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1876 Ch. 283. Additional election district, No. 7, erected from the 4th elec-
tion district as follows:

" Beginning at the crossing of St. Clements Bay Run,
by the stage road, and running thence with said stage road
towards Chaptico, until it reaches the north-east end or
corner of " Neales' Lot," on said stage road, thence by a
direct line to the head waters of Brambly Creek, thence
by the waters of the Wicomico and Potomac Rivers and
St. Clement's Bay to the beginning, including the several
islands contiguous to the last described waters..... So
much of the fourth election district as is not included
within the aforesaid lines, shall continue to be known
as the fourth election district."

1878 Ch. 423. Changes part of the dividing line between 4th and 5th election
districts to run as follows:

" That that portion of the fourth election district of St.
Mary's county lying north of a straight line starting from
a point at which the road leading from the Three Notch
road to St. Joseph Church, known as the Forest Hall road,
intersects the said Three Notch road, running thence north
eighty-eight degrees, west three and one-half miles, to the
junction of Sothoron's run with the northwest branch of
Chaptico bay, be and the same is hereby taken from said
fourth election district of said county and added to and
included in the limits of the fifth election district of said
county."

1878 Ch. 466. Additional election district No. 8, erected from part of the
2d election district.

" So much of the second election district of St. Mary's
county as lies on the northeast side of the following lines
shall be known as the " Bay " or " Eighth Election Dis-
trict "; that is to say beginning at the line of the third
election district where the same is intersected by what is
known as the " Western Branch," and running with said
branch to the head of St. Mary's river, thence with said
river to the line of the first election district; and the
voting place in said eighth election district shall be at
" Centerville."

So much of the second district as lies on the southwest
side of the aforesaid dividing line shall still continue to
be known as the second election district, and the place
of voting in said district shall be at or near the " Oak
Store."

1882 Ch. 140. Changes the lines between the 4th and 7th election districts
so

" That so much of the Fourth Election District of St.
Mary's county as is included in the following lines shall
hereafter be known as the Seventh Election District, that