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ico County, and the inhabitants thereof shall thenceforth,
have and enjoy all such rights and privileges as are held and,
enjoyed by the inhabitants of the other Counties of this State.
SEC. 2. When said new County shall have been so created,
the inhabitants thereof shall cease to have any claim to or
interest in the County buildings and other public property of
every description belonging to said Counties of Somerset and
Worcester respectively, and shall be liable for their propor-
tionate shares according to the rates of the last assessment of
the then existing debts and obligations of said Counties, and
shall also pay the County taxes levied upon them at the time
of the creation of such new County, as if such new County had
not been created.
SEC. 3. At the first general election held under this Consti-
tution, the qualified voters of said new County shall be entitled
to elect a Senator and two Delegates to the General Assem-
bly, and all such County or other officers as this Constitution
may authorize or require to be elected by other counties of
the State; a notice of such election shall be given by the
Sheriffs of Worcester and Somerset Counties in the manner
now prescribed by Law; and in case said new County shall be
established as aforesaid, then the Counties of Somerset and
Worcester shall be entitled to elect but two Delegates each to
the General Assembly.
SEC. 4. The General Assembly shall pass all such laws as
may be necessary more fully to carry into effect the provi-
sions of this article.
Which was read a first time.
The Convention then resumed the consideration of the un-
finished business of yesterday, being the Report of the Com-
mittee upon the Legislative Department, the question recur-
ring upon the motion submitted by Mr. Vansant for the
previous question.
The question then being,
"Shall the previous question be now put?"
It was decided in the affirmative.
The question then recurring upon concurring in the motion
submitted by Mr. Brewer, of Montgomery, to strike out the
1st Section of the Supplementary Report,
Mr. Brewer, of Baltimore City, demanded the yeas and
nays.
Which was sustained.
The yeas and nays were called and appeared as follows:
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