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1864 Ch. 60. Enacts that all that part of 10th or Straight's District, lying
south of Hooper's Straights, in Dorchester county, shall
compose one district, called 14, or Holland's Island Dis-
trict.

1872 Ch. 75. Enacts that the district called fourteen, or Holland's Island
district, formed from all that part of number ten, or
Straight's district, lying south of Hooper's Straights, in
Dorchester county, is hereby re-annexed and consolidated
into a part and portion of election district number ten, or
Straight's district.

1872 Ch. 156. 12th election 'district bounded as follows:

" Beginning at the bridge, on the main branch of the
Nanticoke river at Federalsburg, thence with the county
road that separates Dorchester from Caroline county to
Upper Hunting Creek, thence up and with said creek until
it intersects Lower Hunting Creek, thence up and with
said creek to its head or until it intersects the county road
leading from Upper Hunting Creek to Cabin Creek, thence
with said road until it intersects the manor line, thence
with said line to Washington Chapel, thence with the
aforesaid line and road that divided the lands of Nathan
Williams from Thomas A. Trice, Nicholas Wright, from
Stephen Andrews and James M. Hurlock, thence follow-
ing the plan road leading to Henry D. Wright's mill and
branch thence with said branch to the main branch of the
Nanticoke river, thence with said river to the mouth of
Mile's branch, thence with said branch to the county
road leading from Johnson's cross roads to Federalsburg,
thence with said country road to the place of beginning."

1880 Ch. 208. Changes boundary line and transfers certain territory and
population from Dorchester to Caroline county.

1880 Ch. 456. 14th or Linkwood election district established from 3d, 7th,
and 11th election districts with bounds as follows:

" Beginning at the end of the Tates Bank road where
it reaches the Great Choptank river, thence following
said road until it intersects the road leading from Cam-
bridge to Hicksburg; thence with said last named road
until it reaches Jacktown; thence following the road from
Jacktown to Bucktown, until it intersects the boundary
line between district number seven or Cambridge district,
and district number thirteen or Bucktown district, where
it crosses said road; thence with the boundary line be-
tween the two last named districts until it reaches the
Transquakin bridge beyond Airey's; then following the
Transquakin river to the mouth of Dumpling Point creek;
thence up said creek and branch to the county road at
Middletown; thence with the county road leading to Salem,
to Jones' Baptist Church; thence by the county road lead-