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trict of the said city shall elect one Delegate for every forty-
five thousand persons, or fractional portion thereof above one-
half. Upon this principle, and until the next Federal census,
or State enumeration of inhabitants, the House of Delegates
shall consist of eighty-two members, distributed as follows:
Allegany, five members; Anne Arundel, two; each of the
three districts in Baltimore city, seven; Baltimore county,
six; Calvert, one; Caroline, two; Carroll, five; Cecil, four;
Charles, one; Dorchester, two; Frederick, six; Harford, four;
Howard, two; Kent, one; Montgomery, two; Prince George's,
two; Queen Ann's, two; Saint Mary's, one; Somerset, three;
Talbot, two; Washington, five; Worcester, three.
E. A. ABBOTT,
SAML. T. HATCH,
PETER NEGLEY,
Jos. B. PUGH,
J. D. CARTER,
A. C. GREENE.
Which was read the first time.
Also submitted the following
REPORT:
The Committee on the Basis of Representation, &c., &c.,
to which was referred the proposition of Mr. Clarke, of Prince
George's, on the 9th instant, respecting the passage, by the
Legislature, of a Registry Law for the whole State, respect-
fully report favorably upon that proposition, and ask the Con-
vention to refer the same to an appropriate committee, with
instructions to report a suitable provision to be incorporated
into the body of the Constitution.
E. A. ABBOTT,
SAML. T. HATCH,
PETER NEGLEY,
Jos. B. PUGH,
J. D. CARTER,
A. G. GREENE,
SAM'L H. BERRY,
R. H. EDELEN,
WASHINGTON A. SMITH.
Which was read.
Mr. Berry, of Prince George's, from a minority of the Com-
mittee on the Basis of Representation, submitted the following
report:
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