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the county of their respective townships, and hold their general elections in the town of Butler, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECT. XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act, that part of CamA certain part bria county, beginning at the line between the counties of HunCounty made tingdon and Cambria, on the summit of the Allegheny mounan election dis- tain, at Blair's Gap, thence along the state road to the town of trict, and place Munster, thence along the road known by the name of Gal

of Cambria

of elections.

A certain part of Dauphin

county to be a district and

place of elec

tions.

breath's road, to the house of Henry Reugle, on the head waters of Salt-lick run, thence down said run, to the mouth, thence a direct line to the summit of the Allegheny mountain, where the Bedford road crosses the same, thence along the county line to the place of beginning, shall be an election district; and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by John Branniff.

SECT. XIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all that part of West Hanover township, in the county of Dauphin, that lies south of the road leading from the fording place at Beaver creek, past William Allens, to Early's mill, on Bow creek, from thence to Dixon's road, where it intersects the forge road, thence to Dixon's fording on Swatara creek, be, and is hereby re-annexed to the second election district, and the electors of the said district shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Jacob Greenawalt, in Hummelstown; any former law or laws to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECT. XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, East Hanover That the township of East Hanover, in the county of Dauphin, township, in shall be formed into a separate election district, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by John Harper, in the said township, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Place of elections.

SECT. XV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the county of Erie shall be divided into election districts, tricts for Erie as follows; viz. The borough of Erie and the township of

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Mill creek, shall compose district number one, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied as a court-house, in the said borough, until a court-house shall be erected, after which they shall be holden therein; the townships of Coniatue and M'Kean, shall compose district number two, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by James McGinnis, in said townships; the township of Fairview, shall compose district number three, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by William Sturgeon, in said township; the township of Springfield, shall compose district number four, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by William Porter, in

said township; the townships of Conniat and Elk creek, shall compose district number five, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Joshua Randel, in the town of Lexington; the townships of Le Bœuff and Waterford, shall compose district number six, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Jonas Clark, in the town of Waterford; the townships of Beaver dam and Harbour creek, shall compose district number seven, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Thomas Morton, in the township last mentioned; the township of Northeast, shall compose district number eight, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Andrew Lowry, in the said township; the townships of Greenfield and Venango, shall compose district number nine, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Philo Barker, in the Station; the townships of Broken Straw and Union, shall compose district number ten, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by John Taylor.

SECT. XVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Place ofelecThat from and after the passing of this act, the electors of the tions for the sixth election district composed of the township of Saltlick, in sixth electhe county of Fayette, shall hold their general elections at the in Fayette house now occupied by Benjamin Davis, near Indian Creek, in county. said township, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

tion district

SECT. XVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act the township of South-township of ampton, in the county of Franklin, shall be, and the same is Southamphereby erected into a separate election district, to be called South- ton in Frankampton district, and the electors thereof shall hold their elections lin county at the house now occupied by William Scott, Esquire, in said trict and township.

made a dis

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don county

SECT. XVIII. And be it further enacted by the au hority aforesaid, tions. That the following bounds in the county of Huntingdon, be, district erectand the same is hereby erected into a separate election district, ed in Huntingto be called the tenth district; viz. Beginning at the mouth of and place of Fox tavern run in Morris township, thence up said run to the elections. summit of Conoe Mountain, the line dividing Morris and Tyrone townships, thence along said line to the little Juniatta river, thence lown said river to the corner of Franklin and West townships, thence along the line dividing said townships opposite to the head of Nelson's run, thence down said run to the mouth thereof, thence up Shavers to where the road crosses, leading from McCormack's mill to Huntingdon, thence along said road to the line of Huntingdon township, thence along the line dividing the townships of Huntingdon and West, and to continue

a southerly course "across "the Juniatta, so as to include all the West side of the Warrior ridge in Huntingdon township to the road laid out from Huntingdon to Williamsburg, thence along said road to the line dividing Huntingdon and Woodberry town ships, thence along said line to the line dividing the township of Woodberry and Morris, thence along said line to the begin ning: And the electors thereof shall hold their elections at the house of Lazarus Brown M'Clean, in the town of Alexandria, any law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding

SECT. XIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the townships of Armstrong, Washington and Centre, in A separate dis trict erected in the county of Indiana, be, and the same are hereby erected Indiana coun- into a separate election district, and the electors of the townships aforesaid, shall hold their general elections at the house now o cupied by Peter Sutten, in the town of Indiana, or at such other house in said town as the commissioners of said county shall direct.

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Black-lick

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ditto made a district, &c.

SECT. XX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the township of Black-lick, in the county of Indiana, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate election district, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Patrick M'Gee, in said township.

SECT. XXI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Connemaugh That the township of Connemaugh, in the county of Indiana, township to be be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate election district, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by John Marshall, in said township.

a district, &c.

Mahoning township, to be a district, &c.

Martick

Township, in county, made

Lancaster

a district.

tions in and

SECT. XXII. And be it further enacted by the auth rits of or said, That the township of Mahoning, in the county of Indiana, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate election district, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by James Bready, senr. in said township, any law or laws to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECT XXI And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the township of Martock, in the county of Lancaster, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate election district, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house of George Hess, now occupied by Tempest Willson, in the said township, to be called the twelfth district, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECT. XXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the electors of the township of Mountjoy being the third Place of elec district, in the county of Lancaster, shall hereafter hold their annexation to, general elections at the house of Alexander Boggs, in the village the third elec of Elizabethtown, and that part of Donegal township adjoining tion district, in the line of Dauphin county, and separated from the lower part county. of Donegaltownship, byaline beginning at the river Susquehanna,

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tthe landing place late of Bartram Galbraith, deceased; and thence xtending along the road leading to Elizabeth-town to the dweling house of John Hurst, and including the same, thence along act he road leading to the house of Frederick Gram, and along the jame to the house of Michael Gross, and including the same, and thence along the said road until it intersects the Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown turnpike road, near the house of Abraham Hearnly, be, and the same is hereby annexed to the said third district, and the electors thereof shall vote with the electors of Mountjoy township, at the village aforesaid, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

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SECT. XXV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the electors of the eleventh election district of Lancaster Place of eleccounty, shall hereafter hold their general elections at the house cleventh disof John Houston, in the village of Church town, now occupied trict. by John Roberts, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

districts for Luzerne coun

SECT. XXVI. And be it further enacted by the authori y aforesaid, That the township of Orwell, in the county of Luzerne, shall New election form a separate election district, bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the fifty-second mile stone, on the North line of the ty, Orwell state, thence South twelve miles and fifty-one chains and fifty township. links to a corner, thence East eleven miles to a Hemlock tree, with stones around it marked for a corner, thence North twelve miles fifty-one chains and fifty links to the forty-first mile stone, and thence West on the line of the state eleven miles to the place of beginning, and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Josiah Grant, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECT. XXVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the township of Clifford, in the county of Luzerne, be, Clifford town and the same is hereby erected into a separate election district, ship. and the electors thereof shall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Asahel Gregory, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECT. XXVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the electors of the third election district in the county of place of eleeLycoming, shall hereafter hold their general elections at the tions for the house now occupied by James Shearer, innkeeper, in Jersy shore Lycoming village.

third district,

county.

SECT. XXIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Delmar That the township of Delmar, in the county of Lycoming, township in shall be a separate election district, and the electors thereof shall said county hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Joshua to be a new Emlen, in Wellsborough.

district.

tion in the 5th

SECT. XXX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Place of elecThat the electors of the fifth election district, of Mifflin county, district, Mif shall hereafter hold their general elections at the house now oc- flin county.

cupied by George Galbraith, inn-keeper, in the town of Wayne burg; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECT. XXXI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesai. Sixth district, That the sixth election district, of the county of Montgomery Montgomery county, &c. shall be composed of the township of Pottsgrove, lately erecte from a part of New Hanover and a part of Douglass township. in said county, and the electors thereof shall hold their gener elections as heretofore, at the house of William Lesher, in Potty town; and the electors of the remainder of the townships c Douglass and New Hanover shall hold their elections at the house of Henry Kreps, in New Hanover township aforesaid.

SECT. XXXII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. Place of elec- That from and after the passing of this act, the electors of the tion for a part of Allen town- remaining part of Allen township, in the county of Northamp ship Northton, which now hold their general elections at the house of Aampton coundam Shoener, in Hanover township, shall hold their general ety. lections at the house now occupied by Abraham Mensh, in Allen township, in said county; any law to the contrary not withstanding.

noy in North-. umberland

SECT. XXXIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Upper Maho- That the township of Upper Mahonoy in the county of Northum berland, shall form an election district, and the electors thereof county, to be a shall hold their general elections at the house of Leonard Reitz, in said township.

district.

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tions for Ma

ship.

Roxborough

SECT. XXXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the place of holding the general elections in the township of Mahonoy, in the county of Northumberland, shall be changed from the house of William Dobson to the house of Michael Emrick, deceased; and that the general elections in the eighteenth district in said county, be in future holden in the house wherein William Dale now lives.

SECT. XXXV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the township of Roxborough, in the county of Philadelphia, township, shall be, and is hereby erected into a separate election district, Philadelphia and the qualified electors residing therein, shall meet and hold a separate elec.their general elections at the Roxborough school-house, in the tion district. township aforesaid.

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lished, in Ir.

SECT. XXXVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, A new place of That the clectors of that part of Irwin township, in the county election estab- of Venango, who have hitherto held their general elections at win township, the house formerly occupied by John Andrews, in the town of Venango coun- Franklin, be, and they are hereby authorized to, and shall hold their general elections at the building in which the courts of justice are now held, or hereafter shall be held for said county.

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For Fawn

SECT. XXXVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the electors of Fawn township called the tenth election disYork county. trict, in the county of York, shall hereafter hold their general

township,

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