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Bond, Harwood, Marbury,
Briscoe, Henkle, Mitchell,
Brown, Hodson, Miller,
Chambers, Hollyday, Morgan,
Clarke, Horsey, Parran,
Crawford, Johnson, Peter,
Dail, Jones, of Cecil, Smith, of Dor.,
Davis, of Charles, Jones, of Som., Wilmer—32.
NEGATIVE.
Messrs. Greene, Robinette,
Goldsborough, P't Hatch, Russell,
Abbott, Hebb, Sands,
Annan, Hopkins, Schley,
Audoun, Keefer, Smith, of Carroll,
Baker, Kennard, Sneary,
Barron, King, Stirling,
Cunningham, Mullikin, Stockbridge,
Cushing, Murray, Swope,
Daniel, Negley, Sykes,
Davis, of Wash., Nyman, Thomas,
Dellinger, Parker, Todd,
Earle, Pugh, Valliant,
Ecker, Purnell, Wickard,
Farrow, Ridgely, Wooden—45.
Galloway,
So the question upon its adoption was decided in the
negative.
The question recurring upon the amendment submitted by
Mr. Clarke, to wit:
Sec. 3. Strike out all after the word "the, " in 1st line, and
insert the words:
"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,
according to the population of each, provided the whole num-
ber of Delegates shall never exceed eighty-five members, and
provided that each county and said city shall he 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.
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