State, who shall also be competent to certify to their
characters and qualifications. (Ibid, section 3.)

The copy of any paper in the office of Secretary of
State shall be evidence in Courts. (Article 37, section
53, P. G. L., Maryland Code.)

A list of all officers who have been furnished by the
clerks of courts, as having qualified before them, shall
be reported to the Comptroller by the Secretary of State.
(Article 81, section 52, P. G. L., Maryland Code.)

The Secretary of State shall have charge of the Great
Seal of the State ; but the Governor shall have control of
it when necessary, and the Secretary of the Senate and
Chief Clerk of the House shall have access to the seal.
(Chapter 78, section I, Acts of 1884.)

The Secretary of State shall preserve certificates of
nomination for two years. Such are to be filed for State
offices twenty days before the election, (Sees. 41 and 42,
Act of 1897, ch. 202.) Eighteen days before the elec-
tion, the Secretary of State shall certify to the Super-
visors of Elections the names of nominees to be voted for
in city or county. (Sec. 43, Ibid.)

THE LEGISLATURE.

Composition of the Legislature.—The Legislature con-
sists of two branches, a Senate and a House of Delegates;
and is styled the General Assembly of Maryland. (Article
III, section I, Constitution.)

Each county and each of the three Legislative Districts
of Baltimore is entitled to elect by the qualified voters a
Senator to serve four years. (Article III, section 2, Con-
stitution.)

The counties and city of Baltimore are represented in
the House of Delegates, as follows :
Allegany county.... .... .........5 Delegates.
Anne Arundel county ............4 '
Baltimore county ................6 "
Baltimore city:

First Legislative District .......6 '
Second Legislative District. . . . . . 6 "
Third Legislative District .......6 "
Cecil county.....................3 '
Carroll county ...................4 "
Charles county ..................2 "
Calvert county...................2 "