all the sums collected in such
year by way of Annual Charges, or otherwise, and may carry forward, as surplus
any balances remaining; nor shall CPRA be obligated to apply any such surpluses
to the reduction of the amount of the Annual Charge in the succeeding year, but
may carry forward from year to year such surplus as the Board in its absolute
discretion may determine to be desirable for the greater financial security of
CPRA and the effectuation of its purposes.
Section 4.04. CPRA shall
be entitled to contract with any corporation, firm or other entity for the
performance of the various duties imposed on CPRA hereunder and the performance
by any such entity shall be deemed the performance of CPRA hereunder.
ARTICLE V
Rights of
Enjoyment in Community Facilities
Section 5.01. It is
intended that HRD will convey to CPRA, subsequent to the recordation of this
Declaration, a certain tract of land within the Property for park and
recreational purposes. Said tract, together with such other parts of CPRA Land
as the Board, in its absolute discretion, may by resolution from time to time
hereafter designate for use by Owners and Residents are hereinafter
collectively referred to as "Community Facilities". Upon designation of any part of CPRA Land as a Community Facility, as herein provided,
the Board shall cause a declaration to be executed and recorded among the Land
Records of Howard County, which declaration shall include a description of the
land so designated and shall state that such land has been designated as a
Community Facility for purposes of this
Section 5.01. No CPRA Land, or any part
thereof, shall be a Community Facility subject to the rights and basements of
enjoyment and privileges hereinafter granted unless and until the same shall
have been so designated and the above described declaration filed in accordance
with the procedure provided herein.
Every Owner, by reason of
such ownership, shall have a right and easement of enjoyment in and to all
Community Facilities, and such easement shall be appurtenant to and shall pass
with every Lot upon transfer. All Residents shall have a non-transferable
privilege to use and enjoy all Community Facilities for so long as they are
Residents within the previously defined meaning of that term. All such rights,
easements, and privileges, however, shall be subject to the right of CPRA to
adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations pertaining to the use of
Community Facilities which shall enhance the preservation of such facilities,
the safety and convenience of the users thereof, or which, in the discretion of
the Board, shall serve to promote the best interests of the Owners and
Residents, including the making available of certain Community Facilities to
school children, with or without charge CPRA shall have the right to charge
Owners and Residents reasonable admission and other fees in connection with the
use of any Community Facility. In establishing such admission and other fees,
the Board may, in its absolute discretion, establish reasonable classifications
of Owners and of Residents; such admission and other fees must be uniform
within each such class but need not be uniform from class to class. CPRA shall
have the right to borrow money for the purpose of improving any Community
Facility and in aid thereof, to mortgage the same and the rights of any such mortgagee
shall be superior to the easements herein granted and assured.
Section 5.02. CPRA shall
have the right to suspend the right of any Owner (and the privilege of each
Resident claiming through such Owner) for any period during which the Annual
Charge assessed under Article II hereof remains overdue and unpaid, or in
connection with the enforcement of any rules or regulations relating to such
facilities in accordance with the provisions of this Article V.
Section 5.03.
Notwithstanding the rights, easements and privileges granted under this Article
V, CPRA shall nevertheless have the right and power to convey any property
referred to in Section 5.01 hereof free and clear of all such rights, easements
and privileges if such conveyance is to a public body for public use.
ARTICLE VI
Duration,
Amendment, and Supplements
Section 6.01. All
Restrictions set forth or provided for in this Declaration shall be deemed,
covenants running with the land and/or charges and liens upon the land and any
and every conveyance of any part of the Property shall be absolutely subject to
said Restrictions whether or not it shall be so expressed in the deed, lease or
other conveyance thereof. The said Restrictions shall continue with full force
and effect until December 31, 2065. From and after December 31, 2065, the
Restrictions as set forth herein shall continue in full force and effect in
perpetuity, amended, however, so as to limit the maximum amount of the Annual
Charge in each year thereafter to that amount found by the Board to be
necessary to produce sufficient revenue to operate, maintain, renew, replace
and repair (including such sums as may be necessary to defray the costs and
expenses of CPRA in connection with such operation, maintenance, renewal,
replacement and repair) such facilities authorized by Section 4.01 as may be in
existence December 31, 2065, subject, nevertheless, to the maximum number of
cents per $100 if Assessed Valuation applicable to the Annual Charges as
specified in Section 2.01 hereof.
Section 6.02. The size of
the Property may be increased, from time to time, by the filing among the Land
Records of Howard County of supplements to this Declaration signed by CPRA and
the Owner of the additional property described in such supplement, provided
that such additional property is expressly subjected to the Restrictions
imposed hereby.
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous
Section 7.01. No change of
conditions or circumstances shall operate to extinguish, terminate, or modify
any of the provisions of this Declaration.
Section 7.02. The
determination by any court that any provision of this Declaration is
unenforceable or void shall not affect the validity of any of the other
provisions hereof.
Section 7.03. CPRA shall
have the right to construe and interpret the provisions of this Declaration,
and in absence of an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction to the
contrary, its construction or interpretation shall be final and binding as to
all persons or property benefited or bound by the provisions hereof.
Section 7.04. CPRA shall
be empowered to assign its rights hereunder to any successor nonprofit
membership corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Successor
Corporation”) and, upon such assignment the Successor Corporation shall have
all the rights and be subject to all the duties of CPRA hereunder and shall be
deemed to have agreed to be bound by all provisions hereof, to the same extent
as if the Successor Corporation had been an original patty instead of CPRA and
all references herein to the "Board" shall refer to the Board of
Directors of such Successor Corporation. Any such assignment shall be accepted
by the Successor Corporation under a written agreement pursuant to which the
Successor Corporation expressly assumes all duties and obligations of CPRA
hereunder. If for any reason CPRA shall cease to exist without having first
assigned its rights hereunder to a Successor Corporation, the covenants,
easements, charges and liens imposed hereunder shall nevertheless continue and
any Owner may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to have a trustee
appointed for the purpose of organizing a non-profit membership corporation and
assigning the rights of CPRA hereunder with the same force and effect, and
subject to the same conditions, as provided in this Section 7.04 with respect
to an assignment and delegation by CPRA to a Successor Corporation.
Section 7.05. All titles
or headings of the Articles herein are for the purpose of reference only and
shall not be deemed to limit, modify or otherwise affect any of the provisions
hereof. All references to singular terms shall include the plural where
applicable.
In Witness Whereof the
parties hereto have set their hands and respective seals as of the day and year
first above written.
Attest: THE
COLUMBIA PARK AND RECREATION
ASSOCIATION, INC.
/s/ John Martin Jones,
Jr. By /s/ J. W. ROUSE
Secretary President
/s/ Virginia B. Peddicord /s/ C. Aileen Ames [SEAL]
C Aileen Ames
[CPRA SEAL]
State of
Maryland, City of Baltimore, ss:
I
Hereby Certify that on this 11th day of December, 1966, before me, the
subscriber, a Notary Public of the State of Maryland, in and for the City of
Baltimore, personally appeared James W. Rouse, President, of The Columbia Park
and Recreation Association, Inc., a corporation of the State of Maryland, and
that he, as such officer, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing
instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the
corporation by himself as such officer, and he acknowledged the same to be the
act and deed of said corporation.
In
Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix my notary seal.
/s/
Vera Mae Richtemeyer
[SEAL]
Notary Public
My
commission expires: June 30, 1967
State of Maryland, Howard County, ss:
I
Hereby Certify that on this 11th day of December, 1966, before me, the
subscriber, a Notary Public of the State of Maryland, in and for Howard County,
personally appeared C. Aileen Ames, known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to
be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and she
acknowledged the same to be her act and deed.
In
Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix my notarial seal.
/s/ Virginia B. Peddicord
[SEAL] Notary Public
My commission expires: July 1, 1967