372 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 13, Sec.3]

moke River, thence following said line to the channel of the
Nanticoke River, thence with the channel of said river to
Tangier Sound, or the intersection of Nanticoke and Wicom-
ico 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 Disha-
roon'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 Som-
erset and Worcester, near the southwest corner of the farm
of William P. Morris, thence due east to the Pocomoke Riv-
er, 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 election, who
has resided for six months, preceding said election 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 within that part
of Worcester County, contained within said lines, and also
a majority of the legal votes cast within that part of Som-
erset County, contained within said lines, shall be in favor
of a new County, then said parts of Worcester and Somerset
Counties shall become and constitute a new County, 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 en-
joyed by the Inhabitants of the other Counties of this State.

SEC. 3. When said new County shall have been so cre-
ated, 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
obligations of the said Counties according to the last assess-
ment 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 Wor-
cester 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 In-
habitants of said new County shall also pay the County
taxes levied upon them at the time of the creation of such