Every county shall be entitled to elect one Senator,
and the city of Baltimore shall also be enti-
tled to elect one Senator.
Every county having a population of leu than
fifteen thousand souls shall be entitled to three
delegates; every county having a population of
fifteen thousand souls, and less than twenty-five
thousand, shall be entitled to four delegates;
every county having a population of twenty-five
thousand, and less than thirty-five thousand souls,
shall be entitled to five delegates; and every coun-

ty having a. population of more than thirty-five
thousand sous shall be entitled to six delegates;
and the city of Baltimore shall be entitled to the
same number of delegates as the county which
shall be entitled to the largest representation.
The undersigned herewith submit a table show-
ing the practical operation of the basis they re-
commend. E. F. CHAMBERS,
JAMES KENT,
JOHN DENNIS,

Allegany . . .
Anne Arundel .
Baltimore City .
Baltimore County
Carroll . . .
Caroline . . .
Calvert . . .
Cecil ....
Charles . . .
Dorchester . .
Frederick . .
Harford . . .
Kent ...
Montgomery. .
Prince George's
Queen Anne's .
Saint Mary's .
Somerset. . .
Talbot....
Washington . .
Worcester . .

21,752
16,542
141,441
34,222
18,676
6,096
3,610
15,482
5,665
10,788
31,595
14,414
5,595
9,435
8,903
7,040
6,880
13,417
7,087
26,969
11,834

397
4,602
24,625
3,600
963
2,788
1,520
2,612
913
3,803
3,637
2,785
3,132
1,311
1,138
3,174
1,590
3,453
2,590
1.885
3,593

22,149
21,144
166,066
37,822
19,639
8,884
5,130
18,094
6,578
14,591
35,232
17,199
8,730
10,746
10,040
10,214
7,870
16,870
9,677
28,854
15,417

724
11,334
2,916
3,767
976
808
4,488
843
9,584
4,282
3,261
2,166
2,627
5,114
11,510
4,271
5,811
5,588
4,134
2,089
3,453

22,873
32,388
169,013
41,589
20,615
9,693
9,618
18,937
16,162
18,873
38,493
19,365
11,357
15,860
21,550
14,485
13,681
22,458
13,811
30,943
18,870

22,584
27,831
167,830
40,091
20,220
9,370
7,834
18.263
12,329
17,162
37,188
18,498
10,608
13,815
16,946
12,776
11,359
20,224
12,158
30,108
17,490

4
5
5
5
4
3
3
4
3
4
5
4
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
5
4
82

4
5
6
6
4
3
3
4
4
4
6
4
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
5
4
86

7,873
7,388
5,615
6,550
7,458
5,943

Mr. HOWARD requested gentlemen to bear in
mind that all the reports looked to a rule. So
that which be was about to offer comprehended
a rule, and it is intended that this rule shall
be applied decennially, so as to operate on every
enumeration of the State under the Census of the
United States. But the result could not be cor-
rect, nor indeed could the rule itself be applied,
unless some mode of applying it should be estab-
lished. In pointing out a mode there was a
danger of coming in conflict with the duties of
the committee to which Will be referred the task
of revising and arranging the articles in the new
Constitution. He bad therefore thought it would
be the most advisable course merely to submit to
the Convention a resolution to inquire into the
expediency of adopting some mode. This resolution
might be sent to the committee on revising
the Constitution, and thus the danger of any con-
flict of views would be avoided. He hoped,
therefore, that the resolution which he would

now send to the Chair, might be at once put on
its passage.
Mr. HOWARD, a member of the committee,
then presented a report (in the form of a re-
solution), which was read and adopted, as fol-
lows :
Resolved. That the committee on amendments
and revision of the Constitution be instructed to
enquire into the expediency of inserting an arti-
cle substantially as follows:
That in the year 1863, and every tenth year
thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Governor
for the time being, to arrange the representation
in the House of Delegates, according to the ratio
adopted by this Convention, and to declare by
Proclamation, the number of Delegates to which
each county and city may be entitled according
to the new census of the United States. And in
said Proclamation, he shall also invite the people
of the State, to vote on a day therein to be na-