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
every County having a population of forty thousand and
less than fifty-five thousand souls, shall be entitled to five
Delegates; and every County having a population of fifty-five
thousand souls, and upwards, shall be entitled to six Dele-
gates, and no more; and each of the three Legislative Dis-
tricts of the City of Baltimore shall be entitled to the num-
ber of Delegates to which the largest County shall or may
be entitled under the aforegoing apportionment. And the
General Assembly shall have power to provide by law,
from time to time, for altering and changing the boundaries
of the three existing Legislative Districts of the City of
Baltimore, so as to make them, as near as may be, of equal
population, but said Districts shall always consist of contig-
uous territory.

SEC. 5. Immediately after the taking and publishing of
the next National Census, or after any State enumeration of
population, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Governor,
then being, to arrange the representation in said House of
Delegates in accordance with the appointment herein pro-
vided for; and to declare, by Proclamation, the number of
Delegates to which each County and the City of Baltimore
may be entitled under such apportionment; and after every
National Census taken thereafter, or after any State enumera-
tion of population thereafter made, it shall be the duty of
the Governor, for the time being, to make similar adjustment
of representation, and to declare the same by Proclamation,
as aforesaid.

SEC. 6. The Members of the House of Delegates shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the Counties and the Legis-
lative Districts of Baltimore City, respectively, to serve for
two years from the day of their election.

SEC. 7. The first election for Senators and Delegates shall
take place on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
month of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; and
the election for Delegates and, as nearly as practicable, for
one-half of the Senators, shall be held on the same day in
.every second year thereafter.