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William P. Morris, thence due east to the Pocomoke
River, thence with the channel of said river to the
beginning, the Judges of election, in each of said
Districts, shall receive 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 District 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 Somerset 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 te 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 enjoyed by the
Inhabitants of the other Counties of this State.]
[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 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 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 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 Pocomoke River, previous to the adoption, or
rejection of this Constitution, and at the expense of
said petitioners. ]
[4.
At the first general election, held under this
Constitution, the qualified voters of said new County
shall te 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
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