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river crosses the line of the state of Delaware, thence
running by and with said channel to bridge called
Givens' bridge, thence with a road to a place called
St. James' Chapel, thence with a line drawn due west
to the line of Parsons' or Nutters' district, at the head
of Nassawango creek, thence by and with the line of
Parsons' district to the line of the state of Delaware,
thence by and with said line to the beginning; and
Pittsburg, formerly Cross Roads, shall be the place of
voting for said district. Number five, or Parsons' dis-
trict, shall be and remain as now defined by law. —
Number six, or Dennis' district, shall embrace all the
territory south of Pittsburg district to the line of Wor-
cester and Wicomico counties, and all east of the main
branch of the Nassawango creek, and Powellsville shall
be the place of holding the elections in said district.
District number seven, or Trappe, shall be and remain
as now fixed by law, except that part which was taken
off by the dividing line of Wicomico from Somerset
county and the Trappe, shall be and remain the place
of holding the elections. District number eight, or
Nutters', shall be and remain as now fixed by law,
except that part taken off by the new county line, and
that part which was formerly Culborn's district on the
west side of Nassawango creek, which is by this act
embraced within the limits of Nutters' district. Num-
ber nine, or Saulsbury district, shall be and remain as
now fixed by law. District number ten, or Sharptown,
shall be and remain as now defined by law.
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What boundary
lines to be laid
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10. The surveyor of Wicomico county shall on or
before the first Monday in July next, proceed to lay
off and survey the boundary line dividing the districts
of Pittsburg and Dennis, beginning at Given's bridge,
on the Pocomoke river, thence running by and with
the road leading to Saint James' chapel to said point
called Saint James' chapel, thence a due west line to
the line of Parsons' district. And for a division or
line between Dennis' district and Nutters', the main
branch of the Nassawango creek shall be the boundary.
ID force and approved February 18, 1868.
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