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104 MARYLAND MANUAL.
ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF COUNTIES, WITH DATE OF FORMATION AND AREA—Concluded.
2Erected by Act of 1706, ch. 3. '3Erected by Act of 1742, ch. 14. An earlier Worcester was erected by order in Coun- cil in 1672 (Archiv.;. 5:56 and 108). The order of October 22d, 1669, erected the territory which is now comprised in the State of Delaware into a county by the name of Durham and another unnamed. Neither Durham nor Worcester were ever represented in the Assembly. 4Erected by Act of 1748, ch. 16 5Erected by Act of 1773, November session, ch. 6. 6Erected by Act of 1773, November session, ch. 10 7-8Erected by resolution of Constitutional Convention September 6th, 1776. 9Erected by Act of 1788, ch. 29, 10 Erected. by Acts of 1838, ch. 19. 11Erected by Article 8, Constitution of 1811. By ch. 22 of the Acts of 1838, confirmed by Ch. 49 of 1839, "Howard District of Anne Arundel County" was erected. The admin- istration was provided for by chs. 65, 60, 98 and 125 of Acts of 1839. 12 Erected by Article 18, Section 2, Constitution of 1867. 13 Erected by Act of 1872, ch. 212. |
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