WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 306.

AN ACT to lay out and establish a new election

district in Somerset county, out of Tangier dis-

trict number nine, and Dames Quarter district

number two, to be called Dames Quarter district

number eleven, and providing that district num-

ber two, known as Dames Quarter district, shall

be known and called Saint Peter's district num-

ber two.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That a new election district be

laid out and established out of Tangier district

number nine, and Dames Quarter district number

two, to be known and called Dames Quarter district

New election

district.

number eleven, and that district number two, here-

tofore known and called Dames Quarter district,

shall hereafter be known and called Saint Peter's

district number two.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said new district

shall be bounded and described as follows : on the

north by the head of Tangier sound and Monie bay ;

on the east by a creek commonly known as Pigeon

House creek, to its head; and thence by and with a

ditch leading from the head of said creek to the

Bounds of new

county road, to the east of Henry Jones' residence;

district.

and thence in a straight line south to the channel

of the Monokin river; thence with said channel of

said river to the mouth of Fishing creek; thence

north in a straight line to the mouth of a creek

called Rock creek in the Tangier sound.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the place of

holding elections in said Dames Quarter district

hereby created shall be at the store house now be-

Place for hold

longing to William F. Dashiell, near the county

ing election.

road leading from Princess Anne to Deal's Island ;

and the place for holding elections in Tangier dis-

trict shall be at the store house where Jones now

keeps store and resides on Deal's Island.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the Governor

shall appoint one justice of the peace and registra-
tion officers required by law for said Dames Quarter

Appoint offi-

cers.

district hereby created, and for said Tangier and

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