ART. XIII] NEW COUNTIES. 175

posed to be formed out of portions of two or more counties,
the consent of a majority of the legal voters of such part of
each of said counties, respectively, shall be required; nor shall
the lines of any county be changed without the consent of a
majority of the legal voters residing within the district, which,
under said proposed change, would form a part of a county
different from that to which it belonged prior to said change;
and no new county shall contain less than four hundred square
miles, nor less than ten thousand white inhabitants; nor shall
any change be made in the limits of any county, whereby the
population of said county would be reduced to less than ten
' thousand white inhabitants, or its territory reduced to less than
four hundred square miles.

State v. Manly, 7 Md. 135. Eichelberger v. Hardesty, 15 Md. 54. School
Commrs, of Wicomico Co v. School Commrs, of Worcester Co., 35 Md.
200. Daly v. Morgan, 69 Md. 460.

Sec. 2. At the election to be held for the adoption or rejec-
tion 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 Pocomoke 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 Wicomico 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 Dashiell's or Disharoon'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 Somerset and Worcester, near the
southwestern corner of farm of William P. Morris, thence due
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 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 Somerset County, contained
within said lines, shall be in favor of a new County, then said