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Edward B. Mathews "The Counties of Maryland ..." Part V, Maryland Geological Survey, (1906) VI: pp. 417-572 , Image No: 14 Enlarge and print image (38K) << PREVIOUS NEXT >> |
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Edward B. Mathews "The Counties of Maryland ..." Part V, Maryland Geological Survey, (1906) VI: pp. 417-572 , Image No: 14 Enlarge and print image (38K) << PREVIOUS NEXT >> |
| MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 431 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. |