Delegates to which each county and city in the State will be
entitled, according to the principles of this report: ___________
COUNTIES, &c. White Free Total Grand Number of
Populat'n Colored. Free. Slaves. Total. Delegates.
Allegany21,64341222,05572422,779 6
Anne Arundel,16,5424,60221,144 11,249 32,249 6
Baltimore City, 141,440 24,668 166,018 2,946 169,054 9
Baltimore Co34,3543,47437,8283,771 41,599 7
Carroll18,676 96319,63997620,615 5
Caroline6,0962,7888,8848089,692 2
Calvert3,6301,5305,1604,4869,646 2
Cecil15,4822,61218,094 84318937 5
Charles5,665 9136,5789,58416,162 4
Dorchester10,7883,80314,5914,281 18,872 5
Frederick33,3003,77137,0713,912 40,983 7
Harford14,4142,77817,1922,16619,358 5
Kent5,6153,1448,7592,62711,386 3
Montgomery, 9,4351,31110,7465,114 15,860 4
Prince George,8,9021,13810,040 11,510 21,550 5
Queen Anne,7,0403,17410,2144,270 14,484 4
St. Mary's6,2261,6307,8565,842 13,698 3
Somerset13,4173,45516,8725,588 22,460 6
Talbot7,0852,5929,6774,13413,811 3
Washington,26,8881,85228,7402,090 30,830 6
Worcester12,4013,01215,4133,434 18,847 5

Total 419, 039 73,622 492,661 90355 583,016 102

Which was read.

The President announced that the hour had arrived for taking
 

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up the order of the day;

Mr. Merrick, moved to postpone the order of the day,
Determined in the affirmative.
Mr. Lloyd, from the committee on representation, submitted
the foll owing rule of apportionment
RULE OF APPORTIONMENT.
Section 1. The Senate shall he composed of twenty-one mem
bers, for the election whereof, each of the, counties of the State
and the city of Baltimore shall be one Senatorial District, and
elect one Senator.
Sec. 2d. The House of Delegates shall consist of eighty-one
members; until the number of sixty-six delegates be attained,
every six thousand inhabitants in each of the counties, and the
city of Baltimore, shall be entitled to one delegate; and thereafter,