WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 367
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CHAPTER 228.
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AN ACT to create a new election district in Mont-
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gomery county, to be known as Great Falls Dis-
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trict, number ten, or the tenth election district of
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Montgomery county.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That a new election district be
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formed and laid out in Montgomery county, com-
posed of a portion of the fourth election district of
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New election
district
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said county, to be known as Great Falls District,
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number ten, or the tenth election district of Mont-
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gomery county, the metes and bounds of which shall
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be as follows :
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Beginning at the mouth of Cabin John creek,
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thence up and with said Cabin John creek to the
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mouth of Thomas' run, thence up and with said
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Thomas' run until the same is crossed by the Oren-
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dorff mill road, thence with a straight line to where
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Metes and
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Piney branch is crossed by the public road near the
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bounds.
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residence of Mrs. Upton "West, thence down and
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with said Piney branch until it empties into "Watts'
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branch, thence down and with said Watts' branch
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until it empties into the Potomac river, thence down
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and with said Potomac river to the place of begin-
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ning.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the voting place
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Polls — where
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or polls in said district shall be held at Offutt's cross
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held.
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roads.
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SEC. 3. And le it enacted, That the Governor of
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Maryland and the County Commissioners of Mont-
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gomery county be and they are hereby authorized
and directed to appoint for said new district, in the
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month of January, in the year eighteen hundred
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and eighty-ones two justices of the peace, two con-
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Appoint jus-
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stables, one registration officer for the registration
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tices, &c.
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of voters, and all other officers as they may now be
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authorized by law to appoint for other election dis-
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tricts in Montgomery county, and also to do what-
ever else, within the scope of their authority, as may
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be necessary to carry out the object of this act.
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