552 THE COUNTIES OF MARYLAND
" Beginning at the mouth or Colbourn's creek, and run-
ning up said creek by and with the channel to the head
thereof near the residence of Aden Davis; thence in a
straight line to a lane, known as the Chapel lane; thence
by and with said lane in an eastwardly direction, to the
Crisfield branch of the New York, Philadelphia and Nor-
folk Railroad; thence by and with said railroad in a
northwardly direction to a point where the county road
leading from the " Steamboat Wharf" to Marion station
crosses said railroad at said Marion station; thence in an
eastwardly direction by and with the county road leading
from said railroad crossing to Tull's corner until the
bridge, commonly called " The Branch Bridge," is reached;
thence by and with the creek or stream crossed by said
bridge, known as " East Creek," to its mouth in the " Poco-
moke Sound."
1904 Ch. 74. Additional election district 14th, created out of part of the
9th election district so as to
"embrace, comprise and include in said Deal's Island
District No. 14 all that part or all those parts of Tangier
District No. 9 as heretofore established, commonly known
or called Deal's Island and Little Deal's Island in said
county."
1904 Ch. 161. Princess Anne or 1st election district divided into two new
election districts, 1st and 15th.
" to embrace, comprise and include all that territory
known as Precinct No. 1, that is to say, all that part of
Princess Anne Election District No. 1 lying and being
situate west of that certain line beginning where the line
of the Crisfield branch of the New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railroad crosses the southern extremity of said
Princess Anne Election District No. 1, thence running in
a northerly direction by and with said railroad to the
point where the old county road, at or near the southern
extremity of Main street in the town of Princess Anne,
intersects said railroad, thence by and with said Main
street through said town of Princess Anne and by and
with the county road extension of said main street to the
point where said county road first crosses said railroad
near the residence of George T. McClemmy, thence by and
with said railroad through the remainder and to the
northern extremity of said district; and the other of said
new districts hereby established, to be called and known
as East Princess Anne Election District No. 15, and to
embrace, comprise and include all that part of said
Princess Anne Election District No. 1 which is now known
and called Precinct No. 2 of said Princess Anne Election
District No. 1, and lying and being situate to the eastward
of the aforesaid divisional line."
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