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As to transfer of jurisdictional control, Miller noted that the proposed boundary is the same as what has been recognized for generations. “There’s no increase or decrease in what the county has accepted as the boundary line for as long as anybody can remember,” he said.
In 1794, Virginia’s General Assembly established the town of Washington, then in 179b set aside 25
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