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Judges of the court having criminal jurisdiction in said counties,
Howard district, and the city of Baltimore, and by whom the oath
of office shall be administered.

Sec. 7th. The election of Prosecuting Attornies shall take place
throughout the State, on the first Wednesday of October next,
and on the same day every third year thereafter; and in case of a
tie between two or more persons for said office, then, the Judge or
Judges of the court having criminal jurisdiction in the county,
Howard district, or city of Baltimore, in which said lie may hap
pen, shall designate which of said persons shall qualify as Prose-
cuting Attorney.

Which was read,
Mr. Merrick, chairman of the committee on Representation,
submitted the following:
REPORT:
Section 1st. The Legislature shall be formed of two distinct
branches, a Senate and a House of Delegates, which together
shall be a complete Legislature, and shall be styled, the General
Assembly of Maryland.

Sec. 2nd. The House of Delegates shall consistof members to
be chosen annually on the first Wednesday of the month of Octo
ber, by the voters of the several counties of the State, and of the
city of Baltimore, according to the number of the population of
each of said counties and of the said city of Baltimore, and in
conformity with the following rule: That is to say, each of
said counties and the city aforesaid, shall elect one Delegate for
every four thousand souls it may contain up to twenty thousand,
and for any excess in the number of population in any of said
counties or in the city of Baltimore above twenty thousand, and of
not less than eight thousand, there shall be allowed to each coun
ty or city having such excess, one additional Delegate;; and for
any excess of population in any of the counties or city aforesaid,
above twenty eight thousand and of not less than sixteen thousand,
one other additional Delegate shall be allowed to each of the
counties or to the city having such excess; and so on, duplicating
the number of souls required to be in excess above last the number
upon which an additional delegate was allowed, for the allowance
of each further additional Delegate, to which by such duplicating
ratio, any of the counties or the city of Baltimore, may be enti-
fled for the whole number of its population, and for any fractional
number of inhabitants in any county or in the city of Balti
more, less than sufficient to entitle the county or city, to an addi
tional Delegate, according to the aforegoing rule, and greater than
one-half the highest number upon which according to said rule
Delegates or an additional Delegate is allowed to said county or
city, one additional Delegate shall be allowed to the county or
city having such fraction