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MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 571
territory east of line in the said forty-first Section of this
Act mentioned, beginning at the Pocomoke River at the
mouth of Oarey's Creek, and thence running by and with
said creek to Mason's Mills, thence by and with the county
road from Mason's Mills to a place known by the name of
the " Sheep House," and from thence in a direct line by
survey to the line of the State of Virginia.
That so much of the territory and boundaries of the
said Election Districts of Worcester County, shall con-
form to the present boundaries of said Election Districts
in such respects as are not altered and changed by the
formation and erection of Wicomico County and the spe-
cial provisions of this Act.
That all that portion of the District heretofore known
as Election District number eight, or Nutter's, remaining
within the limits and boundaries of Worcester County since
the formation of Wicomico County, shall be included in
the territory and boundaries of the District known as
Adkisson's Election District number seven, except such
portion of said District number eight, lying on the east
- side of the road leading from the furnace known as the
Furnace Road, from Salisbury to Snow Hill, which shall
be included in Colbourn's, Election District number six,
and all the remaining portion and territory of Colbourn's,
Election District No. 6, so far as the same remains within
the limits of Worcester County, be and the same is hereby
established by law as Colbourn's, Election District number
eight."
1872 Ch. 111. Changes line between 1st and 8th election districts as follows:
" Beginning on the Pocomoke River at Cottingham
Ferry, and running by and with the county road leading
from said Ferry, to the county road leading from Snow
Hill to Newtown, by way of Davis' Cross Road, thence by
and with the county road to a place known by the name
of " Sheep House," and tnence in a direct course by sur-
vey to the line of the State of Virginia."
1872 Ch. 362. Divides county into 8 election districts. There are no changes
in Snow Hill, No. 2; Berlin, No. 3; Newark, No. 4; Col-
bourne's No. 5; and Atkinson's No. 7 except as modified
by the separation of Wicomico County in 1867. The
bounds of the 1st and 8th election districts are changed
to run as follows:
" Commencing at the Pocomoke River, at Cottingham's
Ferry, and running by and with the county road leading
from said ferry, to the county road leading from Snow
Hill to Newtown, by way of Davts' Cross Roads; thence by
and wfth the county road to a place by the name of the
" Sheep House," and thence in a direct course by survey
to the line of the State of Virginia; all of the territory
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