CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		counties, respectively, shall be required; nor
		shall the lines of any county nor of Balti-
		more City be changed without the consent
		of a majority of the legal voters residing
		within the district, which under said pro-
		posed change, would form a part of a
		county or of Baltimore City different from
		that to which it belonged prior to said
		change; and no new county shall contain
		less than four hundred square miles, nor
		less than ten thousand white inhabitants;
		nor shall any change be made in the limits
		of any county, whereby the population of
		said county would be reduced to less than
		ten thousand white inhabitants, or its ter-
		ritory reduced to less than four hundred
		square miles.
		Sec. 2. At the election to be held for
		the adoption, or rejection of this Constitu-
		tion, in each Election District, in those
		parts of Worcester and Somerset Counties,
		comprised within the following limits, viz:
		Beginning at the point, where Mason and
		Dixon's line crosses the channel of Poco-
		moke River, thence following said line to
		the channel of the Nanticoke River, thence
		with the channel of said river to Tangier
		Sound, or the intersection of Nanticoke and
		Wicomico Rivers, thence up the channel of
		the Wicomico River to the mouth of
		Wicomico Creek, thence with the channel
		of said creek and Passerdyke Creek to Da-
		shield's or Disharoon's Mills, thence with
		the mill-pond of said mills and Branch
		following the middle prong of said Branch,
		to Meadow Bridge, on the road, dividing the
		Counties of Somerset and Worcester, near
		the southwest corner of the farm of William
		P. Morris, thence due east to the Pocomoke
		River, thence with the channel of said river
		to the beginning, the Judges of election, in
		each of said Districts, shall receive the
		ballots of each elector, voting at said elec-
		tion, who has resided for six months, .pre-
		ceding said election within said limits, for
		or against a new county; and the Return
		Judges of said Election Districts shall certify
		the result of such voting, in the manner,
		now prescribed by Law, to the Governor,
		who shall by Proclamation make known
		the same; and if a majority of the legal
		votes, cast within that part of Worcester
		County, contained within said lines, and also
		a majority of the legal votes cast within
		that part of Somerset County, contained
		within said lines, shall be in favor of a new
		county, then said parts of Worcester and
		Somerset Counties shall become and con-
		stitute a new county, to be called Wi-

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