ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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the twentieth ward be and the same are hereby changed so as to

read as follows : twentieth ward — beginning for the same at the

intersection of Hoffman street and Pennsylvania avenue and run-

ning thence northwesterly along Pennsylvania avenue to Presst-

man street; thence southwesterly and westerly along Presstman

street to Garey street; thence along Carey street northwesterly to

North avenue; thence westerly along North avenue to the line

of the twenty-first ward; thence with that line southerly to

Lorman street; thence easterly on Lorman street to Gilmor street;

thence northerly on Gilmor street to Presstman street; thence

easterly on Presstman street to Calhoun street; thence southerly

on Calhoun street to Patterson avenue; thence easterly on Pat-

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terson avenue to Fremont street; thence southeasterly on Fre-

mont street to Winchester street; thence westerly on Winchester

street to Stricker street; thence southerly on Stricker street to

Mosher street; thence easterly on Mosher street to Calhoun street;

thence southerly on Calhoun street to LaFayette avenue; thence

westerly on LaFayette avenue to Gilmor street; thence southerly

on Gilmor street to Harlem avenue; thence easterly on Harlem

avenue to Carrollton avenue; thence northerly on Carrollton

avenue to Lanvale street; thence easterly on Lanvale street to

Fremont street; thence southeasterly on Fremont street 'to George

street; thence easterly on George street to Myrtle avenue; thence

northwesterly on Myrtle avenue to Hoffman street; and thence

northeasterly on Hoffman street to Pennsylvania avenue at the

point of beginning.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of

the board of police commissioners of the city of Baltimore im-

mediately after the passage of this act, to divide and lay off the

said ninth, eleventh, twelfth and twentieth wards, with as much

regularity in form as possible, each precinct to contain as nearly

as practicable an equal number of qualified voters, and so that

the portion of the twentieth ward which by this act is made a

portion of the eleventh ward shall constitute one precinct of the

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eleventh ward, and shall be laid off as such, and when the said

wards shall each have been divided into nine election precincts as

aforesaid, the said board of police commissioners shall number

the nine precincts in each of said wards so divided and laid off

from one to nine inclusive.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That when the said board of

police commissioners shall have divided said wards into election

precincts as hereinbefore directed, it shall be the duty of the said

board of police commissioners to make or cause to be made, in a

proper book for that purpose, an accurate and careful description

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of the boundary lines of the said ninth, eleventh, twelfth and

twentieth wards as described in this act, and also to make an

accurate description of the boundary lines of the several precincts