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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 elec-
tion, who has resided for six months preceding said election
within said limits, for or against a new county; and the re-
turn judges of said election districts shall certify the result of
such voting, in the manner now prescribed by law, to the Gov-
ernor, who shall by proclamation make known the same, and
if a majority of the legal votes cast within that part of Wor-
cester county, contained within said lines, and also a majority
of the legal votes cast within that part of Somerset county,
contained within said lines, shall be in favor of a new county,
then said parts of Worcester and Somerset counties shall be-
come and constitute a new county, to be called Wicomico
county, and Salisbury shall be the county seat. And the in-
habitants thereof shall thenceforth have and enjoy all such
rights and privileges as are held and enjoyed by the inhabi-
tants of the other counties of this State.
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the inhabitants thereof shall cease to have any claim to, or in-
terest 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 propor-
tionate 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 coun-
ty, and by the Circuit Court of Worcester county as to 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 counties 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 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. |
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