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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. The city of Baltimore shall be divided into four
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
county in the State shall be entitled to one Senator, who shall |
Legislature
districts. |
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 four 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
Delegates; Talbot County, two Delegates; Washington Coun-
ty, five Delegates, and Worcester County, three Delegates'
*Thus amended by Act of 1900, Chapter 469, ratified by the people at
November election, 1901.
+Under the State Census of 1810 the allotment of representation of the
several counties In the House of Delegates is as follows: Allegany County,
six: Anne Arundel County, tour; Baltimore County, six; Calvert County, two;
Caroline County, three; Carroll County, four; Cecil County, three; Charles
County two; Dorchester. County, tour. Frederick County, five, Garrett County,
three: Harford County, three; Howard County, two; Kent County, two, Mont-
gomery County, tour; Prince George's County, tour. Queen Anne's County,
two; Somerset County, three; St. Mary's County, two; Talbot County, three;
Washington County, five; Wicomico County, three; Worcester County, three;
and Baltimore City, twenty-tour delegates. Total, 102. |
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