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 obliga-
tions of the said counties according to the last assessment in
said counties, to be ascertained and apportioned by the Cir-
cuit Court of Somerset county, as to the debts and obliga-
tions 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, 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 creation of such new county, as if
such new county had not been created; and on the applica-
tion 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 Constitution, 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 en-
titled to elect a Senator and two Delegates to the General
Assembly, and all such county or other officers as this Con-
stitution 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 prescribed by law; and in case said new county
shall be established, as aforesaid, then the counties of Som-
erset and Worcester shall be entitled to elect but two Dele-
gates 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 pro-
visions of this Article.