duties as may be prescribed by law, or as may properly
belong to his office, together with all clerical duty belonging
to the Executive Department.

ARTICLE III.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

SECTION I. The Legislature shall consist of two distinct
branches—a Senate and a House of Delegates—and shall be
styled the General Assembly of Maryland.

SEC. 2. Each County in the State, and each of the three
Legislative Districts of Baltimore City, as they are now, or
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: Allegany County,
five Delegates; Anne Arundel County, three Delegates; Balti-
more County, six Delegates; each of the three Legislative
Districts of the City of Baltimore, six Delegates; Calvert
County, two Delegates; Caroline County, two Delegates; Car-
roll County, four Delegates; Cecil County, four Delegates;
Charles County, two Delegates; Dorchester County, three
Delegates; Frederick County, six Delegates; 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 Delegates.*

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,

*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