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Patapsco River, at or near Ellicott's furnace, and running thence southerly with said Deep Run, until it reaches the Baltimore and Washington Rail Road; and thence with the said rail roafd and including the same until it reaches the southwestern line of Anne Arundel county on the big Patuxent River, and thence with the said river, and the lines of Carroll and Baltimore counties to the place of beginning as above mentioned and that the said district shall be called Howard District of Anne Arundel county. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That to aid in administering justice and providing for the peculiar wants and necessities in civil and police matters of the people of said district, there shall from time to time as occasion may require, be appointed or elected therein, as the case may be, a Register of Wills, a Sheriff and a Clerk of the Court, to be established therein, which said officers shall have the same qualifications, hold their offices by the same tenure and be appointed or elected therein in the same manner with similar officers in the several counties of this State. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon the confirmation of this act it shall be the duty of the Executive of this State to issue writs for the election of a Sheriff by the people of said district within thirty days thereafter, who shall serve until the time of the next general election of this State, and the citizens of Anne Arundel county, now inhabitants of the fourth election district thereof and residing in the said Howard district, shall until otherwise provided by law, vote at all elections at the fifth election district of Anne Arundel county, and it is hereby declared that the people of said Howard district when established, shall vote at the fifth and sixth election districts for Anne Arundel county, as now established by law according to the Constitution of this State. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That upon the confirmation of this act, a court shall be established and styled the Court of Howard District of Anne Arundel county; that the Judges of the third judicial district of this State shall be the judges thereof, and |
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