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Beginning at the point,
where Mason and Dixon's
line crosses the channel of
Pocomoke River, thence fol-
lowing said line to the
channel of the Nanticoke
River, thence with the chan-
nel of said river to Tangier
Sound, or the intersection
of Nanticoke and Wicomico
Rivers, thence up the chan-
nel of the Wicomico River
to the mouth of Wicomico
Creek, thence with the
channel of said creek and
Passerdyke Creek to Da-
shield's or Disharoon's Mills,
thence with 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 south-
west corner of the 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 Dis-
tricts, shall receive the bal-
lots of each elector, voting
at said election, who has re-
sided for six months, pre-
ceding said election within
said limits, for or against
a new county; and the Re-
turn Judges of said Election
Districts shall certify the re-
sult of such voting, in the
manner, now prescribed by
Law, to the Governor, 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,
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ning at the point, where
Mason and Dixon's line
crosses the channel of Po-
comoke River, thence fol-
lowing said line to the chan-
nel of the Nanticoke River,
thence with the channel of
said river to Tangier Sound,
or the intersection of Nanti-
coke and Wicomico Rivers,
thence up the channel of
the Wicomico River to the
mouth of Wicomico Creek,
thence with the channel of
said creek and Passerdyke
Creek to Dashield's, or Dish-
aroon's Mills, thence with
the millpond 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 the 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 re-
ceive the ballots of each
elector, voting at said elec-
tion, who has resided for six
months, preceding said elec-
tion within said limits, for
or against a new County;
and the Return Judges of
said Election Districts shall
certify the result of such
voting, in the manner, now
prescribed by Law, to the
Governor, who shall by
Proclamation make known
the same; and if a majority
of the legal votes, cast with-
in that part of Worcester
County, contained within
said lines, and also a major-
ity 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
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