CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS

[NEW COUNTIES]

COMPARISON

Headnotes	Present Constitution	Constitution of 1867	Constitution of 1864	Constitution of 1851	Constitution of 1776	Amendments to 1776 Constitution
	its of any county, whereby the population of said coun- ty would be reduced to less than ten thousand white in- habitants, or its territory reduced to less than four hundred square miles.	would be reduced to less than ten thousand white In- habitants, or its territory reduced to less than four hundred square miles.
Carroll County: Creation.						Proposed by Act of 1835, chapter 256. Ratified 1836. After the confirmation of this act, such parts of the aforesaid counties of Balti- more and Frederick, as are contained within the Bounds and limits following, to wit: .... shall be erected into a new county by the name of Carroll County and that the seat of justice thereof be established at Westminster.
Howard County: Creation.				ARTICLE VIIII. NEW COUNTIES. Section 1. That part of Anne Arundel county called Howard District, is hereby erected into a new county, to be called Howard county, the inhabitants whereof shall have, hold and enjoy all such rights and privileges as are held and enjoyed by the inhabitants of the other counties in this State; and its civil and municipal of- ficers, at the time of the ratification of this Constitu- tion, shall continue in office 1 until their successors shall have been elected or ap- pointed, and shall have qual- ( ified as such; and all rights, powers and obligations inci- dent to Howard District of Anne Arundel county shall attach to Howard county.
Garrett County: Creation.				Sec. 2. When that part of Allegany county, lying south and west of a line beginning at the summit of
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