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rejection of this Constitution, and at the expense of said peti-
tioners.
SEC. 4. At the first general election, held under this Constitu-
tion, 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 auth-
orize, or require to be elected by other Counties of the State; a
notice of such election shall be given by the Sheriffs of Worces-
ter and Somerset Counties in the manner now prescribed by
Law; and in case said new County shall be established, as afore-
said, 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 General Assembly shall pass all such Laws as may
be necessary more fully to carry into effect the provisions of this
Article.
ARTICLE XIV.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
SECTION 1. The General Assembly may propose Amendments
to this Constitution; provided, that each Amendment shall be
embraced in a separate Bill, embodying the Article or Section, as
the same will stand when amended and passed by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses, by yeas and
nays, to be entered on the Journals with the proposed Amend-
ment. The Bill, or Bills, proposing amendment, or amendments,
shall be published by order of the Governor, in at least two
newspapers in each county, where so many may be published,
and where not more than one may be published, then in that
newspaper, and in three newspapers published in the City of
Baltimore, one of which shall be in the German language, once
a week, for at least three months preceding the next ensuing
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