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Art. 13] MARYLAND MANUAL 776 would be reduced to less than ten thousand white inhab- itants, or its territory reduced to less than four hundred square miles. SEC. 2. At the election to be held for the adoption, or rejection of this Constitution, in each Election District, in those parts of Worcester and Somerset Counties, comprised within the following limits, viz.: Beginning at the point, where Mason and Dixon's line crosses the channel of Poco- 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 |
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