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Maryland Manual, 1899
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CONSTITUTION. 45

may hereafter be defined, shall be entitled to one Senator,
who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Counties,
and of the Legislative Districts of Baltimore City, respec-
tively, and shall serve for four years from the date of his
election, subject to the classification of Senators hereafter
provided for.

SEC. 3. Until the taking and publishing of the next
National Census, or until the enumeration of the population
of this State, under the authority thereof, the several coun-
ties, and the city of Baltimore, shall have a representation
in the House of Delegates, as follows: Alleghany County,
five Delegates; Anne Arundel County, three Delegates;
Baltimore County, six Delegates; each of the three Legisla-
tive Districts of the City of Baltimore, six Delegates;
Calvert County, two Delegates; Caroline County, two
Delegates; Carroll County, four Delegates; Cecil County,
four Delegates; Charles County, two Delegates; Dorches-
ter County, three Delegates; Frederick County, six Dele-
gates; Harford County, four Delegates; Howard County,
two Delegates; Kent County, two Delegates; Montgomery
County, three Delegates; Prince George's County, three
Delegates; Queen Anne's County, two Delegates; St.
Mary's County, two Delegates; Somerset County, three
Delegates; Talbot County, two Delegates; Washington
County, five Delegates, and Worcester County, three Dele-
gates. *

SEC. 4. As soon as may be after the taking and publish-
ing of the next National Census, or after the enumeration
of the population of this State, under the authority thereof,
there shall be an apportionment of representation in the
House of Delegates, to be made on the following basis, to
wit: each of the several Counties of the State having a popu-
lation of eighteen thousand souls, or less, shall be entitled
to two Delegates, and every County having a population of
over eighteen thousand, and less than twenty-eight thousand
souls, shall be entitled to three Delegates; and every County
having a population of twenty-eight thousand, and less than
forty thousand souls, shall be entitled to four Delegates; and

*This representation has been since changed, as follows, viz: Alle-
gany, four Delegates; Anne Arundel, four Delegates; Cecil, three Dele-
gates; Charles, three Delegates; Frederick, five Delegates; Garrett,
two Delegates; Queen Anne's, three Delegates; Talbot, three Delegates;
Washington, four Delegates; Wicomico, three Delegates. The others
are unchanged.


 

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