310 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 3, Sec. 4]
this State, under the Authority thereof, the several counties
and the City of Baltimore, shall have representation in the
House of Delegates, as follows; Allegany County, five Dele-
gates; Anne Arundel County, three Delegates; Baltimore
County, six Delegates; each of the three Legislative Dis-
tricts of the City of Baltimore, six Delegates; Calvert Coun-
ty, two Delegates; Caroline County, two Delegates; Carroll
County, four Delegates; Cecil County, four Delegates;
Charles County, two Delegates; Dorchester County, three
Delegates; Frederick County, six Delegates; Harford
County, four Delegates; Howard County, two Delegates;
Kent County, two Delegates; Montgomery County, three
Delegates; Prince George's County, three Delegates; Queen
Anne's County, two Delegates; St. Mary's County, two Del-
egates; Somerset County, three Delegates; Talbot County,
two Delegates; Washington County, five Delegates, and
Worcester County, three delegates.1
SEC. 4. As soon as may be, after the taking and publish-
ing of the National Census of 1900, or after the enum-
eration of the population of this State, under the authority
thereof, there shall be an apportionment of representation
in the House of Delegates, to be made on the following
basis, to wit: Each of the several counties of the State, hav-
ing a population of eighteen thousand souls or less, shall
be entitled to two delegates; and every county having a
population of over eighteen thousand and less than twenty-
eight thousand souls, shall be entitled to three delegates;
and every county having a population of twenty-eight
thousand and less than forty thousand souls, shall be en-
titled'to four delegates; and every county having a popu-
lation of forty thousand and less than fifty-five thousand
souls, shall be entitled to five delegates; and every county
having a population of fifty-five thousand souls and up-
wards, shall be entitled to six delegates and no more; and
each of the six Legislative Districts of the city of Balti-
more shall be entitled to the number of delegates to which
the largest county shall or may be entitled under the afore-
going apportionment, and the General Assembly shall have
the power to provide by law, from time to time, for al-
' Under the State Census of 1940 the allotment of representation of the sev-
eral counties in the Honae of Delegates is as follows: Allegany County, six; Anne
Arundel County, six; Baltimore County, six; Caivert County, two: Caroline County,
two; Carroll County, four; Cecil County, three; Charles County, two, Dorchester
County, four; Frederick County, six; Garrett County, three; Harford County, four;
Howard County, two; Kent County, two; Montgomery County, six: Prince George's
County, six; Queen Anne's County, two; Somerset County, three; St. Mary's
County, two; Talbot County, three, Washington County, six; Wicomico County,
four; Worcester County, three; and Baltimore City, thirty-six Delegates, Total 123.
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