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a population of twenty-eight thousand, and less than forty
thousand souls, shall be entitled to four Delegates; and every
County having a population 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 upwards, shall be entitled to six Delegates, andno
more; and each of the three Legislative Districts of the City
of Baltimore shall be entitled to the number of Delegates to
which the largest County shall, or may be entitled, under
the aforegoing apportionment. And the General Assembly
shall have power to provide by Law, from time to time, for
altering and changing the boundaries of the three existing
Legislative Districts of the City of Baltimore, so as to make
them, as near as may be, of equal population; btit said Dis-
tricts shall always consist of contiguous territory.
Sec. 5. That immediately after the taking and publishing
of the next National Census, or after any State enumeration
of population, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Govern-
or, then being, to arrange the Representation in said House
of Delegates, in accordance with the apportionment herein
provided for; and to declare, by Proclamation, the number
of Delegates, to which each County, and the City of Balti-
more may be entitled, under such apportionment; and after
every National Census, taken thereafter, or after any State
enumeration of population thereafter made, it shall he the
duty of the Governor, for the time being, to make similar ad-
justment of Representation, and to declare the same by Proc-
lamation as aforesaid.
Sec. 6. The members of the House of Delegates shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the Counties, and the
Legislative Districts of Baltimore City, respectively, to serve
for two years from the day of their election.
Sec. 7. The first election for Senators and Delegates shall
take place on the Tuesday next, after the first Monday in the
mouth of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; and
the election for Delegates, aad as nearly as practicable, for
one-half of the Senators, shall be held on the same day, in
every second year thereafter.
Sec. 8. Immediately after the Senate shall have convened,
after the first election under this Constitution, the Senators
shall be divided by lot, into two classes, as nearly equal in
number as may be—Senators of the first class shall go out of
office at the expiration of two years, and Senators shall be
elected on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
month of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, for the
term of four years, to supply their places; so that, after the
first election, one-half of the Senators may be chosen every
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