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88 MARYLAND MANUAL.

gations 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 sepa-
rated; 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.

SEC. 4. At the first genera] election, held under this Con-
stitution, 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 authorize or require to be elected by other
Counties of the State; a notice of such election shall be
given by the sheriff's of Worcester and Somerset Counties
in the manner now prescribed by Law; and in case said
new County shall be established, as aforesaid, 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 Gen-
eral Assembly.

SEC. 6. The General Assembly shall pass all such Laws
as may be necessary more fully to carry into effect the pro-
visions of this Article.

ARTICLE XIV.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
SECTION 1. The General Assembly may propose Amend-
ments to this Constitution; provided, that each Amend-
ment shall be embraced in a separate Bill, embodying the
Article or Section, as the same will stand when amended


 

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