The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-13
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AN ACT to lay out and establish new
Election district in Prince Georges
county, out 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 Wildwood District"
SECTION I. Be it enacted BY tie General
.5ssswbLv eff Maryland, That new Election
district be laid out and established out of
portions of Election district No. ), or
Marlboro Election district. and Election
district No. s, 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. Thlt the
boundaries of said Election district No.
IS, or Mellwood district, shall be as fol-
lows: Beginning at a point on the road
leading from Upper Marlboro to Groom
where the corporate limits of Upper
Marlboro cross said road, it being near
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. ;, or Marlboro district from Elec
with the boundary line separating Elec-
ton district No ;, or Marlboro district
from Election district No. IT, or Brandy
wine district, to the line separating said
Election district NJ. 5, from Ell ctlon
district No. 9, or SurrattS district, thence
with the line separating the two last
mentioned districts, to Spaldings district
line, near the storehouse of Enos +.
Humphrey, thence with the road from
Washington to Marlboro. formerly d
turnpike, to a point on said road wh,r-
a road turns off leading to Camp Springs,
said point Icing little west of the pre-
sent residence of George w. Richardson,
thence i'll a strhight line northwardly to
a. b. San Sburv 5 store, thence with the
public road in front of said store, which
leads from Forestville to William I'll,
Shuler's residence, leaving said store i'll
Spaldings district eaStwardiy, To the
Marlboro district line at the intersection
of the last mentioned roll ana the
road which leads to the County Aims
House, thence with the line separating
Marlboro and SpaldiE :, dI ,tfict, to the
line of Election district NJ. Is, or Kent
district. thence with the line scpar-
ating Marlboro and Kent districts
to road which nterSeCts saiG
line at 4 point between the farms of the
heirs of the late William !. Bowie and
Corydorc Coville, thence with said road
through the farm of Iahn +. McGresor
past the farms of Elisha Z. Berry, John
H. Traband and others, until it reaches
the bridge on the road from Marlboro
to Washington near the residence :. /
George &. Mcrrick, thence with Corpor
ate limits of Upper Marlboro , first il Il
westwlrdly and then il Il southtrnlv
direction to the beginning, leaving all OF
the Town of Upper Marlboro in the
Third, or Marlboro Election district.
Sec. 5. And be it Enacted, That the
place OF holding election i'll said Election
district No. IS, or Mclwood district, shall
b at or near the point on the roa lead
ing from Marlboro To Washin%t ION where
there was formerly Il tuligatc and which
is commonly called "Me!lw DOL"
Sec. !. And be it Enacted, That the
County Commissioners and Election
Supervisors of Prince Georges CoInty
are hereby directed to make all
necessary provisions for voting IL sad
Election district No. IS, OF "Mellwood'
district DIS they are now required by
law for other Election districts in said
county.
Sec. 5 And be it Enacted, That there
shall be Il new general registration OF
all the legal voters in sale Elt CtioH dis
lTlCl NO. ), Oh NlcilN opi HIStIlll, III
the same way and under the same rules
and provisions in 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-
gistration of voters in the counties of the
State.
Sec. s. And be it Enacted, That the
Governor of the State of Maryland and
the County Commissioners of Prince
Georges dounty are hereby authorized
and empowered to make the same ar-
pointments of Justices of the Peace, coz
stables an other officers, for said EleC
ton district No. IS, or "AlellWood dis
tlict,' as are now made for the other