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portionate shares of the then existing debts and obligations
of the said Counties according to the last assessment in said
Counties, 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,
on the petition of the County Commissioners of the said
Counties, respectively; and the property in each part of the
said Counties, included in said New County, shall be bound
only for the shares of the debts, or obligations of the County,
from which it shall be separated. And the Inhabitants of
said New County 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; and on the applica-
tion of twelve citizens of the proposed County of Wicomico,
the Surveyor of Worcester County shall run and locate the
line from Meadow Bridge to the Pocomoke River previous to
the adoption or rejection of this Constitution, and at the ex-
perse of said petitioners.
Sec. 4. At the first general election held under this Consti-
tution, the qualified voters of said New County shall be enti-
tled to elect a Senator and two Delegates to the General As-
sembly, and all such County, or other Officers as this Con-
stitution 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 Coun-
ty 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. 5. 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 t'ae Courts
therein shall be fixed and determined by the General Assem-
bly.
Sec. 6. The General Assembly shall pass all such Laws as
maybe necessary moi e fully to carry into ffect the provi-
sions of this Article.
ARTICLE XIV.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Section 1. The General Assembly may propose Amend-
ments to this Constitution; provided, that each Amendment
shall be embraced in a separate Bill, embodying the Article
or Section, as the same will stand when amended and passed
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses, by yeas and nays, to be entered on the Journals with
the proposed Amendment. The Bill, or Bills proposing
Amendment, or Amendments, shall be published, by order
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