468 Assembly Proceedings, May 8-June 2, 1750.

Liber B. L. C.

Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of

[Boundary
between
Frederick
and
Baltimore
Counties.]

the same, That that Part of Frederick County which was formerly
included in Prince George's County, be and is hereby divided from
Baltimore County, in Manner and Form following; that is to say,
beginning at a Spring called Parr's Spring, and running from thence
North thirty-five Degrees East to a bounded white Oak, standing on
the West Side of a Waggon Road called John Diggs's Road, about a
Mile above a Place called the Burnt-house Woods, and running
thence up the said Road to a bounded white Oak, standing on the
East Side thereof at the Head of a Draught of Sam's Creek; thence
North fifty-five Degrees East to a Spanish Oak standing on a Ridge
near William Roberts's, and opposite to the Head of a Branch called
the Beaver-Dam; and running thence North twenty Degrees East,
to the temporary Line between the Provinces of Maryland and Penn-
sylvania, being near the Head of a Draught of Conowaugo, at a
rocky Hill called Rattle-Snake Hill: And that the said Lines be, and
are hereby established as the Boundaries of and between the said
Frederick and Baltimore Counties: And that all the Lands on the
South-East Sides of the said Lines be deemed to be in Baltimore
County, and all the Inhabitants therein to be Inhabitants and Resi-
dents of Baltimore County; and that all the Lands on the West-
North- West Sides, Part of Frederick County, and all the Inhabitants
therein to be Residents and Inhabitants of Frederick County afore-
said. And that the Branch running up to the Widow Owens, late
the Wife of William Owens, and from thence up the main Branch
between John Marriot's and Edward Burris's, be, and is hereby de-

[And
between
Dorchester
and
Worcester
Counties.]

clared to be the Division between the two Counties of Dorchester
and Worcester: And that all the Lands on the North Side of the
said Branch be deemed to be in Dorchester County, and the Inhabi-
tants thereof deemed to be Inhabitants and Residents of Dorchester
County: And that all the Lands lying to the Southward of the said
Branch be deemed to be in Worcester County, and the Inhabitants
thereof be deemed to be Inhabitants and Residents of Worcester
County; any Law, Usage, or Custom, concerning the reputed
Bounds of the several and respective Counties aforesaid, to the con-
trary in any wise notwithstanding.

[Money to
be levied
and paid
to the Com-
missioners
and
Assistants.]

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Justices of Frederick County for the Time being shall, and they are
hereby directed and impowered, to levy on the taxable Inhabitants
of their County, at the laying of their next County Levy, the Sum
of fourteen Pounds sixteen Shillings Current Money, to be paid in
Manner and Form following; that is to say, To Nathaniel Wickham
the Sum of four Pounds, to Joseph Ogle the Sum of four Pounds,
to Thomas Franklin the Sum of two Pounds six Shillings, to Thomas