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the branch road of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
from Baltimore to Washington city, then south with said
railroad to the district line of the district of Columbia,
then with the old established lines to the point of be-
ginning."

1878 Ch. 180. Additional election district, No. 14, erected with the following
bounds:

" Beginning for the same at the Priest bridge, and run-
ning with the county road west by Collington, on the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, and through the farms
of John T. Clark, Sr., Richard W. W. Bowie, C. C. Ma-
gruder, Jr., Cecelia Cross and George Duale, of D., to
Buena Vista, on the Bladensburg line to Mrs. Friends,
thence north in a straight line between the property of
James B. Smith and Henry Soper to the head of Beck's
branch, thence with said branch to and across the Beaver
Dam branch, thence in a straight north line to the public
road leading from Beltsville to the Patuxent river at the
iron works bridge, thence with said river to the place of
beginning."

1882 Ch. 311. Enlarges Spalding election district according to the following
line:

" Beginning for the same on the District of Columbia
and Upper Marlboro' turnpike, opposite the residence of
Thomas W. Smoot, near Centreville, and extending north-
eastwardly to and including the dwelling-house of Blisha
E. Berry; thence in the same direction to the point on the
public road leading from Forestville to William Shuler's
farm, where the private road which leads to the farm
and residence of J. T. Berry intersects the same; thence
with said public road northwestwardly to the aforesaid
turnpike at William T. Moore's blacksmith shop; thence
with said turnpike to the beginning."

1898 Ch. 130. Additional election district, No. 15, erected from portions of
the 3d and 6th election districts with the following
bounds:

" Beginning at a point on the road leading from Upper
Marlboro to Croome, where the corporate limits of Upper
Marlboro crosses said road, it being near the rectory of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in Upper Marlboro, and
running with road until it reaches the boundary line of
Nottingham district or Election District No. 4; thence
with the present line separating Election District No. 3,
or Marlboro District, from Election District No. 4, or
Nottingham District; thence with the boundary line sepa-
rating Election District No. 3, or Marlboro District, from
Election District No. 11, or Brandywine district, to the
line separating said Election District No. 3 from Election