Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1886-05-14
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.

AN ACT to create new Election Dis =
trlct in Montgomery county, to be
known as Wheaton District, number
thirteen,or the Thirteenth Election Dis
trict Of Montgomery County, and to
designate the voting place thereof, and
to provide for the appointment of JUS
tices of the Peace, an Officer of Regis
tration Of Voters and Constables there
for; to change the name of the Fifth
Election District of said county, and to
designate the number of Justices of the
Peace and Constables therefor.
Section 1. BE it Enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly of Maryland, That new
Election District be formed and laid out in
Montgomery county, composed of portions
of the Fifth and Seventh Election Dis
tricts of said county, to be known as
Wheaton District, number thirteen, or
the Thirteenth Election District of said
county the metes and bounds Of which
shall be as follows: Beginning for the
same at the county road known as the
Lime Kiln" road where the same is
crossed by the Little North West Branch:
thence with said Lime Kiln" road to its
intersection with the Brookeville and
Washington turnpike; thence with said
turnpike to the Baltimore and Rockville
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Rockville road to the bridge crossing
Rock Creek; thence down and with said
Rock Greek until the same is crossed by
the District of Columbia and Montgom.
cry county dividing line; thence with said
dividing line in Northeasterly direction
until the same corners near the residence
of Mrs. Mary G. Blair; thence with said
dividing line in Southeasterly direction
until the same is intersected by the divid-
ing line between the counties of Prince
Georges and Montgomery; thence with
said last mentioned dividing line until the
same is crossed by the North West Branch;
thence up and with said North West
Branch 10 its confluence with the Little
North West Branch; thence up and with
the said Little North West Branch to the
place of beginning
Section 3. And be il Enacted, That the
voting place or polls in said District shall
be ut Wheaton, and the said village of
wheaton shall embrace what has hereto
fore been known as MitchelPs Cross
Roads, LeeSboro' and Wheaton Postofflce.
Section 3 And be it Enacted, That the
Governor of Maryland and the County
Commissioners Of Montgomery county be
and they are hereby respectively author.
lied and directed to appoint for said new
Election District two Justices of the
Peace,an Officer ofRegstration of Voters,
and two Constables, aud all other officers
that they may I've now authorized by law
to appoint for other Election Districts in
said county, ard also to do whatever else,
within the scope of their authority, may
be necessary to carry out the objects of
this act.
Section 4. And be it Enacted, That the
name of Berry's District, or the fifth Elec.
ton District of Montgomery county, is
hereby changed to Colesville District
number five, or the fifth Election District
of Montgomery county, and the voting
place or polls thereof shall be at Coles.
vile. .
Section 5. And be it Enacted. That
hereafter Colesville District number five.
or the fifth Election District of Mont.
gomery county, shall he entitled to two
justices of the Peace and two Constables
and no more.
Section 6, And be it Enacted, That the
voting place or polls Of Bethesda District
number eenven, or the Seventh Election
District, of Montgomery county, shall
continue To be at Bethesda
Section z. And be it Enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.