interest in, the county buildings and other public property
of every description belonging to said counties of Somerset
and Worcetser, respectively, and shall be liable for their
proportionate 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 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 coun-
ties 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 application of twelve citizens of the pro-
posed 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 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 established,
as aforesaid, then the counties of Somerset and Worcester 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 Genera] Assembly shall pass all such laws as
may be necessary more fully to carry into effect the provisions
of this Article.