496                           THE COUNTIES OF MARYLAND

western boundary of said district to its intersection with
the Shookstown road; thence with the middle of said road
to its junction with the county road leading by the artesian
wells; thence from the said junction to the southeast
corner of Edward Kemp's dwelling-house; thence with a
straight line to the centre of the bridge over the creek at
Aubert's fording on the Rocky Spring road; thence with a
straight line to the junction of the county road leading
past Charles T. F. Howard's with the road leading to
Parson's (formerly Getzendanner's) mill; thence with said
road in its centre to the mouth of the lane leading to
Frederick and Emmittsburg turnpike; thence from the
mouth of said lane with a straight line to the boundary of
the Lewistown election district at its intersection with the
county road leading by and from D. Lunday's limekilns to
the Frederick and Emmittsburg turnpike; thence from
said intersection in a northwesterly direction with the
dividing line between Frederick election district number
two and Lewistown district number twenty to the first
mentioned place of beginning on the Catoctin mountain,
said election district to be called Tuscarora district or
election district number twenty-one."

1888 Ch. 217. Gives County Commissioners power to create new election dis-
tricts whenever in their judgement necessity arises.
1894 Ch. 78. Divides the 12th election district into two precincts, the first

coextensive with the town of Brunswick.

1896 Ch. 401. Additional election district, No. 22, erected from portions of
the 3d and 12th election districts with the following
bounds:

" Beginning on the line dividing Frederick and Washing-
ton counties, on South Mountain, at a point known as
White Rock; from thence running in a southeasterly di-
rection to the Catoctin creek, in a southerly direction to
where the Broad Run creek enters said Catoctin creek;
then up the Broad Run creek to the entrance of a branch
running from Harley's or " Boone's" pond; from thence
with said branch to where it crosses the road leading
from Burkittsville to Petersville; thence with said road
to the entrance to Gouveneur road; thence with said
Gouveneur road westwardly across the Burkittsville and
Knoxville road in a straight line to the top South Moun-
tain at the dividing line between Frederick and Washing-
ton counties; thence with said mountain and dividing line
to the place of beginning."

1898 Ch. 155. Additional election district, No. 24, erected from a portion of
the 2d election district with the following bounds:

" Beginning on the Catoctin mountain, at a point where
Jefferson district or election district No. 14 and Middle-
town district or election district No. 3 join on the bound-