election, subject to the classification of Senators hereafter
provided for.*

SEC. 3. Until the taking and publishing of the next Na-
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 Comity, 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, t

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,
aforegoing apportionment, and the General Assembly shall

Thus amended by Act of 1900, Chapter 469, ratified by the people at No-
vember election, 1901.

tUnder the State Census of 1910 the allotment of representation of the sev-
eral counties In the House of Delegates is as follows: Allegany County, six;
Anne Arundel County, four; Baltimore County, six; Calvert County, two; Caro-
line 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; Montgomery
County, tour: Prince George's County, lour; Queen Anne's County, two; Som-
erset County, three; St. Mary's County, two; Talbot County, three; Washington
County, five; Wicomico County, three: Worcester County, three; and Baltimore
City, twenty-four delegates. Total, 102.