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said new county shall be bound only for the share of the debts
and obligations of the county from which it shall be sepa-
rated ; 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 cre-
ated ; and on the 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 Constitu-
tion, and at the expense of said petitioners.
SEC. 4. At the first general election held under this Consti-
tution 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 Constitution 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 pre-
scribed by law; and In case said new county shall be estab-
lished, as aforesaid, then the counties of Somerset and Wor-
cester 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 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 |
Proposal. |
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 of the Governor, in
at least two newspapers in each county, where so many may |
Publication. |
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