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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 the application of
twelve citizens of the proposed county of Wicomico, the Sur-
veyor of Worcester county shall run and locate the line from
Meadow Bridge to the Pocomoke River, previous to the adop-
tion 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 en-
titled 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 Som-
erset and Worcester shall be entitled to elect but two Dele-
gates 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 the courts
therein shall be fixed and determined by the General As-
sembly.
SEC. 6. The General Assembly shall pass all such laws as
may be necessary more fully to carry into effect the provi-
sions of this Article.
ARTICLE XIV.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
SECTION 1. The General Assembly may propose amend- |
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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 |
Proposal. |
Journals with the proposed amendment. The bill or bills
proposing amendment or amendments shall be published by
order of the Governor, in at least two newspapers in each |
Publication. |
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