Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-06-07
PUBLIC LOCAL LAW
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
At the January Session, 1878.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER III.
PASSED BY THE d,

AN ACT to create new election district in
Montgomery county, 10 be known as Me-
| chanicsville district, number eight, or the
eighth election district of Montgomery
county.
SECTION l. Be IL enacted By the General As
sen.Jly Of maryland, That new election dis
trict be formed and laid out in Montgomery
county, composed of portions of The first and
fifth election districts of said county, to be
known as Mechanicsyille district, number
eight, or the eighth election district of Mont
gomery county, whose metes and bounds
shall be as follows: Beginning at Browns
bridge, on the Patuxent river, and following
the county road known as the limekiln road
to itscrossing of Ashton and Colesville turn-
pike, then with the continuation of said lime
kiln road to Hollands Corner, then with the
Norwood branch of the Union turnpike to the
crossing at Holland branch, then continu-
ing with said limekiln road TO he Brookeville
and Washington turnpike, then with said
pike TO the Baltimore and Rockville road,
thence with said Baltimore and Rockville road
to the bridge crossing Rock creek, then fol-
lowing up and with the eastern branch of
Rock creek to the bridge crossing said creek
at William K. Muncaster's mill, then with
the county road leading 10 the village of
Redland to where the said road crosses the
western branch OF Rock creek, at what was
formerly known as Ricketts, ford, then follow
ing up and with said western branch of Rock
creek 10 where it crosses the road leading
from Rockville to Unity, near the farm of
Walter NJ. Talbot, then following said road
to its intersection with the road leading from
Mechanicsville 10 Laytonsvile, near The resi-
de-. ce of Fletcher R. Veitch, then following
the road leading from Laytonsville 10 Brooke
vile to the crossing OF the public road near
the Catholic church and the village Of Mount
Zion, then with said public road to Having s
river, near the residence OF Thomas D. Gather,
then down Rawlings river to Westminster
road, near Allen Bowie Davis mill, then with
the said Westminster road to the intersection
OF the road leading to Triadelphia, north of
the store Of Frederick q. Gather, then with
said road TO the bridge across the Patuxuent
river at the village of Triadelphia, then down
and with said Patuxent river to Browns
bridge, the place of beginning.
Sec. 2. And. be IL enacted, That the voting
place or polls in said district shall be held al
Mechanicsville.
SEC. 8. And be IL enacted, That the Gov
ernOr of Maryland and County Commissioners
OF Montgomery county be and they are re-
spectyely authorized and directed to appoint
peace, two constables one registration officer,
for the registration of voters, and all other
officers as they may now be authorized by
law to appoint for other election districts of
Montgomery county, and also to do whatever
else within the scope of their authority may
be necessary 10 carry out the objects of this
act.
Sec. 4. And be IL enacted, That the regis-
tralon officer for said new district shall make
out and prepare new lists of voters for said
new districts in the manner now prescribed
by law, which said new lists shall he returned
to the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for said county, and shall be used for the
first time in the November election of eighteen
hundred and seventy-eight.
SEC. 5. And be IL enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage
We do hereby certify that the aforegoing
is a correct copy of an act of the General As
semby of Maryland passed at the January
session, 1878.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk Of the House of Delegates.
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