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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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comico County; and Salisbury shall be the
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County Seat. And the Inhabitants thereof
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shall thenceforth have and enjoy all such
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rights and privileges as are held and en-
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joyed by the Inhabitants of the other
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counties of this State.
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Sec. 3. When said new county shall
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have been so created, the Inhabitants
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thereof shall cease to have any claim to, or
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interest in the county buildings, and other
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public property of every description, belong-
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ing to said counties of Somerset and
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Worcester, respectively, and shall be liable
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for their proportionate shares of the then
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existing debts and obligations of the said
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counties, according to the last assessment in
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said counties, to be ascertained and appor-
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tioned by the Circuit Court of Somerset
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County, as to the debts and obligations of
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said county, and by the Circuit Court of
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Worcester County, as to the debts and
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obligations of Worcester County, on the
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petition of the County Commissioners of
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the said counties, respectively; and the
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property in each part of the said counties,
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included in said new county, shall be bound
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only for the share of the debts and obliga-
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tions of the county from which it shall be
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separated; and the Inhabitants of said new
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county shall also pay the county taxes,
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levied upon them at the time of the creation
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of such new county, as if such new county
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had not been created; and on the applica-
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tion of twelve citizens of the proposed ,
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county of Wicomico, the Surveyor of
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Worcester County shall run and locate the
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line from Meadow Bridge to the Pocomoke
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River, previous to the adoption, or rejection
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of this Constitution, and at the expense
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of said petitioners.
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Sec. 4. At the first general election, held
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under this Constitution, the qualified voters
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of said new county shall be entitled to
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elect a Senator, and two Delegates to the
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General Assembly, and all such county, or
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other officers as this Constitution may
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authorize, or require to be elected by other
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counties of the State; a notice of such
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election shall be given by the Sheriffs of
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Worcester and Somerset Counties in the
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manner now prescribed by Law; and in
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case said new county shall be established,
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as aforesaid, then the counties of Somerset
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and Worcester shall be entitled to elect
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but two Delegates each to the General
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Assembly.
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Sec. 5. The County of Wicomico, if
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