The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-20
CHAPTER Il

AN ACT to lay out and estab lish a new
Election district in Prince Georges
county, ont of portions of district No.
). or Marlboro Election district, and
Election district No. 6, or Spaldings
Election district, to be called Election
district No. IS, or 'Mellwood District"
SECTION 1. Be i! enacted By tie General
assembly Of Maryland, That new Election
district be laid out and established ourof
portions of Election district No. ). or
Marlboro Election district, and Election
district No. 6, or Spaldings Election
district, Of Prince Georges county, the
said new district to be known and called
by the name of Election district No. IS,
or Mellwood district.
Sec. 2. And be it Enacted, That the
boundaries of said Election district n ).
IS, or Mellwood district, shall be rs fol-
lows: Beginning at a point on the road
leading from Upper Marlboro to Groom
where the corporate limits CT Upper
the Rectory of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in Upper Marlboro and running
with said road until it reaches the
boundary line of Nottingham district, or
Election district No. 4, thence with the
present line separating Election district
No. 3, or Marlboro district from Elec-
ton No. a, or Nottingham district, thence
with the boundary line separating Elec-
ton district No. 3, or Marlboro district
from Election district No. II, or Brandy
wine district, to the line separating said
district No. 9, or Surratts district, them (
with the line separating the two last
mentioned districts, to Spaldings district
line, near the storehouse of EEos r.
Humphrey, thence with the road from
Washington TO Marlboro, formerly
turnpike, to point on said road where
a road turns off leading to Camp Springs,
said point Seing little west of The pre-
sent residence OF George w. Richardson,
thence in straight line northwardly to
y. B. San sbury's store, thence with the
public road in front of said store, which
leads from Forestville to William H.
Shuler's residence, leaving said store in
SpaldingS district eastwardiy, to the
Marlboro district line at the intersection
of the last mentioned road and the
road which leads to the County Aims
House, thence with the line separatiI G
Marlboro and Spaldings districts to the
line of Election district No. IS, or Kent
district. thence with the line separ-
ating Marlboro and Kent districts
to road which interseCts said
line at point between the farms of the
heirs of the late William Bowie and
Corydore Covile, thence with said road
through the farm of jain +. McGregor
past the farms of Elisha E. Berry, John
H. Traband and others, until it reaches
the bridge on the road from Marlboro
to Washington near the residence #
George c. Merrick, thence with corpor-
ate limits Of Upper Marlboro, first in a
westwardly and then in southernly
direction to the beginning, leaving all of
the Town of Upper Marlboro in the
Third, or Marlboro Election district,
Sec. ;. And be it Enacted, That the
.,iacr ut holding election in said Election
district No. IS, or Mellwood district, shall
BE- at or near the point on the roa lead
ing trom Marlboro TO Washington, where
there was formerly a toli-gate and which
is com nonly called "Me,lwool."
SEC. 4. And be il Enacted, That the
County Commissioners and Election
Supervisors of Prince Georges county
are hereby directed to make all
Necessary provisions fof voting III SAID
Election district NJ. IS. or "Mellwood
district DIS they are now required by
law for other Election districts lii SAID
county.
Sec. 5. And be it Enacted, That there
shall be Il new general registration OF
all the legal voters i'll said Election DIS
trict No. IS, or "Mellwooi district i'll
the same way and under the same rules
and provisions i'll all respects as provid-
ed by Chapter POP of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland passed
at the Session OF 1896, for the general re-
gistratlon of voters in the Counties of the
State.
Sec. 6. And be it Enacted, That the
Governor OF the State of Maryland and
the County Commissioners of Prince
GEORGES dOunty are herebv authorized
and empowered to- make the same ap-
poinlments of Justices of the Peace, con-
stables an other officers, for said Elec=
ton district No. Is, or ''Mellw ,ol dis
trlct, as are now made for the other
Election districts of Prince Georges
county.
Sec. !. And be it Enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date Of its
passage,
Approved, April 3D. 1898.
LLOYD LOWNDES, Governor.
JOHN WRIT RANDALL.
President of the Senate.
LOUIS SCHAEFER,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary Of the Senate.
Hereby Certify, That the aforegoing
is a true copy of an Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland. passed at the
January Session, 1898.
MARTIN NJ. HIGGINS.
Secretary of the Senate.
May -, ISeS-5w
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