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ALLEGANY COUNTY ELECTION DISTRICTS.

1798  Ch. 115. County divided into 6 election districts.

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

1799 Ch. 50. Commission appointed to divide county into 6 election dis-
tricts.

1801 Ch. 59. Commission appointed to make changes who report to County
Clerk.

1805 Ch. 97. Polling place of 2d election district changed from Simpkins
to Selbysport.

1814 Ch. 34. Polling place of 4th election district changed.

1816  Ch. 32. Increases election districts from 6 to 8.

1817  Ch. 14. Confirms Acts of 1816 Ch. 32.

1817 Ch. 15. Commission appointed to divide into 8 election districts and
to report to County Clerk.

1821 Ch. 133. Line between 1st and 4th election districts changed to be as
follows:

" Commencing at some point on Savage River above the
present settlement; thence crossing the back bone, above
the mouth of Crabb Tree Run; thence crossing the state
road about a mile above George Smar's, and to the north
branch of Potomac, at or near the mouth of Laurel Run."

1824  Ch. 67. County divided into 9 districts the additional district coming

off the 7th and 8th. No change in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The
new election places to be Oldtown, Isaac Osmun's near
Fifteen Mile Creek and Walter Slicer's Tavern.

1825  Ch. 16. Confirms Acts of 1824 Ch. 67.

1832  Ch. 252. Commission appointed to review districts, to make alterations

and to report to County Court.

1833  Ch. 8. Confirms Acts of 1832 Ch. 252.

1835  Ch. 44. Commission appointed to subdivide district No. 1 and to erect

new district.

1836  Ch. 160. Supplementary act authorizing the commission to select a

place of election in district No. 10 and to report to County
Clerk.

1837  Ch. 39. Line between 4th and 5th election districts changed to

" run from the head of Jackson's Run, near the top of
Dan's Mountain to the mouth thereof, thence with
George's Creek to the mouth of Ayer's Run, thence with
said last mentioned run to the head thereof, on Savage
Mountain.

1837 Ch. 183. Commission appointed to revise and alter the divisional lines
between election districts No. 1 and No. 10, to change the
place of holding the elections, and to report to Allegany
County Court. Repealed by Acts of 1839 Ch. 1. Re-enacted
by Acts of 1840 Ch. 102.

1839 Ch. 1. Repeals Acts of 1837 Ch. 183 and revives Acts of 1835 Ch. 44.