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1835  Ch. 259. Repeals previous acts and appoints Commission to divide

county into not more than 7 districts the same to report
to clerk of Cecil County Court.

1836  Ch. 267. Confirms Acts of 1835 Ch. 259.

1839  Ch. 164. Changes polling place of 5th election district to Charlestown.

1840  Ch. 105. Act of 1839 Ch. 164 repealed.

1845 Ch. 226. Polling place of 2d election district changed from Oldtown to
Chesapeake City.

1853 Ch. 94. Erects new election district out of parts of the 6th and 7th
election district with boundaries as follows:

" Beginning at the Octoraro creek where it enters into
Maryland, thence down said creek to the Susquehanna, up
said river to the Pennsylvania line and thence along said
line to the place of beginning."

1856 Ch. 227. New election district erected out of parts of 4th, 5th, and 6th
election districts as follows:

" Beginning for the same at the Pennsylvania line where
it intersects the public road near John Donohoo's, thence
south by said road to its intersection with the road from
Rising Sun to Brick Meeting House, thence south by said
road until it intersects the road from Brinkley's Cross
Roads to Brick Meeting House, thence east by said road
until it intersects North East Creek, thence south by said
creek to the bridge on the road from Shalamiah to Now-
land's corner, thence east by said road to the road leading
from Elkton to the Pennsylvania line near McDonnelly's,
thence west by said line to the place of beginning.

That all that portion hereby laid off from the fourth and
sixth districts shall constitute the ninth election district,
and the polls shall be held at the village of Brick Meeting
House."

1.858 Ch. 273. Changes lines between the 5th, 6th, and 9th election districts
as follows:

" Beginning for the bounds of the said ninth election
district, at the Pennsylvania Line, at the road near John
Brown Joiner, thence south with said road to its intersec-
tion with the road leading from Rising Sun to Brick
Meeting House, thence east with said road to the north-
west corner of the lands of Jacob Job, thence south along
the line dividing the lands of Jacob Job from those of
D. H. Heath, of Job H. Kirk from Joseph Laird, and of
Joseph Haines from Thomas Maxwell, to a large Black
oak tree in the road leading from Brick Meeting House
to Farmington, thence south by a straight line to the
Butler Stone, near Slicer's School House, on the Charles-
ton road, thence by said road to the intersection of the
road from Battle Swamp to Nowland's Corner, thence by