32 MARYLAND MANUAL. [ART. III.
Basis of rep-
resentation |
SEC. 4. As soon as may be, after the taking and publish-
ing of the National Census of 1900, 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 population
of eighteen thousand souls or less, shall be entitled to two
Delegates; and every county having a population of over eigh-
teen 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 thou-
sand 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 Delegates and no
more; and each of the four Legislative Districts of the city of
Baltimore shall be entitled to the number of Delegates to
which the largest county shall or may be entitled under the |
Legislative
districts in
Baltimore
may be
changed. |
aforegoing apportionment, and the General Assembly shall
have the power to provide by law, from time to time, for al-
tering and changing the boundaries of the existing Legisla-
tive Districts of the city of Baltimore, so as to make them as
near as may be of equal population; but said district shall al-
ways consist of contiguous territory.* |
Governor to
arrange
representa-
tion. |
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 |
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Proclamation. |
Delegates in accordance with the apportionment 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 Na-
tional Census taken thereafter, or after any State enumera-
tiun 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. |
Election of
Delegates. |
SEC. 6. The members of the House of Delegates shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the counties, and the Legis- |
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Term. |
lative Districts of Baltimore city, respectively, to serve for
two years from the day of their election.
*Thus amended by Act of 1900, Chapter 432, ratified by the people at
November election, 1901. |
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