438                              THE COUNTIES OF MARYLAND

draught of Magaty and Potapsco Rivers untill it come to a Mountain of
White Stone rock still Continuing West to a road going to Potapsco, to
Peter Bonds to two marked Trees as afd for the end and purpose as aforesaid
thence Continuing West to the main Road to Potapsco fferry to two Marked
Pines, standing near the ready Branch written att large on the North side
of the said Trees (Baltemore County) on the South side (Ann Arundell
County) from thence with a Line Drawn west to Elk Ridge Road, to two
Marked Trees for the end and purposes aforesaid thence Continuing the same
Course of W.N.W. to Putuxent river and so up the said River to the Extent

thereof for the bounds of Baltemore county.....All that Tract of Land

lying on the North side of the said Division lines &c to be in Baltemore
County and all the Land, &c. on the South side thereof to the ancient Extent
of Ann Arundell County to be in Ann Arundell County &c."

According to this line, few points of which can now be located exactly,
this Act seems to have added somewhat to the territory of Baltimore
County at the expense of its neighbor. The notable points on this boun-
dary cannot now be determined with accuracy, but from the knowledge
available of the different settlements at the time of the passage of the act
it seems probable that the intention was to place the boundary along the
divide between the Magothy and the Patapsco rivers as far as Elk Ridge,
and thence westerly to the Patuxent in such a way as to include all of
the settlements then made. This would make the line indefinite and
would extend at that time just north of the present location of the Bal-
timore and Ohio Eailroad. Grants had just been given to large tracts
in the vicinity of Savage and Guilford, and along Warfield^ Ridge.
The settlements along the Patapsco, which reached at this time to the
vicinity of Hollofields, were apparently included within Baltimore County.
This boundary, such as it was, apparently remained the northern limit
of the county until 1726 when the General Assembly acted upon a peti-
tion similar to that of 1694, and passed on July 25 " An Act for uniting
part of Baltimore County to Anne Arundel County," which runs as
follows:                   

Whereas the several Inhabitants on the South Side of Patapsco River in
Baltemore County, have, by their humble Petition to this present General
Assembly set forth, That for many Years past, they have suffered great
Inconveniences by the Distance of their Residence from the Court-house of
their County, which is so scituate that even moderate Rains render it inac-
cessible; as thereby many Falls, as well as several Runs, which must be past,
are utterly unfordable, which constantly subjects such of them as are obliged
to attend the County-courts, to the Censure of such Court, and very often to
grievous Fines: