The boundaries of the City of Wellsburg shall be as follows: Beginning at the mouth of Buffalo Creek and extending eastwardly along the center line of the meandering of said creek to a point in the west line of the Pan Handle Traction Company right-of-way; thence in a northerly direction along the west line of the Pan Handle Traction Company right-of-way until it strikes the west line of Commerce Street; thence northward along the west line of Commerce Street to the southwest corner of Commerce and Fourth Streets; thence eastward to the southeast corner of Fourth and Commerce Streets; thence southward along the east line of Commerce Street to the north line of an alley located immediately south of Third Street; thence in a straight line in an easterly direction along the north line of said alley to the line of the lands of F. A. Chapman; thence in a northerly direction along the west line of the lands owned by F. A. Chapman and the lands owned by S. H. Hubbard and Dorrie Hubbard to a corner at the joining of the lands of S. H. Hubbard and Dorrie Hubbard with those of Josephine Du Point Leonard and of the J. F. Cree estate; thence in a northerly direction in a straight line across the lands of J. F. Cree, now deceased to the southeast corner of lot fifty-four of the plan of lots platted and recorded by I. H. Duval; thence in a northerly direction in a straight line to the northeast corner of lot fifty-two of said plan of lots; thence in a northeast direction in a straight line to the southeast corner of the lands of H. W. Paull; thence in a northerly direction along the east boundary line of the property of said H. W. Paull, of the property of Elizabeth P. Jacobs, of the property of W. H. Tarr, deceased, and of the property of Miss Lou Tarr, deceased, of the property of G. L. and S. R. Caldwell, of the property of A. P. Oxtoby, of the property platted into lots by Fred L. Hall, of the property of Edward Rithner and of the property of the Brooke Cemetery Company; thence from the northeast corner of the said cemetery property in a northwesterly direction in a straight line to a point in a ravine situate at the foot of what is known as Gilchrist Hill and four hundred feet east of the Ohio River; thence in a westwardly direction following the meandering of said run or ravine to the east shore of the Ohio River; thence on a direct line to the west shore of said river; thence extending along the west shore of said river in a southerly direction to a point opposite the mouth of Buffalo Creek; thence from said point to the mouth of Buffalo Creek, the place of beginning, including all the land and water between the boundary lines aforesaid.
The boundaries of the City of Wellsburg shall also extend to and include the tract of land conveyed to the city by I. H. Duval and wife, by deed dated March 29, 1886, recorded in deed book number 26, page 466, of the records of Brooke County, which tract contains the reservior of the City waterworks.
(Acts 1932, ch. 26.)