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792 MARYLAND MANUAL
MARYLAND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS' (Created by Chapter 353, Acts of 1971) First District: Harford, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's Counties. Second District; Baltimore County: 3rd, 5th-8th, 10th-12th, 14th and 15th Districts, and the 2nd and 4th Districts except for those sections added to the 6th Congressional District, and that part of the 9th Election District that lies outside the following boundaries: Northerly from the Baltimore City line on Charles Street, thence easterly in a continuous line following Towsontowne Drive, Burke Avenue, and Hillen Road to its intersection with Goucher Boulevard; thence north- erly on Goucher Boulevard; thence northerly on Prince Road; thence easterly on Joppa Road to its intersection with Loch Raven. Boulevard; thence southerly on Loch Raven Boulevard to Putty Hill Avenue; thence westerly on Putty Hill Avenue to Pleasant Plains Road; thence southerly on Pleasant Plains Road to Cottage Avenue; thence south- easterly on Cottage Avenue to Loch Raven Boulevard; thence south- erly on Loch Raven Boulevard to the Baltimore City line. Baltimore City: Ward 27, precincts 86-90, 103-105, and Ward 28. Third District: Baltimore City: Wards 1-4, 7, 21-26, precincts 1-4, 7-14 of Ward 6, precincts 1-3, 25 and 26 of Ward 8, precincts 1-5, 26-31 of Ward 9, precincts 1-4, 21-24, of Ward 12, precinct 13 of Ward 20, precincts 1-77 of Ward 27. Baltimore County: That part of the 1st Election District that consists of precincts 9, 15, 21, 24, 28, 31, that portion of precinct 32 that lies east of Thistle Road, that part of precinct 27 that lies northwest of the Pennsylvania Railroad right-of- way, southwest of Hilltop Road and south of Valley Road, and that part of precinct 16 that lies east of Commonwealth Avenue. Election District 13, that part of Election District 9 that lies within the fol- lowing boundaries: Northerly from the Baltimore City line on Charles Street, thence easterly in a continuous line following Towsontowne Drive, Burke Avenue, and Hillen Road to its intersection with Goucher Boulevard; thence northerly on Goucher Boulevard; thence northerly on Prince Road; thence easterly on Joppa Road to its intersection with Loch Raven Boulevard; thence southerly on Loch Raven Boulevard to Putty Hill Avenue; thence westerly on Putty Hill Avenue to Pleasant Plains Road; thence southerly on Pleasant Plains Road to Cottage Avenue; thence southeasterly on Cottage Avenue to Loch Raven Boulevard; thence southerly on Loch Raven Boulevard to the Balti- more City line. That part of election district I which lies within the United States Bureau of the Census 1970 tracts 4001, 4002 and 4016.01 which is generally described as (a) that part of election district I which lies south of Frederick Avenue, east of the Baltimore Beltway, north of Wilkens Avenue, and west of the Baltimore City line, and (b) that part of election district I which is on the Spring Grove State Hospital grounds. In case of conflict, the Census Bureau tracts shall prevail. Fourth District: Anne Arundel County, and the following Election Districts of Prince George's County: 3rd-5th precincts 2, 4, 6-10, 12-17 of the 6th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, and 15th. 'The Attorney General of Maryland ruled on July 21, 1971 that the provisions of the Act providing for the redistricting of the State would not become effective until the 1972 General Election. In the meantime, those districts created by a special Federal court in 1966 apply until the next congressional elections (Maryland Citizens Committee for Fair Congressional Redistricting, Inc. v. Tawes, 253 F. Supp, 731 (D, Md. 1966)). |
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