The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-08-01

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ithr housr nr I;rnanhurv R,wlinus J,coh
RrvnolLs dill not sirn the rpturn made
by fine other commissioners nroh,hIv
for the reason that he did NOT oprna with
them nbou, the place of holding the elect.
ion in the fourth district. which soon
oftar was ,.honred tn th. vilI,wn nf Ri.-
ing sun. These districts remained in
tact until 1880. when Josrpb Rrvon Ell
ward Wilson. William NInckry. Horny
{. Chambrrlaire, Thomas :. Thomas.
George Kidd and Patrick Ewinp wore
annotated by an act of the Ierislatur.
to law off the comfy into spv,n districts
This change was made. in Difference 70
the wishes of the propia in regard to the
selection of County commissioners
BY the act of 1917 FIVE Dersons ware to
be aunoiuted by thp ryncutivn s+vlnd
"Commis>ionp of the tax." who we're
to levy the tax and do .u,b other hnsi-
ness grl.rrnllv rs had nrpvinrsly boon
transacted by the Jnstfrrs' Cnurt when
sitting rs Il Levy Court. but in 1897 This
law was rrpralrd. and if was rpnctnt
that five commissioners >hould no rlrrtnl
by thr raon,a. One NJ thnsn rnm,ni.,
Sunprs was to he chosen from each dis
trict nv the voters of thr district exrent
the second, from which two wore to he
chosen. This law did NOT work sotis-
fatorily for obvious reasons. and thn
| LEGISLATURE sought to ahridgn the powcr
of the second district by the net of 1900
which provided that the commissioners
should be elected by the proplr of thr
whole county hut made no change in
the number. and still required two Of
them to be- taken from fine second district
The Commissioners appointrd hv th.
get Of 1879 met at the Court House early
in April. 1896. and n,po;rtrI Thomas
Richards in place Of Patrick Ewing. who
refused to serve. and on the o1,t of limo
1897. completed their work, having lni
off the county into districts. nearly rs
they are at present. rXrrpt that thr
eighth district was formed ont of pnrtS
of the sixth and seventh nv an act of the
Legislature in 1852. and the ninth in the
same manner in 1906. ont Of parts of the
foHlth' fifth and sixth districts. II is
worthy of remark that ONLY four of the
commissioners signed the report, which
Indicates that the others did not nrre.
with them.
In 1879 the LEGISLATURE apnoiutni Inc
Steel. stephen Boyd. WASHINGTON Hall
Levi II. Evans. ami Samuel Irwin. Com
miS>ionrrS to locate the boundary line
between Cecil and Hartford COMMITTEES
They finished their work in lS32. Their
report shows that they began at the
State line. at Il rock called Long Rock,
in the middle of the SuSuuehanna River,
in which they inserted nm iron holt
marking the rock with the Initials of tb.
Two counties and 90; tinurI the line
Southwarlly by various islands and rocks
in the river until they reached Il lurrn
Hat rock. at the lower part of WatSon's
island. which they marked with "A ring
and bolt and the letters II and &.
1t is stated in "A history of MARYLAND
and Delaware. published in Philadrl-
phia, by Joseph Scott. III 1907. that at
shat tim" there were tifty-thrrr griSt and
merchant mills in this county. and th.i
Cecil Furnace. on Prircipiu Creek. WAS
II successful orrratiu4. and cIunnH.
equal to any manufactured in the United
States. were made There. There wrr.
in addition to these Il forge nt North
East. one ON the Ortursro. and one on
the Big E,ik several rolling and Sitting
mills on the Elk Creeks and Il nail fac
tory ut Marley. There were also frtv
SAW mills, four fulling mills, and two
oil mills in the County. Eniou was lie
>crhrd rs "onr Of thu. greatest wheat
markets in America. 9Ju.NUN bushels be-
iHg sold in u year" This quantity may
nov seem too small to have warranted
this assertion. but ut this time the fertile
fields of the Western States were an nm
explored Wilderness, and n great drol Of
the wheat pro 1uccH in Lancaster County
WAS sold in Elktou. AMI to the millrrs
along The Elk Creeks. who rouu1 q mar
Ert for their -four in philadclpbin.
Strange ~ il may Euw seem, tn, u>.rr-
tiuu WAS probably quite true. II i STATED
in SCOTS History that t,ll;ton contained
ore hundred and twenty dwellings. and
that about Il thousand castor and wonl
hats were made ;h,,rc annually. And that
tharlrstnwu cortaiurl fortv-iyr dwell
ingS and two hundred and fftv iuh,hit-
ants. ANA the two stores there sold nm
nuHlly $1,000 worth of goods and tbot
there was market house in Charles
town. in which markets were held twice
a week. ANA that six vessels Soiln, from
that town weekly. The cabinet making