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ARTICLE III.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 1. The Legislature shall consist of two distinct
branches—a Senate and a House of Delegates—and shall be
styled the General Assembly of Maryland.
Bradshaw vs. Lankford, 73 Md., 428. Warfield vs. Vandiver, 101
Md., 78.
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SEC. 2. Bach county in the State, and each of the three |
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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 |
Election of
Senators. |
the Legislative Districts of Baltimore city, respectively, and
shall serve for four years from the date of his election, sub-
ject to the classification of Senators hereafter provided for.
[SEC. 2. The city of Baltimore shall be divided into four |
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legislative districts, as near as may be, of equal population
and of contiguous territory, and each of said legislative dis-
tricts of Baltimore city, as they may from time to time be
laid out, in accordance with the provisions hereof, and each |
Legislative
districts. |
county in the State shall be entitled to one Senator, who shall
be elected by the qualified voters of the said legislative dis-
tricts of Baltimore city and of the counties of the State, re- |
Election of
Senators. |
spectively, 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 Na- |
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tional Census, or until the enumeration of the population of
this State, under the authority thereof, the several counties
and the city of Baltimore, shall have a representation in the
House of Delegates, as follows: Allegany County, five Dele-
gates; Anne Arundel County, three Delegates; Baltimore
County, six Delegates; each of the three Legislative 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 Coun
ty, two Delegates; Dorchester County, three Delegates; Fred
erick County, six Delegates; Harford County, four Delegates
Howard County, two Delegates; Kent County, two Delegates
Montgomery County, three Delegates; Prince George's Coun
ty, three Delegates; Queen Anne's County, two Delegates
St. Mary's County, two Delegates; Somerset County, three
*Thus amended by Act of 1900, Chapter 469, ratified by the people a
November election, 1901. |
Representa-
tation in
House. |
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