ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Chapter 268.

AN ACT to divide the fifth election district of
Queen Anne's county into two separate elec-
tion precincts and to establish the dividing
line between them, and to provide for the reg-
istration of voters and the holding of elections
therein.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

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bly of Maryland, That the fifth election district
of Queen Anne's county be and the same is here-
by divided into two separate and distinct polling
or election precincts, to be divided and desig-
nated as follows : By a line beginning at the head
of Blunt's creek, an estuary of Chester river, and
running thence in a straight line to the head
of Dividing cove of Wye river, between the
lands of Mrs. Mary C. Bryan and the lands of
William W. Nelson, and thence with Wye river
to the extreme end of Bennett' s Point; that part
of said fifth election district lying north and
east of said line and including Wye island to be
and constitute one of said precincts, and to be
known as Queenstown, or precinct number one.
That part of said district lying south and west
of said line to be and constitute the other of said
precincts, and to be known as Winchester, or
precinct number two.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the polling place

Dividing fifth-
election dis-
trict into two
precincts and
designatlng
same.

of Queenstown precinct, or precinct number one,
shall be at Queenstown, and the polling place of
Winchester precinct, or precinct number two,
shall be at Winchester.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the

Polling places

circuit court for Queen Anne's county shall
forthwith furnish two proper books of registra-
tion, one for each of said precincts, such as may
be now required by law, to be delivered to the
register of said fifth election district; and the
said clerk shall also at the same time deliver to
said register a poll-list, under the seal of his
office, of all registered voters or persons appear-
ing on the registration book of said district, and
the said register shall thereupon transcribe from
said list and enter, in alphabetical order, in said
registration book for election precinct number

Clerk of court
to furnish
books and de-
liver poll-list
to register.