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of the Legislature,) and lie shall perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by Law, or as may properly belong to his
office, together with all clerical duty belonging to the Exec-
utive Department.
ARTICLE III.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
Section 1. The Legislature shall consist of two distinct
branches—a Senate, and a House of Delegates, and shall be
styled the General Assembly of Maryland.
Sec. 2. Each County in the State, and each of the three
Legislative Districts of Baltimore City, as they are now, or
may hereafter be denned, shall be entitled to one Senator,
who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Counties,
and of the Legislative Districts of Baltimore City, respective-
ly, and shall serve for four years from the date of his election,
subject to the classification of Senators, hereafter provided
for.
Sec. 3. Until the taking and publishing of the next Na-
tional Census, or until the enumeration of the population of
this State, under the Authority, thereof, the several Coun-
ties, and the City of Baltimore, shall have representation in
the House of Delegates, as follows : Allegany County, five
Delegates; Anne Arundel County, three Delegates; Balti-
more County', six Delegates; each of the three Legislative
Districts of the City of Baltimore, six Delegates; Calvert
County, two Delegates; Caroline County, two Delegates;
Carroll County, four Delegates; Cecil County, four Dele-
gates : 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; Saint Mary's County, two
Delegates; Somerset County, three Delegates; Talbot Coun-
ty, two Delegates; Washington County, five Delegates; and
Worcester County, three Delegates.
Sec. 4. As soon as may be, after the taking and publishing
of the next National Census, or after the enumeration 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, having a population of
eighteen thousand souls; or less, shall be entitled to two
Delegates; and every County, having a population of over
eighteen thousaad and less than twenty-eight thousand souls,
shall be entitled to three Delegates; and every County having
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