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when all of that territory lying to the north and east of the Patapsco
River was set aside for the new county. The exact limits between the
two jurisdictions were not evident in the records until 1674 when a
proclamation¹³ was issued stating that the southern bounds of Baltimore
County should be " the south side of Patapsco river, and from the high-
est plantations on that side of the river, due south two miles into the
woods."

The settlements along the Patapsco River prospered and the inhabi-
tants finding it inconvenient to transact their business at old Baltimore
on Bush River petitioned that the territory on the south side of the
Patapsco River be added to Anne Arundel County, but their petition on
October 3 was disallowed by the Assembly. The record of this transac-
tion is as follows:

" Post Meridiem. Petition of the Inhabitants of the South Side of Patapscoe
River being Returned to this Board with the vote of the house thereon, the
Board doe Concurr therewith, The said Vote Runes in these words, Vizt.
By the Assembly October 3d 1694. The within petition Read & Considered.
Voted whether the South Side of potapscoe River be added to the County of
Ann Arrundell or Remaine still as it is, Carried by the Majority of Votes to
remaine still as it is. Cleborne Lomax Clk Assembly. (Assembly Proceed-
ings, Sept. 20-Oct. 18, 1694. Md. Arch., 19: 69.)

In 1696 commissioners, however, were appointed to establish the
boundary between the two counties. They presented their report to the
succeeding legislature which, on April 3d of that year, passed Chapter 13
of the Acts of 1698, adopting a line described as follows:

" beginning att three marked Trees, viz. a white Oak, a red Oak, and a
chesnutt tree, standing about a mile and a quarter to the Southward of
Bodkin Creek on the West side of Chesapeak bay; the marked red Oak on the
right hand for Balteniore County, the Chesnutt tree on the left hand for Ann
Arundel, the white Oak in the middle they standing near a Marsh and a pond
and running thence "West until it Cross the Road from the Mountains of the
mouth of Magatty River, to Richd Beards Mill; then Continueing "Westward,
with the said Road to William Hawkins Path, to two marked Trees the one
for Ann Arundell County the other for Baltemore County, thence Continueing
along the said road to Jon Locketts path to Two Trees for the end and pur-
pose aforesaid then leaving the road by a Line drawn west to William Slades
path, to two marked Trees as aforesd; thence continuing West between the

¹³ Proclamation of June 6, 1674.