Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-02-28
MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.

In the House of Delegates, on Satur-
day last, Mr., Creswell, from the COM
mttee on elections, reported the follow
ing bill, dividing the State into Congress
sional districts:
Section / BE It enacted Jy tie Gene.
raj assembly Of Maryland, That the sew
enty-ninth, eightieth, eighty-frst, eigh-
ty-second, eighty-third, eightyfourth,
eighty-ffth and eighty-sixth sections Of
the thirty-ffth article of the Code Of
Public General Laws, relating to cleo.
tons, be and they are hereby repealed
and the following substituted therefor:
10. This State shall be divided into
five districts for the choosing of five rep
resentatives in the Congress of the Uni
ted States, which shall be numbered from
one to five.
So The first Congressional district
shall be composed of Worcester county,
Somerset county, Dorchester county,
Talbot county, Caroline county, Queen
Anne's county, Kent county and Cecil
county, and shall be entitled to choose
one representative.
81. The second Congressional district
shall be composed of Hartford county,
the fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth, tenth
eleventh aud twelfth districts of Balti-
more county, and the first seven wards
of Baltimore city and shall be entitled
to choose one representative.
80. The third Congressional district
shall be composed of the wards of Balti-
more city, from the eighth to the TWEEN
tieth, inclusive; and shall be entitled to
choose one representative.
49, The fourth Congressional district
shall be composed Of Allegany county,
Washington county, Frederick county
and Carroll county; and shall be entitled
to choose one representative.
81 The fifth Congressional district
shall be composed of ST. Mary's county,
Charles county, Calvert county, Anne
Arundel county, with the city of An
napclis, Prince Georges county, Mont
gomery county, Howard county, and the
LIST, I'd, 3D., 4th, 9Th and 18th districts
of Baltimore county, and shall be enti-
tied to choose one representative.
50. The return Judges of the elections
Of Representative to Congress of the 1st,
ID, 3D., 4th, 0th and 18th districts of
Baltimore county shall make a return
separate from the return to be made by
the return judges of the remaining seven
districts; and the return judges of the
first seven wards of the city of Baltimore
shall make n return separate from the
return to be made by the judges Of the
remaining thirteen wards
A bill has passed the House, appro-
priating $1,000 for the relief of the
families Of the Massachusetts, volunteers,
who were killed or wounded in the Bal
timorc riot. on the 10Th of April last
Mr.. Davis, of this county, on Mon.
day last, presented petition Of citizens
of Brookeville, asking the prohibition oil
the sale of liquor within two miles Of
said village, which was referred to the
Montgomery delegation.
A bill was also reported by Mr.. Davis
for the relief of William Gray.
Mr.. Dunlop obtained leave for the
Montgomery county delegation to report
bill providing for an additional justice
of the peace for this county.
A bill vas also reported by Mr.. Dun.
lop, amending the school laws of this
county.
The bill imposing the direct tax OF
twenty-five cents on the hundred dollars
worth was read third time and passed
Yeas 81. Nays-Messrs. Harris of St.
Mary's, Dent, Bond, Magruder and Car
rico, 5.
The bill to provide means for the de-
Tense Of the State by raising an amount
to pay the listed States direct tax was
taken up, and after being discussed by
Messrs. Harris, Of St. Mary's, and DON
alison, was read third'time and passed.
Yeas 62, nays 5.