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656 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 13 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 new County, as if such new County had not been created; and on the application 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 Poco- moke 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 Con- |
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