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MARYLAND MANUAL 309 LEGISLATURE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Senate Officers William S. James, President of the Senate Harry R. Hughes, Majority Floor Leader Edward T. Hall, Minority Floor Leader Oden Bowie, Secretary Milton L. Dennis, Assistant Secretary Vacancy, Journal Clerk W. Gary Gray, Assistant Journal Clerk James E. Jones, Reading Clerk C. Reba Homey, Chief Page Tilghman A. Rhodes, Sergeant-at-Anns House of Delegates Officers Thomas Hunter Lowe, Speaker William M. Houck, Majority Floor Leader John S. McInerney, Minority Floor Leader James P. Mause, Chief Clerk Mary F. Atwell, Assistant Chief Clerk Charles H. Cox, Journal Clerk William T. Schmitz, Assistant Journal Clerk John J. Dilli, Jr., Reading Clerk John F. Nixon, Sergeant-at-Anns L. Edwin Carr, Chief Page The legislative powers of the State of Maryland are vested in the General Assembly, which consists of two distinct branches, the Senate and the House of Delegates (Const. 1867, Art. Ill, sec. 1). The General Assembly at the present time consists of 185 members: 43 Senators and 142 members of the House of Delegates, all elected by the counties and the six Legislative Districts of Baltimore City. Senators are apportioned among the several senatorial districts on an approximate population ratio. The number of Delegates for each county and each Legislative District varies from one to twenty-two (Code 1957, 1965 Repl. Vol., 1968 Supp., Art. 40). Every Senator or Delegate must be a citizen of the State and a resident of it for at least three years preceding the date of his elec- tion; and the last year thereof, he must have resided in the county or the Legislative District of Baltimore City which he represents. A Senator must be at least twenty-five years of age at the time of his election, and a Delegate at least twenty-one. No member of Congress or any person holding a civil or military office ^under the United States Government nor any clergyman or minister is eligible for elec- tion to the General Assembly (HI, 9, 10, II). The term of each Sen- ator and Delegate shall be for four years from the date of his election (XVII). The Governor is required to appoint to any vacancy that occurs in either House through death, resignation, or disqualification, a person whose name is submitted to him in writing by the State Central Committee of the County or Legislative District which the person holding the vacated seat represented and of the party to which he belonged. The person so appointed must be affiliated with that party. All persons so appointed serve for the unexpired portion of the term (III, 13). Each House elects its own officers, is judge of its own members, and establishes rules for the conduct of its business, |
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