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prised within the following limits, viz: Beginning at the
point where Mason and Dixon's lines crosses the channel
of Pocomoke River, thence following (aid line to the
channel of the Nanticoke River, thence with the channel
of said river to Tangier Sound, or the intersection of Nan-
ticoke 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
Dashield'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 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 election, who has resided for six months preceding
said election within said limits, for or against a new County;
and the Return Judges of said election districts shall cer-
tify 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 line,
shall be in favor of a new County, then said parts of Wor-
cester and Somerset Counties shall become and constitute
a new County, to be called Wicomico County; and Salis-
bury shall be the County seat. And the inhabitants thereof
shall thenceforth have and enjoy all such rights and privi-
leges as are held and enjoyed by the inhabitants of the
other Counties of this State.
SEC. 3. 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 proportionate 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 for Somerset County, as
to the debts and obligations of said County, and by the
Circuit Court for Worcester County, on the debts and obli-
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