come and constitute a new county, to tie 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.

SEC. 3. When said new county shall have been so created,
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.

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
Assembly.

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.