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Maryland Manual, 1973-74
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MARYLAND MANUAL 339
LEGISLATURE
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Senate Officers
William S. James, President of the Senate
George E. Snyder, Majority Floor Leader
Edward T. Hall, Co-Minority Floor Leader
Jervis S. Finney, Co-Minority Floor Leader
Bruce N. Bereano, Assistant to the President
Oden Bowie, Secretary
Henry L. Harrison, Assistant Secretary
W. Gary Gray, Journal Clerk
Myron A. Cronhardt, Assistant Journal Clerk
Ronald E. Council, Reading Clerk
Mary C. Johnson, Chief Page
R. H. McCleaf, Sergeant-at-Arms
House of Delegates Officers
John Hanson Briscoe, Speaker
John S. Arnick, Majority Floor Leader
C. A. Porter Hopkins, Minority Floor Leader
James P. Mause, Chief Clerk
Jacqueline M. Spell, Assistant Chief Clerk
Charles H. Cox, Journal Clerk
Janet Y. Mutscheller, Assistant Journal Clerk
Lawrence Goldstein, Reading Clerk
Cornelia Connelly, Page Supervisor
John J. Nowakowski, Parliamentarian
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, until the 1974 general election, 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. Sena-
tors are apportioned among the several senatorial districts on an ap-
proximate population ratio. The number of Delegates for each county
and each Legislative District varies from one to twenty-two (Code
1957, 1971 Repl. Vol., Art. 40).
Under the provisions of a Constitutional Amendment ratified by the
voters in 1972 (Chapter 363, Acts of 1972), the membership of the
General Assembly was increased to 188 members. Effective with the
primary and general elections of 1974, the Senate will consist of 47
members with a House of Delegates comprising 141 members. The
State must be divided into legislative districts, each of which contains
one Senator and three Delegates. Each District must consist of adjoin-
ing territory, be compact in form and of equal population. Districts
may be subdivided, but due regard must be given to natural boundaries
and the boundaries of political subdivisions.
Every Senator or Delegate must be a citizen of the State and a resi-
dent of it for at least three years preceding the date of his election;
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 Gov-
ernment nor any clergyman or minister is eligible for election to the

 
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