[32] Acts of Assembly, 1846-47, Chapter 53. Cf. also, _Code of Virginia, 1950_, Title 7.1, Sec. 9. For a full account of the actions on the part of both the United States and Virginia in connection with this retrocession, cf. Harrison Mann, "Chronology of Action on the Part of the United States to Complete Retrocession of Alexandria County (Arlington County) to Virginia," _The Arlington Historical Magazine_, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1957), pp. 15-23; and "Chronology of Action on the Part of the State of Virginia to Complete Retrocession of Alexandria County (Arlington County) to Virginia" _Ibid._, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1958), pp. 43-51. Tentative efforts have been made from time to time to re-annex this area to the District of Columbia. It was on one such occasion, in 1865, that a "Remonstrance of the Mayor and Citizens of Alexandria against the Bill to annex the city and county of Alexandria to the District of Columbia" concluded that "Annexation to the District at this time is repugnant to the feelings and wishes and would be ruinous to the interests of the people of Alexandria." _Arlington's Boundary with the City of Alexandria_ Until 1870, Alexandria, first as a Town and, after 1852 as a City, was geographically part of the County of Alexandria. However, its boundaries must be considered from the beginning because all Acts extending the area of the Town were made in reference to the pre-existing limits. It is impossible to comprehend the effect of any given change without tracing the boundaries back to--or forward from--the beginning. (Map III.) [Illustration: MAP III Boundaries of the Town and City of Alexandria 1749 to 1915 Drafted by W.B. Allison and B. Sims] In 1748, a charter was issued to a group of trustees to establish a Town "covering 60 acres of land, parcel of the lands of Philip Alexander, John Alexander, and Hugh West, situate, lying and being on the south side of Potomac River about the mouth of Great Hunting Creek and in the county of Fairfax ... beginning at the mouth of the first branch above the warehouse, and extending down the meanders of the said River Potomac to a point called Middle Point, and thence down the said river ten poles; and from thence by a line parallel to the dividing line between John Alexander's land and Philip Alexander, and back into the woods for the quantity aforesaid."[33] [33] Hening, Vol. vi, p. 214. Cited by title as "An Act for erecting a town at Hunting Creek warehouse, in the county of Fairfax." The text of the Act is given in the _Journal of the House of Burgesses_, and quoted in Caton, _Legislative Chronicles of the City of Alexandria_, p. 7.