THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 849

metes and bounds, that is to say : Precinct num- ber one of the Twelfth Election District, begin- ning at a point where the Philadelphia Road leaves
the limits of the city of Baltimore, thence binding on said city southerly to the Patapsco river, thence following said river to the Chesapeake Bay. thence binding on said Bay to Back river, thence following the west shore of said river to Herring Run, thence binding on the west side of Herring Run to the Philadelphia Road, thence binding on the south side of said road to the place of beginning ; and the place of voting in said Precinct number one shall be Michael Adams' Tavern, near Canton; and Precinct number two of said Twelfth Election District, to be contained within the metes and bounds following, to wit : beginning at the point on the Philadelphia Road where said road crosses Herring Run, thence down Herring Run to Back river, thence following the east bank of said river to its mouth, thence binding on the Chesapeake Bay around to the mouth of Great Gunpowder river, thence up said river to the junction of said river with Bird river, thence running on the south side of Bird river to its junction with White" Marsh Run, thence binding on the south side of said run to the Philadelphia Road, thence down said road to the place of beginning ; and the place of voting in said Precinct number two shall be at Frederick Waters' Tavern, at the forks of Middle River and Back river Roads. And Precinct number three of said Twelfth Election District shall comprise all of said Twelfth Election District not included within the bounds of the above described Pre- cincts number one and two, and the place of voting in said Precinct shall be at Grontrom's Tavern, at Gardenville, on the Belair Road.	Metes and bounds.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the officers of Registration in the said First, Third, Ninth, Eleventh and Twelfth Dis- tricts, prior to the next election in said District, to register all the voters in said Districts in the mode and manner required by the Act of eighteen hun- dred and sixty-seven, Chapter two hundred and thirty-six, of the Laws of Maryland, and shall prepare separate lists of voters, according to the sub-divisions of their respective Districts, into Pre- cincts as hereinbefore provided, designating the 54	Register voters.