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 Worcester and
Somerset Counties shall become and constitute a new County,
to be called Wicomico County; and Salisbury shall be the
County seat. 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. 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 pro-
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 for Somerset County, as to the debts and obligations of
said County, and by the Circuit Court for Worcester County,
on 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; 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 application 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 expense of said
petitioners.

SEC. 4. At the first general election, held under this Con-
stitution, the qualified voters of said new County shall be
entitled to elect a Senator and two Delegates to the General
Assembly, 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 County
shall be established, as aforesaid, then the Counties of Somer-
set 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