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Mr. Lee, Chairman of the Committee upon Revision and
Compilation submitted the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revision and Compilation, to which was
referred the Engrossed Report of the Committee on the
Formation of a New County, to be composed of parts of
Somerset and Worcester Counties, has revised the same, and
reports it without amendment.
Respectfully submitted,
J. F. LEE,
Chairman.
Which was concurred in.
The third reading of the Report was then proceeded with.
On motion of Mr. Jones,
The Report was opened for amendment,
When Mr. Jones submitted the following :
Strike out in line 5, Section- 2d, all after the word
"shares," to the word "and," after Counties, in 7th line,
and insert, "of the then existing debts and obligations of the
said Counties, according to the last assessment in said Coun-
ties, to be ascertained and apportioned by the Circuit Court
of Somerset County, as to the debts and obligations of said
County; and by the Circuit Court of Worcester County, as
to the debts and obligations of Worcester County, on the
petition of the County Commissioners of the said Counties,
respectively , and the property in each part of the said Coun-
ties, included in said new County, shall be bound only for
the share of the debts and obligations of the County from
which it shall be separated ;"
Which was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Rider,
The Report was opened for amendment, when
Mr. Rider submitted the following amendment:
Sec. 4. The County of Wicomico, if formed according to
the provisions of this Constitution, shall be embraced in the
First Judicial Circuit, and the times for holding the Courts
therein shall be fixed and determined by the General
Assembly ;
Which was adopted.
The Report of the Committee upon the Formation of a
New County, to be composed of parts of Worcester and Som-
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