LEGISLATURE
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Senate Officers

William S. James, President of the Senate
H. Winship Wheatley, Jr., Majority Floor Leader
Edward T. Hall, Minority Floor Leader
J. Waters Parrish, Secretary
Thomas E. Lloyd, Assistant Secretary
Oden Bowie, Journal Clerk
Upshur C. Stevenson, Assistant Journal Clerk
Donald S. Hurwitz, Reading Clerk
Paul G. Hartmanowski, Chief Page
Tilghman A. Rhodes, Sergeant-at-Arms

House of Delegates Officers

A. Gordon Boone, Speaker
Marvin Mandel, Acting Speaker
W. Dale Hess, Majority Floor Leader
J. Glenn Beall, Jr., Minority Floor Leader
James P. Mause, Chief Clerk
Elizabeth M. Reese, Assistant Chief Clerk
Charles H. Cox, Journal Clerk
William T. Schmitz, Assistant Journal Clerk
James E. Jones, Reading Clerk
Joseph L. Morris, Sergeant-at-Arms
L. Edwin Carr, Chief Page

The legislative powers of the State of Maryland are vested in the
General Assembly, which consists of two distinct branches, the Senate
and the House of Delegates (Const. 1867, Art. Ill, sec. 1). The
General Assembly at the present time consists of 171 members: 29
Senators and 142 members of the House of Delegates, all elected by
the counties and the six Legislative Districts of Baltimore City. Each
county and each of the Legislative Districts of the city of Baltimore
is entitled to one Senator. The number of Delegates for each county
and each Legislative District varies from two to thirteen. The mem-
bership of the House of Delegates had been frozen since 1950 at the
then current number, but by the terms of a statute passed in 1962
the membership was reapportioned. For the term of office ending in
1966, a temporary membership of 142 is provided, and thereafter,
the membership returns to 123, guaranteeing a minimum of two
members from each county and each Legislative District and appor-
tioning the remainder of the members up to 123 on the basis of
population. This statutory membership would by its terms be super-
seded by Constitutional apportionment (Code 1957, 1962 Supp.,
Art. 40).

Every Senator or Delegate must be a citizen of the State and a
resident of it for at least three years preceding the date of his elec-
tion; and the last year thereof, he must have resided in the county
or the Legislative District of Baltimore City which he represents. A
Senator must be at least twenty-five years of age at the time of his
election, and a Delegate at least twenty-one. No member of Congress
or any person holding a civil or military office under the United
States Government nor any clergyman or minister is eligible for elec-
tion to the General Assembly (III, 9, 10, II). The term of each Sen-
ator and Delegate shall be for four years from the date of Ms election