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Cushing, King, Stirling,
Dail, McComas, Swope,
Daniel, Mullikin, Thomas,
Dellinger, Murray, Todd,
Earle, Negley, Wooden—43.
Ecker, Nyman,
NEGATIVE.
Messrs.. Duvall, Marbury,
Abbott, Edelen, Mitchell,
Berry, of P. G., Hollyday,, Miller,
Blackiston, Horsey, Parran,
Brown, Jones, of Som. Peter,
Chambers, Lansdale, Stockbridge,
Davis, of Charles, Lee, Wickard—20.
So the said amendment was adopted.
Mr. Clarke submitted the following amendment:
Sec. 3. Strike out all after the word "the" in 1st line and
insert, "
"Legislature, at its first session after the adoption of this
Constitution, and at its first session after the returns of each.
National census are published under the authority of Congress,
shall apportion the members of the House of Delegates among
the several counties of the State and the city of Baltimore ac-
cording to the population of each, provided the whole number
of Delegates shall never exceed eighty-five members, and pro-
vided that each county and said city shall be divided into
separate Election Districts of compact, contiguous territory,
the qualified voters in each of which districts shall at the time
and in the manner in which Delegates are chosen, elect one
Delegate, who has for one year next before his election been
a resident of the District from which he shall be elected. The
apportionment of the Delegates among the several counties
and the city of Baltimore shall remain the same as provided
by the present Constitution, until the second election held for
members of the House of Delegates after the adoption of this
Constitution, and *
The General Assembly shall hereafter elect United States
Senators and all officers who are elected by the Legislature,
by a concurrent vote of the two Houses and not by joint: bal-
lot. "
Mr. Thomas submitted the following amendment to the
amendment,
10th line, insert the word "white, " before population;
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