1816

CARROLL COUNTY.

thereof; And whereas, it appears to this general assembly, that
the erecting of a new county out of such parts of Baltimore
and Frederick counties, will conduce greatly to the ease and
convenience of the people thereof; therefore,

Lines of the
county.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That after the confirmation of this act, such parts of the afore-
said counties of Baltimore and Frederick, as are contained
within the bounds and limits following, to wit : beginning at
the Pennsylvania line, where Rock creek crosses said line,
thence with the couise of said creek until it merges in the
Monocacy liver, thence with the Monocacy to the point where
Double Pipe creek empties into Monocacy, thence with the
course of Pipe creek to the point of junction of Little Pipe
creek and Big Pipe creek, thence with the coutse of Little
Pipe creek, to the point where Sam's creek empties into Little
Pipe creek, thence with Sam's creek to Warfield's mill, thence
with the load called the Buffalo road, and to a point called
Parr's spring, thence with the western branch of the Patapsco
falls to the point of its junction with the northern branch of the
Patapsco falls, thence with the northern bianch of said falls to
the bridge elected over said falls on the turnpike road leading
from Reisterstown to Westminster, thence with a straight
course to the Pennsylvania line, running north seventeen
degrees east, thence with the Pennsylvania line to the place
of beginning, shall be erected into a new county, by the

Name.

name of Carroll county, and that the seat of justice thereof
be established at Westminster.

Privileges
conferred.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of Carroll
county, shall have, hold, and enjoy all the immunities, rights,
and privileges enjoyed by the inhabitants of any other county
in this state.

Tax pre-
vious to
confirma-
tion.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the taxes which shall be
levied by the commissioners of Baltimore county, prior to the
confirmation of this act, on such parts of Baltimore county as
are to constitute a part of Carroll county, shall be collected
and paid to the treasurer of Baltimore county, and the same be
applied precisely as if this act had not passed ; and that the
taxes which shall be levied by the justices of the levy court
of Frederick county, prior to the confirmation of this act, on
the parts of Frederick county, as are to constitute Carroll
county, shall be applied precisely as if this act had not passed.

Causes

pending.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all causes, process, and
pleadings, which shall be depending in Frederick eounty
court, and Baltimore county court, when this act shall be
confirmed, shall and may be prosecuted as effectually in the
courts where the same be depending, as if this act had not
been made.