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The inhabitants of the Town of Chestertown, in Kent County, State of Maryland, within the corporate limits legally established from time to time are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of "The Town of Chestertown", with all the privileges of the body 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 and to have perpetual succession, unless the charter and the corporate existence are legally abrogated.
The corporate limits of Chestertown shall be as follows:
Beginning for the same at a point in the center of the bridge where the public road from Chestertown to Tolchester crosses Radcliffe Creek. Said beginning point being the same as described in Section 47, titled "Boundaries," as set down in the code of Public Laws of Kent County, 1959 edition;
Thence, leaving said beginning point so fixed, and binding on the first line of the aforementioned Section 47, titled "Boundaries," North 81° 49' 18" East 3,663.12 feet to a stone marking the northerly corner of the Leasehold lands of Washington College, and the end of the second line (South 73° 13' West 43.60 feet) as described in a 1955 resolution to enlarge the corporate boundaries of Chestertown;
Then, leaving said northerly corner of the Leasehold lands of Washington College and binding on the first and second corporate boundaries as described in the Municipal Corporation Charter adopted February 1, 1965, the following two (2) courses and distances; North 64° 56' 21" East 43.60 feet to the easterly side of Maryland Route 213 and North 25° 12' 32" West 623.20 feet to the southerly side of Morgnec State Road, as called for in the aforementioned Municipal Corporation Charter adopted February 1, 1965;
Then, leaving said point and the southerly side of Morgnec Road and binding on the easternmost side of the aforementioned Maryland Route 213, North 25° 12' 32" West 1,475.75 feet to a point on the southerly side of Scheeler Road;
Thence, leaving said point and said Maryland Route 213 and binding on the southerly side of the aforementioned Scheeler Road, the following courses and distances, North 45° 07' 40" East 212.89 feet to a point of curve;
Thence, with the arc of a curve to the right having a chord of North 48° 18' 40" East 194.14 feet to a point;
Thence, North 51° 29' 40" East 129.87 feet to a point;
Thence, North 52° 14' 40" East 189.47 feet to a point;
Thence, North 52° 08' 40" East 332.69 feet to a point in the westernmost side of Center Road;
Thence, leaving said point and binding on the end of Center Road, North 52° 52' 43" East 51.10 feet to a concrete monument found;
Thence, still continuing with the southerly side of Scheeler Road, North 52° 08' 40" East 1,139.56 feet to a concrete monument found in the westernmost outline of the lands of William J. Bringman;
Thence, leaving said monument and binding on the aforesaid westernmost outline of the lands of William J. Bringman, South 25° 17' 50" East 1,960.71 feet to a point on the southerly side of Morgnec Road (now known as Maryland Route 291);
Then, leaving said point and binding on the aforesaid southerly side of Morgnec Road, North 63° 13' 20" East 480.81 feet to a point;
Thence, leaving said point and said road and binding on the corporate lines as described in the aforementioned Municipal Corporation Charter adopted February 1, 1965, and described as by and with the Byron Lot, Schauber and Phillips lands and the Chestertown Brick Company lands, South 26° 52' 40" East 213.90 feet to a concrete monument; South 27° 20' 40" East 823.10 feet to a concrete monument and South 28° 32' 40" East 944.40 feet to a concrete monument on the northernmost outline of the lands of Loux Brothers Enterprises (see E.H.P. 56/60);
Thence, leaving said monument and binding on the division line between the lands of the Chestertown Brick Company, Inc. (see E.H.P. 13/391 and E.H.P. 13/381), and the aforementioned Loux Brothers Enterprises lands, the following three (3) courses and distances: North 62° 49' 07" East 559.50 feet to a concrete monument found; South 26° 48' 55" East 556.45 feet to a concrete monument found; and South 63° 33' 55" East 1759.20 feet to the mean high water line of the Chester River; passing in transit a concrete monument found 1000.00 feet from the beginning thereof;
Thence, leaving said point and binding by and with the mean high water line of the aforesaid Chester River in a southwesterly direction to the end of the third line as described in Section 47, titled "Boundaries," in the Code of Public Laws of Kent County;
Thence, by and with the fourth line of said Section 47 along the line between the Peerless Fertilizer Company and the Atlantic Refining Company to the centerline of the road leading from Chestertown to Pomona;
Thence, by and with the fifth line of the often mentioned Section 47, titled "Boundaries," in a straight line to intersect the division line between the lands of Gillespie & Son, Inc. (see E.H.P. 33/262), and the lands of Kent Research & Manufacturing, Inc.[;]
Thence, leaving said point of intersection and binding on the outline of the lands of the aforementioned Kent Research & Manufacturing, Inc., five (5) courses and distances to another division line between Gillespie & Son, Inc. (see E.H.P. 30/837) and the lands of Kent Research & Manufacturing, Inc.;
Thence, leaving said point and binding on the aforesaid division line to intersect the aforementioned fifth line of Section 47, titled "Boundaries";
Then, leaving said point of intersection and binding on the aforesaid fifth line to the place of beginning. (See note (1))
The boundaries of the Town of Chestertown are hereby extended to include that area, contiguous and adjoining the existing corporate area, specifically described as follows:
Beginning for the same at a point in the center of the bridge where the Public Road from Chestertown to Tolchester crosses Radcliffe Creek. Said beginning point being the same as described in Section 47 titled "Boundaries" as set down in The Code of Public Laws of Kent County 1959 Edition;
Thence, leaving said beginning point so fixed and binding on the centerline of the aforementioned highway which is now designated as Maryland Route 20 to a point in the easterly right-of-way line of the railroad spur of the Penn Central Railroad;
Thence, leaving said point and binding on the easterly right-of-way line of the aforesaid Penn Central Railroad to a point at the intersection of the division line between the lands formerly of P.M. Brooks and Baltimore Business Forms, Inc. intersect the aforementioned easternmost right-of-way line of the Penn Central Railroad;
Thence, leaving said point and binding on the westerly outline of the lands of the aforementioned Baltimore Business Forms, the following courses and distances;
North 55° 04' 39" West 362.82 feet to a point,
North 62° 40' 29" West 58.90 feet to a concrete monument,
North 26° 19' 41" East 69.64 feet to a concrete monument,
North 51° 49' 09" West 405.06 feet to a point,
South 26° 44' 31" West 81.00 feet to a point,
North 63° 15' 29" West 111.84 feet to a concrete monument,
North 21° 12' 31" East 122.70 feet to a point,
North 15° 16' 11" East 378.55 feet to a point,
North 66° 43' 39" West 61.60 feet to a point,
South 70° 02' 21" West 178.50 feet to a point,
North 16° 48' 39" West 103.22 feet to a concrete monument,
North 70° 05' 21" East 142.48 feet to a point and,
North 81° 37' 01" East 144.26 feet to a concrete monument;
Thence, leaving said monument and binding on the easternmost outline of Washington Park, the following courses and distances:
North 80° 14' 11" East 68.90 feet to a point,
North 55° 33' 11" East 60.00 feet to a point,
North 59° 02' 11" East 143.19 feet to a point,
North 33° 57' 11" East 20.23 feet to a point and,
North 50° 07' 11" East 83.78 feet to a point;
Thence, leaving said point and binding across the lands of the aforementioned Baltimore Business Forms, North 60° 18' 30" East 1673.66 feet to a point at the northwesternmost corner of the lands of Delmarva Power;
Thence, leaving said point and binding on the northernmost outline of the lands of the aforementioned Delmarva Power, North 86° 21' 31" East 335.00 feet to a point in the westernmost right-of-way line of Maryland Route 291;
Thence, leaving said point and binding on the aforesaid railroad, South 22° 43' 29" East 1,553.92 feet to a point at the intersection of the aforesaid railroad, with the southernmost right-of-way line of Maryland Route 291;
Thence, leaving said point of intersection and binding on the aforesaid Maryland Route 291, North 55° 24' 05" East 153.80 feet to a point;
Thence, leaving said point and said Maryland Route 291 and binding on the outline of the lands of Washington College, the following four (4) courses and distances:
South 34° 35' 55" East 419.74 feet to a point,
South 49° 21' 09" East 122.70 feet to a point,
North 59° 41' 30" East 578.25 feet to a point and,
South 35° 29' 24" East 51.61 feet to a point;
Thence, leaving said point and binding on the outline of the lands of Harry Ross and the Peoples Bank of Kent County, Maryland the following three (3) courses and distances:
North 25° 12' 32" East 368.80 feet to a point,
South 64° 47' 28" West 40.00 feet to a point and,
North 25° 12' 32" West 215.45 feet to a point in the aforementioned southernmost right-of-way line of Maryland Route 291;
Thence, leaving said point and binding on the aforesaid Maryland Route 291, the following courses and distances:
North 68° 50' 11" East 13.26 feet to a point,
North 55° 10' 38" East 98.54 feet to a point,
North 66° 45' 56" East 147.38 feet to a point and,
South 73° 35' 21" East 110.19 feet to a point in the westernmost right-of-way line of Maryland Route 213;
Thence, leaving said point and binding on the aforesaid Maryland Route 213, South 25° 07' 31" East 125.00 feet to a point;
Thence, leaving said point and crossing the aforementioned Maryland Route 213, North 64° 52' 30" East 70.98 feet to a point in the original easterly line of the Chestertown to Kennedyville State Road (Maryland Road 213) forty (40) foot wide as recorded in the 1955 Resolution;
Thence, leaving said point and binding on the aforesaid easterly line of Maryland Route 213, South 25° 12' 32" East 854.55 feet to a point at the end of the first or South 16° 47' 00" East 623.60 foot line of a 1955 Resolution to enlarge the corporate boundaries of Chestertown. (1982 Annexation Res. No. 1, April 15, 1982.)
BEGINNING for the same at a point in the center of the road leading from Chestertown to Pomona where the fourth line intersects the fifth line in Section 47, titled "Boundaries" in the Code of Public Laws of Kent County;
THENCE leaving said beginning point so fixed and binding along said right-of-way line, south 31° 31' 45" west 590.00 feet to a point of curvature.
THENCE binding along the arc of a curve to the left 422.06 feet to a point of tangency. Said curve having a radius of 4,430.38 feet and scribed by a chord of South 28° 48' 00" West 421.90 feet.
THENCE South 26° 04' 15" West 532.33 feet to a point along the mean high water line of Radcliffe Creek.
THENCE leaving Maryland Route 289, and binding along mean high water line of Radcliffe Creek, the eighteen (18) following courses and distances: North 78° 53' 27" West 95.77 feet to a point, North 44° 25' 17" West 70.00 feet to a point, North 56° 44' 06" West 149.50 feet to a point, North 25° 09' 33" West 437.51 feet to a point, North 46° 56' 29" West 166.97 feet to a point, South 69° 47' 37" West 153.44 feet to a point, South 41° 44' 01" West 285.43 feet to a point, South 36° 44' 51" West 93.60 feet to a point, North 60° 10' 36" West 180.97 feet to a point, North 70° 01' 01" West 105.34 feet to a point, North 46° 50' 51" West 175.45 feet to a point, North 16° 29' 46" West 243.00 feet to a point, North 89° 23' 26" East 94.01 feet to a point, South 71° 58' 49" East 261.84 feet to a point, North 84° 17' 22" East 140.70 feet to a point, North 44° 12' 55" East 154.87 feet to a point, North 27° 49' 27" East 284.94 feet to a point and North 35° 24' 40" East 229.39 feet to a point at the south westernmost corner of the lands of the Town of Chestertown, (see E.H.P. 18/205).
THENCE binding along the division line between the herein described lands and the lands of the Town of Chestertown, the three (3) following courses and distances: North 79° 53' 33" East 220.91 feet to a concrete monument found, North 10° 06' 27" West 65.03 feet to a concrete monument found and South 79° 53' 33" West 184.42 feet to a point along the aforementioned mean high water line of Radcliffe Creek.
THENCE binding along said mean high water line, the eight (8) following courses and distances: North 10° 28' 16" West 46.39 feet to a point, North 60° 11' 09" West 102.58 feet to a point, North 76° 08' 12" West 321.36 feet to a point, North 47° 29' 22" West 65.12 feet to a point, North 46° 26' 14" East 197.34 feet to a point, North 26° 26' 51" East, 653.38 feet to a point, North 10° 14' 39" West 84.34 feet to a point and North 83° 18' 58" West 159.18 feet to a point at the southwesternmost corner of the lands of George G. Pennington (see E.H.P. 80/13).
THENCE binding along the southernmost outline of said Pennington, Jr. lands North 68° 15' 23" East 807.00 feet to intersect the aformentioned fifth line in section 47, titled Boundaries. (1987 Annexation Res. No. 1, 5-21-87.)
BEGINNING for the same, at a point in the center of the bridge where the Public Road from Chestertown to Tolchester crosses Radcliffe Creek, said beginning point being the same as described in Section 47 titled "Boundaries" as set down in The Code of Public Laws of Kent County 1959 Edition;
THENCE, leaving said beginning point so fixed and running to the northernmost right-of-way line of Maryland Route 20, South 82° 12' 54" West 437.69 feet to a point;
THENCE, continuing along the northernmost right-of-way line of Maryland Route 20, South 65° 02' 22" West 1373.03 feet to a point at the intersection of the division line between the lands now or formerly of Jane B. Sprinkle, and the lands now or formerly of Phillip M. Brooks, Jr.;
THENCE, leaving Maryland Route 20 and binding partly on the aforesaid division line, North 02° 33' 21" West 1704.94 feet to a point along the southernmost outline of the lands now or formerly of Frank Hogans;
THENCE, binding on the southernmost outline of the Hogans lands, South 84° 23' 41" West 435.18 feet to a point along the southernmost outline of the lands of the County Commissioners of Kent County;
THENCE, with the southernmost and westernmost outline of the aforesaid County Commissioners lands, the three following courses and distances: South 84° 23' 30" West 459.00 feet to a point, thence North 04° 06' 48" West 651.92 feet to a point, and thence North 02° 24' 02" West 158.56 feet to a point;
THENCE, binding on the northernmost outline of the aforesaid Commissioners' lands, and crossing Maryland Route No. 514, North 83° 28' 52" East 735.54 feet to a point on the easternmost right-of-way line of the aforesaid Maryland Route N. 514;
THENCE, binding on the easternmost right-of-way line of Maryland Route 514, the six following courses and distances; North 29° 59' 50" West 2128.87 feet to a point of curvature, thence with the arc of a curve to the left, 592.91 feet to a point of tangency, said curve being a radius of 2889.79 feet and scribed by a chord of North 35° 52' 38" West 591.87 feet; thence North 41° 45' 20" West 135.70 feet to a point of curvature, thence with the arc of a curve to the right 1041.67 feet to a point of tangency, said curve having a radius of 1884.86 feet and scribed by a chord of North 26° 07' 48" West 1015.34 feet; thence North 10° 30' 12" West 147.63 feet, and thence North 37° 46' 59" East 59.26 feet to a point along the southernmost side of Cromwell Clark Road;
THENCE, leaving Maryland Route No. 514 and binding on the southernmost side of Cromwell Clark Road and the northernmost outline of the lands of Alfred E. Hickman, North 88° 44' 20" East 565.39 feet to a point on the northernmost boundary of the lands now or formerly of the Coventry Farm;
THENCE, continuing along the southernmost side of Cromwell Clark Road and the northernmost outline of the aforesaid lands of Coventry Farm, the three following courses and distances: North 77° 23' 01" East 1935.64 feet to a point, thence North 80° 13' 51" East 1122.00 feet to a point, and thence North 76° 43' 51" East 511.42 feet to a point along the westernmost right-of-way line of the lands of The Maryland Department of Transportation:[;]
THENCE, binding on the aforesaid right-of-way line, South 17° 14' 29" East 92.09 feet to the lands now or formerly of Millard F. Reed, Jr.;
THENCE, leaving the Maryland Department of Transportation lands and binding on the westernmost outline of the aforesaid Reed lands, South 02° 56' 11" West 1848.94 feet to a point;
THENCE, binding on a portion of the southernmost outline of the Reed lands and the southernmost outline of the lands of Edwin C. Fry, the two following courses and distances: South 60° 16' 29" East 270.50 feet to a point, and thence South 78° 58' 49" East 548.02 feet to a point along the westernmost right-of-way line of the aforementioned lands of the Maryland Department of Transportation;
THENCE, running across the aforesaid lands, South 79° 19' 25" East 79.21 feet to a point at the northwesternmost corner of a subdivision known as Foxley Manor;
THENCE, leaving the lands of the Maryland Department of Transportation and binding on the northernmost outline of Foxley Manor and crossing U.S. Route No. 213, South 78° 58' 12" East 1413.92 feet to a point along the easternmost right-of-way line of the aforesaid U.S. Route 213;
THENCE, binding on the easternmost right-of-way line of U.S. Route 213, the two following courses and distances: with the arc of a curve to the right having a radius length of 924.93 feet and scribed by a chord of North 13° 36' 34" East 310.54 feet, and thence North 23° 17' 27" East 935.21 feet to a point at the intersection of the division line of the lands now or formerly of Ina Rae Levey;
THENCE, leaving U.S. Route 213 and binding on the aforesaid division line South 66° 48' 38' [38"] East 705.78 feet to a point on the easternmost right-of-way line of Center Road;
THENCE, binding on the easternmost right-of-way line of Center Road, the two following courses and distances: South 01° 20' 03" West 931.78 feet to a point, and thence South 25° 26' 20" East 334.52 feet to a point located along the southernmost outline of the lands now or formerly of George F. Scheeler;
THENCE, leaving Center Road and binding on the aforesaid outline, North 63° 23' 55" East 1274.45 feet to a point along the westernmost outline of the lands of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
THENCE, binding on the perimeter outline of the aforesaid lands, the four following courses and distances: North 27° 26' 29" West 840.00 feet to a point, thence North 63° 23' 55" East 1040.00 feet to a point, thence South 27° 26' 29" East 840.00 feet to a point, and thence South 63° 23' 55" West 917.01 feet to a point located at the northwesternmost corner of the lands now or formerly of William J. Bringman;
THENCE, binding on the westernmost outline of the aforesaid Bringman lands, South 25° 17' 50" East 106.54 feet to a point located at the southeasternmost corner of Scheeler Road, said point further being located at the end of the eleventh or North 52° 08' 40" East 1139.56 foot-line as contained in the description of the Annexation to the Town of Chestertown in 1980. (1987 Chestertown Annexation Resolution No. 2, 7-2-87; Ratified in 1988 Annexation Resolution No. 1, 6-23-88.)
BEGINNING for the same at a point in the center of the road leading from Chestertown to Pomona where the fourth line intersects the fifth line in Section 47, titled "Boundaries" in the Code of Public Laws of Kent County;
THENCE leaving said beginning point so fixed and binding along said right-of-way line, South 31° 31' 45" West 590.00 feet to a point of curvature.
THENCE binding along the arc of a curve to the left 422.06 feet to a point of tangency. Said curve having a radius of 4,430.38 feet and scribed by a chord of South 28° 44' 00" West 421.90 feet.
THENCE South 26° 04' 15" West 532.33 feet to a point along the mean high water line of Radcliffe Creek.
THENCE leaving Maryland Route 289, and binding along the mean high water line of Radcliffe Creek and proceeding in a northerly direction to a point at the southwesternmost corner of the lands of George G. Pennington (see EHP 80/13).
THENCE along the center line of Radcliffe Creek to the boundary of the lands of William L. Walbert and Greta Walbert (see EHP 185/150).
THENCE continuing along the center line of Radcliffe Creek to the boundary of the lands of Gillespie and Son, Inc. (see EHP 33/262).
THENCE, continuing along the center line of Radcliffe Creek to close with the present corporate limits of the Town of Chestertown. (1988 Annexation Resolution No. 2, 11-6-88.)
BEGINNING for the same at a point at the intersection of the division line between the lands of Kent and Queen Annes [Anne's] Hospital Inc. (see E.H.P. 198/234) and lands of College Heights Development Company (see E.H.P. 158/344), with the southernmost right-of-way of Maryland Route 291.
THENCE; leaving Kent and Queen Annes [Anne's] Hospital lands and binding on the southernmost side of Route 291 the following (2) two courses and distances: North sixty three degrees thirty two minutes twenty three seconds East (N 63°32'23" E), a distance of seventy eight and 33/100 (78.33) feet to a point; and North sixty eight degrees ten minutes fifty two seconds East (N 68°10'52" E), a distance of eighty eight and 77/100 (88.77) feet to a point at the intersection of the division line between the lands of Delmarva Power & Light Company of Maryland (see E.H.P. 25/28 & 29/842) and the aforesaid College Heights Development Company lands.
THENCE; leaving Maryland Route 291 and binding on the division line between the aforesaid College Heights Development Company lands, other lands of College Heights Development Company lands, other lands of College Heights Development Company the following (3) courses and distances: South twenty six degrees fifty two minutes eighteen seconds East (S 26°52'18" E), a distance of two hundred thirty five and 44/100 (235.44) feet to a concrete monument found; North sixty three degrees seven minutes forty two seconds East (N 63°07'42" E), a distance of three hundred ten and 70/100 (310.70) feet to a concrete monument found; and North twenty six degrees fifty two minutes eighteen seconds West (N 26°52'18" W), a distance of fifty (50.00) feet to a point at the intersection of the division line between the lands of Delmarva Power & Light Company, lands of Ollie H. Ervin etux. [et ux] (see E.H.P. 9/743) and lands of College Heights Development Company.
THENCE; leaving the Delmarva Power & Light Company lands and binding on the division line between the Ervin lands and the College Heights Development Company lands North sixty three degrees four minutes thirty nine seconds East (N 63°04'39" E), a distance of one hundred fifty and 61/100 (150.61) feet to a concrete monument found at the intersection of the division line between the Ervin lands, lands of Chestertown Brick Company (see E.H.P. 13/391) and lands of College Heights Development Company.
THENCE; leaving the Ervin lands and binding on the division line between the lands of Chestertown Brick Company, College Heights Development Company, lands of Francis E. Schauber (see E.H.P. 69/660) and lands of P.U.M.H. of Maryland Inc. (see E.H.P. 284/84 & M.L.M. 14/526) South twenty six degrees fifty four minutes fifty six seconds East (S 26°54'56" E), a distance of one thousand seven hundred sixty one and 53/100 (1761.53) feet to an iron pipe found at the intersection of the division line between the lands [of] Chestertown Brick Company, other lands of P.U.M.H. of Maryland Inc. (see E.H.P. 273/435 & 291/484) and lands of P.U.M.H. of Maryland Inc.
THENCE; leaving the Brick company lands and binding on the division line between the lands of P.U.M.H. of Maryland Inc. and other lands of P.U.M.H. of Maryland Inc. the following (2) two courses and distances: South sixty two degrees forty nine minutes seven seconds West (S 62°49'07" W), a distance of five hundred ninety four and 40/100 (594.40) feet to a point. Passing in transit a concrete monument found 35.01 feet from the end thereof; and North twenty eight degrees thirty four minutes fifty three seconds West (N 28° 34' 53" W), a distance of three hundred fifty and 10/100 (350.10 feet to an iron rod found at the intersection of the division line between the lands of College Heights Development Company (see W.H.G. 53/546) lands of Francis E. Schauber (see E.H.P. 69/660) and lands of P.U.M.H. of Maryland (see E.H.P. 284/84 & M.L.M. 14/526).
THENCE; leaving P.U.M.H. of Maryland lands and binding on division line between the College Heights Development Company lands and the Schauber lands North twenty eight degrees thirty four minutes fifty three seconds West (N 28°34'53" W), a distance of five hundred ninety four and 30/100 (594.30) feet to a point at the intersection of the division line between College Heights Development Company lands and lands of Schauber.
THENCE; leaving the Schauber lands and running through the College Heights Development Company lands North twenty seven degrees twenty one minutes twenty two seconds West (N 27°21'22" W), a distance of eight hundred nineteen and 73/100 (819.73) feet to a concrete monument found at the intersection of the division line between the lands of the aforementioned Kent and Queen Annes Hospital Inc. lands, other lands of College Heights Development Company (see E.H.P. 158/344) and lands of College Heights Development Company.
THENCE; leaving College Heights Development Company lands and binding on the division line between Kent and Queen Annes Hospital Inc. lands and other lands of College Heights Development Company North twenty six degrees fifty minutes forty nine seconds West (N 26°50'49" W), a distance of one hundred ninety four and 75/100 (194.75) feet to the place of beginning. Containing in all twenty five and 31/100 (25.31) acres of land more or less, as surveyed by Michael A. Scott in March 1994, as shown on a plat attached hereto and intended to be recorded herewith. (1994 Annexation Resolution No. 1, 7-1-94.)
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