remit fines and forfeitures for offences against the State; bat
shall not remit the principal or interest of any debt due the
State, except in cases of fines and forfeitures; and before
granting a nolle prosequi, or pardon, he shall give notice, in
one or more newspapers, of 'the application made for it, and
of the day on or after which his decision will be given; and
in every case in which he exercises this power, he shall report
to either Branch of the Legislature, whenever required, the
petitions, recommendations and reasons which influenced his
decisions.

SEC. 21. The Governor shall reside at the seat of govern-
ment, and receive for his services an annual salary of four
thousand five hundred dollars.

SEC. 22. A Secretary of State shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
who shall continue in office, unless sooner removed by the Gov-
ernor, till the end of the official term of the Governor from
whom he received his appointment, and receive an annual sal-
ary of two thousand dollars, and shall reside at the seat of
government; and the office of Private Secretary shall thence-
forth cease.

SEC. 23. The Secretary of State shall carefully keep and
preserve a record of all official acts and proceedings, which
may at all times be inspected by a committee of either branch
of the Legislature; and he shall perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by law, or as may properly belong to his
office, together with all clerical duty belonging to the Execu-
tive Department.
Lankford vs. Commrs. Somerset Co., 73 Md., 105.

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.

SEC. 2. The city of Baltimore shall be divided into four
legislative district, 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
be elected by the qualified voters of the said legislative dis-
tricts of Baltimore city and of the counties of the State, re-
spectively, and shall serve for four years from the date of his