CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS
ture, whenever required, the petitions,
recommendations and reasons which in-
fluence his decision.
Sec. 20. The Governor shall reside at
the seat of Government, and shall re-
ceive for his services an annual salary of
thirty-six hundred dollars.
Sec. 21. When the public interest re-
quires it, he shall have power to employ
counsel, who shall be entitled to such
compensation as the Legislature may
allow in each case after the services of
such counsel shall have been performed.
Sec. 22. A Secretary of State shall be
appointed by the Governor, by and with
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the advice and consent of the Senate,
who shall continue in office, unless sooner
removed by the Governor, till the end
of the official term of the Governor from
whom he received his appointment, and
shall receive an annual salary of one
thousand dollars.
Sec. 23. He 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 shall
perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by law, or as may properly
belong to his office.
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ARTICLE III.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
Section 1. The Legislature shall con-
sist of two distinct branches, a Senate
and a House of Delegates, which shall
be styled "The General Assembly of
Maryland."
Sec. 2. Every county of the State, and
the city of Baltimore, shall be entitled to
elect one Senator, who shall be elected
by the qualified voters of the counties
and city of Baltimore, respectively, and
who shall serve for four years from the
day of their election.
Sec. 3. The Legislature at its first ses-
sion after the returns of the national
census of eighteen hundred and sixty are
published, and in like manner after each
subsequent census, shall apportion the
members of the House of Delegates
among the several counties of the State,
according to the population of each,
and shall always allow to the city of
Baltimore four more delegates than are
allowed to the most populous county,
but no county shall be entitled to less
than two members, nor shall the whole
number of delegates ever exceed eighty,
or be less than sixty-five; and until the
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apportionment is made under the cen-
sus of eighteen hundred and sixty; St.
Mary's county shall be entitled to two
delegates; Kent, two; Anne Arundel,
three; Calvert, two; Charles, two; Balti-
more county, six; Talbot, two; Somer-
set, four; Dorchester, three; Cecil, three;
Prince George's, three; Queen Anne's,
two; Worcester, three; Frederick, six;
Harford, three; Caroline, two; Baltimore
city, ten ; Washington, five ; Montgomery,
two; Allegany, four; Carroll, three, and
Howard, two.
Sec. 4. The members of the House of
Delegates shall be elected by the quali-
fied voters of the counties and city of
Baltimore respectively, to serve for two
years from the day of their election.
Sec. 5. The first election for delegates
shall take place on the first Wednesday
of November, eighteen hundred and
fifty-one; and the elections for delegates,
and for one-half of the Senators, as
nearly as practicable, shall be held on
the same day in every second year there-
after, but an election for senators shall
be held in the year eighteen hundred
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