434                           THE COUNTIES OF MARYLAND

1862 Ch. 4. Polling place of the 10th district changed to the house of Wm.
Waltz on the Northwestern Turpike.

1872 Ch. 79. Commission appointed and authorized to review election dis-
trict No. 4 and to make such alterations and division and
to create an additional election district, but said commis-
sion shall not locate the northern line of said new district
north of Laurel Run and said new election district shall be
known as district No. 17 and the place for holding the
election shall be Barton and the Commission shall report
to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Allegany County.

1872 Ch. 150. Divides Cumberland into two election wards to be known as
the first ward and the second ward; the first ward shall
embrace all that portion of the city lying north and east
of the National or Turnpike road leading from Baltimore
through said city to Wheeling; and the election polls in
said ward shall be held in the Market-house and shall be
called the "first ward polls"; the second ward shall em-
brace all that portion of said city not included in the 1st
ward, and the election polls therein shall be held at the
court house, and shall be called the " second ward polls."

1872 Ch. 221. Separates western part into Garrett County.

1872 Ch. 256. County divided into 16 election districts according to the
present bounds and limits, but the County Commissioners
of Allegany County shall have power and authority to cre-
ate new election districts in addition to those already
established in said County, whenever, in their judgment,
the convenience of the voters of the county, or any part
thereof, would thereby be promoted, and not otherwise;
and shall have powers to abridge or enlarge any districts
heretofore established by the Legislature in said County,
or which may hereafter be established by the said County
Commissioners and said commissioners shall have the
further power of designating the place of holding the elec-
tion polls in all election districts hereafter to be estab-
lished in said county.

1898 Ch. 304. Provides for the survey of the Allegany-Garrett boundary line.

1898 Ch. 415. Erects the 26th election district with the following bounds:
" Beginning at the intersection of Bowery street and the
Legislative road, in the town of Frostburg, and running
thence with the centre of Bowery street to the National
turnpike, then with the centre of said National turnpike
westerly to its intersection with the Garrett county line,
and then with said Garrett county line southerly to the
line of district number nineteen, and with the lines of
district number nineteen, reversed to the Legislative road
aforesaid, and then with said Legislative road to the point
of beginning."

1900 Ch. 513. Divides the 18th election district into two election precincts.