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the month of Rock Creek to the east side of Seth Hyatt's plantation and
thence to Patuxent Eiver. The southern end of the line from Takoma
to the mouth was set aside by the erection of the District of Columbia in
1791, when this portion of the county was ceded to the Federal Govern-
ment. One line which may be regarded as individual to the history
of Montgomery County, that established at its erection, has remained
unchanged to the present day.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTION DISTRICTS.

1798  Ch. 115. County divided into 5 election districts.

1799  Ch. 48. Confirms Acts of 1798 Ch. 115.

1799 Ch. 50. Commission appointed to divide county into 5 election dis-
tricts.

1805 Ch. 83. Changes polling place of 4th election district to Coalsville.

1805 Ch. 97. Confirms Acts of 1805 Ch. 83.

1809 Ch. 110. Polling place of 1st election district to be selected by Com-
mission.

1821 Ch. 223. Commission appointed to lay off the 5th election district and
to select election places.

1833 Ch. 217. Changes line between 1st and 5th election districts to run as
follows:

" Beginning at the mouth of Hawling's river, and run-
ning up the same to the mouth of Stoney Branch, thence
up the southermost fork of said branch to the source
thereof, near Centreville, and on a farm now belonging
to William Birdsall, then with a straight line to the
mouth of Beale's Branch, and then with a straight line
to the ford of Rock creek, called and known by the name
of Rickett's Ford."

1843 Ch. 27. Polling place of 4th election district to be at the Court House.

1868 Ch. 466. Commission appointed to run and mark the Prince George's
County line.

1870 Ch. 471. Relates to the running of the Prince George's County line.

1872 Ch. 226. Authorizes additional payments on Prince George's county
line.

1876 Ch. 143. Authorizes a referendum on dividing the county into 12
election districts with polling places defined by this Act.
[Apparently not carried.]

1878 Ch. 22. Additional election district, No. 6, created with the following
bounds:

" Beginning at the crossing of Little Seneca creek by the
County road leading from Gaithersburg to Barnesville, and
running down and with said Little Seneca creek until it
empties into Great Seneca creek, then down and with said
Great Seneca creek until it empties into the Potomac river,