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Mr. Jones moved to amend by referring to the Somerset
and Worcester county delegations.
The amendment was opposed by Mr. Tarr, of Worces-
ter, and Mr. Rider, and was then rejected.
The motion of Mr. Hammond was then adopted.
Mr. Alvey, from the committee on the basis of repre-
sentation, &c., made the following report:
Section —. There shall be elected from each of the
counties and from each of the three legislative districts of
the city of Baltimore, as they now exist or as they may
be hereafter denned, one Senator.
Sec. —. That until the taking and publishing of the
next national census, or until the enumeration of the
population of this State under the authority thereof, the
several counties and the city of Baltimore shall have rep-
resentation in the House of Delegates as follows: Alle-
gany county, five delegates; Anne Arundel county, three
delegates; Baltimore 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 coun-
ty, four delegates; Charles county, two delegates; Dor-
chester county, three delegates; Frederick county, six
delegates; Harford county, four delegates; Howard coun-
ty, two delegates; Kent county, two delegates; Mont-
gomery county, three delegates; Prince George's county,
three delegates; Queen Anne's county, two delegates; St.
Mary's county, two delegates; Somerset county, three
delegates; Talbot county, two delegates; Washington
county, five delegates, and Worcester county, three dele-
gates.
Sec. —. That as soon as may be after the taking and
publishing of the next national census, or after the enum-
eration of the population of this State under the author-
ity thereof, there shall be an apportionment of represen-
tation in the House of Delegates, to be made on the fol-
lowing 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 thousand and less
than twenty-eight thousand souls shall be entitled to three
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