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
districts of Baltimore City and of the counties of the State,
respectively, and shall serve for four years from the date of
his election, subject to the classification of Senators here-
after provided for.1

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 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 three Legislative Dis-
tricts of the City of Baltimore, six Delegates; Calvert Coun-
ty, two Delegates; Caroline County, two Delegates; Carroll
County, four Delegates; Cecil County, four Delegates;
Charles County, two Delegates; Dorchester County, three
Delegates; Frederick County, six Delegates; Harford
County, four Delegates; Howard County, two Delegates;
Kent County, two Delegates; Montgomery County, three
Delegates; Prince George's County, three Delegates; Queen
Anne's County, two Delegates; St. Mary's County, two Del-
egates; Somerset County, three Delegates; Talbot County,
two Delegates; Washington County, five Delegates, and
Worcester County, three delegates.2

SEC. 4. As soon as may be, after the taking and publish-
ing of the National Census of 1900, or after the enum-
eration 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, hav-
ing 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;

1 Thus amended by Chapter 7, Acts of 1922, ratified November 7, 1922.
2 Under the State Census of 1940 the allotment of representation of the sev-
eral counties In the House of Delegates was as follows: Allegany County, six; Anne
Arundel County, six; Baltimore County, six; Calvert County, two: Caroline County,
two; Carroll County, four; Cecil County, three; Charles County, two; Dorchester
County, four; Frederick County, six; Garrett County, three; Harford County, tour;
Howard County, two; Kent County, two; Montgomery County, six; Prince George's
County, six; 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, thirty-six Delegates, Total 123.