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Norwood's second annexation was in 1891. Village Ordinance No. 273 accepted the application for annexation of a territory as described below made by John G. McGhee. The Ordinance was passed by Council on October 5, 1891. The signatures on the Ordinance were Aaron McNeill, Mayor, and W. E. Wichgar, Clerk.

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"Description of Property Accepted for Annexation by
Ordinance No. 273

Beginning at a point in the west line of Elsmere Avenue, where it is intersected by the north line of Hudson Avenue, of Elsmere subdivision; thence south along the west line of Elsmere Avenue to the south line of Lexington Avenue, of the Elsmere subdivision; thence along the south line of Lexington Avenue and the south line of the Elsmere subdivision, and to the center line of Duck Creek Road; thence along the center line of Duck Creek Road to Besuden's east line; thence north on Besuden's east line to the north line of Hudson Avenue; thence west along the north line of Hudson Avenue to the place of beginning."

—From page 20 of The General Ordinances of the Incorporated Village of Norwood, Hamilton County, Ohio - In Force October 1, 1899. It was published by Order of Council "to include ordinances of general nature up to and including the meeting of September 18, 1899." The book was published under the direction of William R. Collins, Solicitor of Norwood, and published by W. H. Anderson & Co., Law Book Publishers, Cincinnati.