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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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