38 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. IIII

ARTICLE III.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

Section 1. The Legislature shall consist of two distinct branches—
a Senate and a House of Delegates—and shall be styled the General
Assembly of Maryland.

Under the constitution, the power to enact laws belongs to the general
assembly, composed of the senate and house of delegates; the power thus
delegated cannot be re-delegated to the people themselves; the legislature
may, however, confer upon municipal corporations the power to pass local
laws. Bradshaw v. Lankford, 73 Md. 430.

The meaning of the term "general assembly" as used in this section, re-
ferred to in determining that the Governor was not embraced in that term
as used in article 14, section 1—see notes thereto. Warfield v. Vandiver,
101 Md. 111.

This section referred to in construing article 3, section 29—see notes
thereto. Postal Tel. Co. v. State, 110 Md. 612.

Sec. 2. Each County in the State, and each of the three Legislative
Districts of Baltimore City, as they are now, or may hereafter be
defined, shall be entitled to one Senator, who shall be elected by the
qualified voters of the Counties, and of the Legislative Districts of
Baltimore City, respectively, and shall serve for four years from the
date of his election, subject to the classification of Senators, hereafter
provided for.

[Sec. 2. The City of Baltimore shall be divided into four legis-
lative districts, as near as may be, of equal population and of contigu-
ous territory, and each of said legislative districts 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 legis-
lative 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 hereafter provided for.]*
See article 31 of the Md. constitution.

Sec. 3. Until the taking and publishing of the next National 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 a representation in the House of Delegates, as follows: Allegany,
five Delegates; Anne Arundel County, three Delegates; Baltimore
County, six Delegates; each of the three Legislative Districts of the
City of Baltimore, six Delegates; Calvert County, two Delegates; Caro-
line 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.

*Thus amended by the act of 1900, chapter 469, ratified November, 1901.