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MARYLAND MANUAL. 447 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 Delegatesf SEc. 4. As soon as may be, after the taking and publishing of the next 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 eighteen 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 thousand souls, shall be entitled to four Delegates; and every county having a population of forty thousand and less than fifty-five thousand souls, shall he 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 six 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 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 always consist of contiguous territory. In case the General Assembly, at the regular session of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, fails to fix the boundaries of the six legislative districts of the city of Baltimore, the Board of Supervisors of Elections of said city shall fix the boundaries of the six legislative districts, subject to the limitations contained herein, and shall give adequate notice of the same; and the f Under the State Census of 1920 the allotment of representation of the several counties in the House of Delegates is as follows: Allegany County, six; Anne Arundel County, five; Baltimore County. six; Calvert County. two; Caroline County. three; Carroll County, four; Cecil County, three; Charles County, two; Dorchester County, three; Frederick County, five; Garrett County, three; Harford County, four; Howard County, two; Kent County. two; Montgomery County. four; Prince George’s County, five; Queen Anne’s County, two; Somerset County. three; St. Mary’s County. two; Talbot County, three; Washington County, six; Wicomico County, four; Worcester County, three; and Baltimore City, twenty- four Delegates. Total, 106. Thus amended by Act of 1900, Chapter 422, ratified by the people at Novem- ber election. 1901. |
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