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106 MARYLAND MANUAL.
its white inhabitants below ten thousand. Article 13, section 1,
Constitution.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNDER THE
LAWS.
The oath of office required for members of the Legislature
shall be administered in the Senate by a Senator to the Presi-
dent and by him to the Senators; in the House a member shall
administer the oath to the Speaker who shall administer the oath
to the remaining members and to the officers of the House.
Article 68, section 3, P. G. L, Maryland Code.
Whenever the General Assembly shall meet, it shall not be
necessary for any officer of the preceding General Assembly
to be present, except the chief clerk, reading clerk and
door-keepers of the House of Delegates, and me secretary
and door-keeper of the Senate, and, in case of the death or
inability to attend of either the chief clerk of the House of
Delegates, or secretary of the Senate, the journal clerk shall act
in his place, and in case of the death or absence of the door-
keeper, his assistant shall act in his stead and they shall be paid
five days' per diem and mileage, at the rate of ten cents per
mile, for such attendance; and the payment of any other officers
of a preceding General Assembly than those herein enumerated
is hereby forbidden. Acts 1884, chapter 400, section 1.
The compensation of members of the Legislature is five dol-
lars per day under the Constitution. The mileage allowed under
Act of 18(>8, chapter 78, (save in Garrett county, which was
created since, ) is as follows:
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From Allegany,
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$80 00.
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From Harford,
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$27 00
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Anne Arundel
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15 00.
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Howard,
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18 00
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Except from Annapolis
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Kent,
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64 00
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Baltimore city,
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15 00.
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Montgomery,
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26 00
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Baltimore county,
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19 00.
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Prince George's
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25 00
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Calvert,
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50 00.
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Queen Anne's,
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68 00
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Caroline,
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74 00.
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St. Mary's,
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71 00
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Carroll,
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30 00.
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Somerset,
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93 00
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Cecil,
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36 00.
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Talbot,
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86 00
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Charles,
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48 00.
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Washington,
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49 00
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Dorchester,
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99 00.
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Wicomico,
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86 00
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Frederick,
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33 00.
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Worcester,
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94 00
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Garrett,
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110 00.
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Stationery, to the amount of twenty-five dollars, is allowed to
members of the Legislature, and the members may elect to take
the amount in money, or of both, to said amount. The Secretary
of the Senate, Chief and Reading Clerks of the House are al-
lowed the same amount of stationery and stamps as may be
allowed hereafter by law to the members of the General Assem-
bly, and to each of the other officers of the Senate and House of
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