The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-12
Friday, June 18th, 1914
Public Local Laws
CHAPTER 175.
published by authority

CHAPTER 175.
A N ACT to change the boundaries of
Riverdale District in Prince Georges
County and to provide for the proper
registration of the legal and qualified
voters thereby affected.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland, That
the boundaries of Riverdale Election
District (No. 19) in Prince Georges
County, Maryland, be, and the same
are hereby changed so that the bound
aries of said District shall be within
the following metes and bounds, and
practically by the following courses,
that is to say: Beginning at point
on the Washington and B Altimore Boule
ward, now known as State Road No. l,
said point being the southwest corner
of Riverdale where it joins the town Of
Evansville, thence with the corporate
limits of Hyattsville easterly to the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks,
thence southeasterly to gate on the
property of Charles A. Machem- near
the gravel hill on the Edmonston Road,
thence southerly with the said Edmon-
sion Road to the southwest corner of said
Machem's property, thence with the
southern and eastern boundary lines of
said Machem's property easternly to
lntersect the southern boundary line
of the property owned by Ringgold w.
Browning, Trustee now known as Mel
rose; thence with the southern and east
ern boundary lines of SAID Browning's
property to the northeast corner of Said
property: thence easterly to the south
east corner of Thomas Pickford's pro-
perry, thence northerly with the east
ern boundary of said Pickfords prop
erty to the southeast corner of Henry
nj Presley's property, thence norther-
y with the eastern boundary of said
Pressley's property to the Good Luck
Road, thence westerly with said Good
Luck Road to the Edmonston Road, the
nee northerly with the Edmonston Road
to College Park Road thence westerly
with said College Park Road to the
Baltimore and Washington Boulevard,
Estate Road No y, thence northerly
with said Boulevard to the County
Road running through the Maryland
Agricultural College properly, thence
westerly with said County road to where
it intersects with the Coiesville Road,
thence southerly with the Colesyille
Road to the New Cut Road. thence
southwesterly with the New Cut Road
to the northern boundary of the corpor-
ate limits of the town of Hyattsvllle,
thence with the said northern bound
airy of the town Of Hyattsville, to~the
BaltimH and Washington Boulevard
Estate Road No. y and thence southerly
with said Boulevard to the place Of be-
ginning.
SECTION 2. And be it enacted That
the polling place OF said Riverdale
District (or district No. 19) shall be at
Rlverdale, at some place to be Sc
lected and designated by the Super
vlsors of Election for Prince Georges
County.
SECTION 3 And be it enacted, That
!or the purpose of correcting the reg
1strles of voters for Evansville and
hiVtrdale district, it is hereby made
the duty of the Supervisors of Election
or Prince Georges County to direct
taelr Clerk 10 ascribe from the reg
lstrles of HyattsVille District and in
scribe IN the registries of Riverdale
district the names of all registered
voters living and residing thin the
new territory by this Act created and
established in the said Riverdale Dis
trlct; and when said Clerk to said
Supervisors shall have so erased from
the reglstries Of Hyattsville District and
Inscribed in the registres of Riverdale
District the names of the voters who
are entitled to registration only in the
sald hlVerdale District, in all cases Of
erasure the said Clerk shall draw
line IN red ink through the names thus
erased or transferred, and under the
headlng remarks" on said registries
OF HYattsvilie District shall enter the
words transferred by formation of
new district. For his services in
eraslng said names from the registries
oi hlVerdale District the said Clerk
snail receive the sum of ten dollars, to
oe PAID Dy the County Commissioners
oi frlnce Georges county, on the certi-
ncate and order of the said Superyi-
sors of Election.
SKoTIoN 4. And be it enacted, That
the supervisors of Election shall pub
lisn IN some newspaper of general cir
cuia'lon in Prince Georges County at
least TWO weeks before the first session
OF the registration of voters of Prince
georges County list of all names
erased from the Hyattsvile District
registries and inscribed in the regis
tries of Riverdale District, so that any
person whose name has been improper
~ erased from the registries of Hyatts-
'iiie district and inscribed in the re-
glstrles of Riverdale District may have
ample opportunity to apper before the
registers of votsrs at their sessions and
nave the proper corrections made
SECTToN 5. And be it enacted, That
the Governor of the State of MARYLAND
and the County Commissioners of
Prince Georges County are authorized
and empowered, respectfully, to make
appointments of justices of the peace
and constables for said Riverdale
District as are now authorized by law for
the other election District of Prince
Georges County.
SECTION 6. And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the date
OF its passage
Approved March 80, 1914.
P. L. GOLDSBOROUGH,
Governor
JAMES Nice. Triple,
Speaker of the House of DELEGATES
JESSE D. PRICE,
President of the Senate.
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House