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90 MARYLAND MANUAL.
ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF COUNTIES, WITH DATE OF FOBMATION AND AREA—Concluded.
2 Erected by Act of 1706, Ch. 3. 3 Erected by Act of 1742, Ch. 14. An earlier Worcester was erected by order in Council In 1672 (Archiv. 5:56 and 108). The order of October 22, 1669, erected the territory which 13 now comprised In the State of Delaware Into a county by the name of Durham and another unnamed. Neither Dur- ham nor Worcester were ever represented In the Assembly. 4 Erected by Act of 1748, Ch. 15. 5 Erected by Act of 1773, November session, Ch. 6. 6 Erected by Act of 1773, November session, Ch. 10. 7-8 Erected by resolution of Constitutional Convention, September 6, 1776. 9 Erected by Act of 1789, Ch. 29. 10 Erected by Acts of 1836, Ch. 19. 11 Erected by Article 8, Constitution of 1851. By Ch. 22 of the Acts of 1838, confirmed by Ch. 49 of 1839, "Howard District of Anne Arundel County" was erected. The administration was provided for by Chs. 55, 60, 98 and 125 of Acts of 1839. 12 Erected by Article 13, Section 2, Constitution of 1867. 13 Erected by Act of 1872, Ch. 212. |
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