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then said parts of Worcester
and Somerset Counties shall
become and constitute a new
county, to be called Wicom-
ico County; and Salisbury
shall be the County Seat.
And the Inhabitants thereof
shall thenceforth have and
enjoy all such rights and
privileges as are held and
enjoyed by the Inhabitants
of the other counties of this
State.
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parts of Worcester and Som-
erset Counties shall become
and constitute a new Coun-
ty, to be called Wicomico
County; and Salisbury shall
be the County Seat. And the
Inhabitants thereof shall
thenceforth have and enjoy
all such rights and privileges
as are held and enjoyed by
the Inhabitants of the other
Counties of this State.
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Wicomico
County:
Assumption of
liability.
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Sec. 3. When said new
county shall have been so
created, the Inhabitants
thereof shall cease to have
any claim to, or interest 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
proportionate shares of the
then existing debts and obli-
gations of the said counties,
according to the last assess-
ment in said counties, to be
ascertained and apportioned
by the Circuit Court of Som-
erset County, as to the debts
and obligations of said
county, and by the Circuit
Court of Worcester County,
as to the debts and obliga-
tions of Worcester County,
on the petition of the Coun-
ty 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 separated; and the
Inhabitants of said new
county shall also pay the
county taxes, levied upon
them at the time of the cre-
ation of such new county,
as if such new county had
not been created; and on the
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Sec. 3. When said new
County shall have been so
created, the Inhabitants
thereof shall cease to have
any claim to, or interest 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
proportionate shares of the
then existing debts and ob-
ligations of the said Coun-
ties, according to the last
assessment in said Counties,
to be ascertained and appor-
tioned by the Circuit Court
of Somerset County, as to
the debts and obligations of
said County, 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, respec-
tively; and the property in
each part of the said Coun-
ties, included in said new
County, shall be bound only
for the share of the debts
and obligations of the Coun-
ty from which it shall be
separated; and the Inhabi-
tants 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
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