CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS
veyor for the counties, and the city of
Baltimore respectively, whose duties and
compensation shall be the same as are
now prescribed by law for the county
and city Surveyors respectively, or as
may hereafter be prescribed by law. The
term of office of said county and city
Surveyors respectively, shall commence
on the first Monday of January next
succeeding their election. And vacancies
in said office of Surveyors, by death,
resignation, or removal from their re-
spective counties or city, shall be filled
by the Commissioners of the counties,
or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
respectively.
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Sec. 11. The qualified voters of Wor-
cester county shall, at the first election
of delegates after the adoption of this
Constitution, and every two years there-
after, elect a Wreck-Master for the said
county, whose duties and compensation
shall be the same as are now prescribed
or may be hereafter prescribed by law.
The term of office of said Wreck -Master
shall commence on the first Monday of
January next succeeding his election;
and a vacancy in said office, by death,
resignation, or removal from the county,
shall be filled by the county commis-
sioners of said county, for the residue of
the term thus made vacant.
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ARTICLE VIII.
NEW COUNTIES.
Section 1. That part of Anne Arundel
county called Howard District, is hereby
erected into a new county, to be called
Howard county, the inhabitants whereof
shall have, hold and enjoy all such
rights and privileges as are held and en-
joyed by the inhabitants of the other
counties in this State; and its civil and
municipal officers, at the time of the rati-
fication of this Constitution, shall con-
tinue in office until their successors shall
have been elected or appointed, and
shall have qualified as such; and all
rights, powers and obligations incident
to Howard District of Anne Arundel
county shall attach to Howard county.
Sec. 2. When that part of Allegany
county, lying south and west of a line
beginning at the summit of Big Back
Bone or Savage Mountain, where that
mountain is crossed by Mason and
Dixon's line, and running thence by a
straight line, to the middle of Savage
river where it empties into the Potomac
river, thence by a straight line, to the
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nearest point or boundary of the State of
Virginia; then with said boundary to
the Fairfax stone, shall contain a popu-
lation of ten thousand, and the majority
of electors thereof shall desire to sepa-
rate and form a new county, and make
known their desire by petition to the
Legislature, the Legislature shall direct
at the next succeeding election, that the
Judges shall open a book at each Elec-
tion district in said part of Allegany
county, and have recorded therein the
vote of each elector "For or Against" a
new county. In case the majority are in
favor, then said part of Allegany county
to be declared an independent county,
and the inhabitants whereof shall have,
and enjoy all such rights and privileges
as are held and enjoyed by the inhab-
itants of the other counties in this State.
Provided, that the whole representation
in the General Assembly of the county,
when divided, shall not exceed the pres-
ent delegation of Allegany county, al-
lowed under this Constitution until after
the next census.
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