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delegates; and every county having a population of twen-
ty-eight thousand and less than forty thousand souls,
shall be entitled to four delegates; and every county hav-
ing 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
and less than seventy-five thousand souls shall be entitled
to six delegates; and every county having a population of
seventy-five thousand souls and upwards shall be entitled
to seven delegates, and no more; and each of the three
legislative districts of the city of Baltimore shall be en-
titled to the number of delegates to which the largest
county shall or may be entitled under the aforegoing ap-
portionment; 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, but said districts shall
always consist of contiguous territory.
Sec. —. That immediately after the taking and pub-
lishing the next national census, or after any State enum-
eration of population as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of
the Governor then being to arrange the representation in
said House of Delegates in accordance with the appor-
tionment herein provided for, and to declare by procla-
mation the number of delegates to which each county
and the city of Baltimore may be entitled under such ap-
portionment; and after every national census taken there-
after, or after any State enumeration of population there-
after made, it shall be the duty of the Governor for the
time being to make -similar adjustment of representation,
and to declare the same by proclamation as aforesaid.
The report of the committee on the elective franchise
and the qualification of voters was taken up, and the read-
ing of all the sections having been concluded, the article
was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The order submitted yesterday by Mr. Bradley relative
to a recess was then taken up, there being two substi-
tutes, one submitted by Mr. Johnson and one by Mr.
Mitchell.
Mr. Maulsby argued against the proposed recess. It
seemed now that the work of the Convention could be ac-
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