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Baronies, &c. may be divided, or may be united.
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175. It shall and may be lawful for the grand jury of any county, by presentment, to divide any barony or half barony thereof into one or more subdivisions, each whereof shall, for the purposes of this Act, and for all purposes relating to the presenting, raising, and levying of money for any matter or thing for which presentment may be lawfully made by grand juries, be deemed and taken to be a barony or half barony, as such grand jury shall present the same; provided such barony shall contain forty-five thousand acres, but not otherwise; and it shall be lawful for any grand jury to unite any two baronies, or any barony or any portion of any barony or baronies, into one, for the purposes of this Act; provided the baronies or portions so united shall not contain more than forty thousand acres.
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