1304 ARTICLE 33.

An. Code, sec. 153. 1904, sec. 151. 1888, sec. 119. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 143.

164. If a vacancy should occur by death, resignation or otherwise, at
such a period as to make it necessary that a representative or representatives
in congress from this State should be chosen before the regular time for such
election, the governor shall by proclamation direct that a special election
be held to fill such vacancy, which proclamation shall require at least
twenty days' notice of such election, to be given by the supervisors of
elections to the sheriffs of the respective counties or city of Baltimore, com-
prising the congressional district in which such vacancy may exist.

Congressional Districts.

An. Code, sec. 154. 1904, sec. 152. 1888, sec. 120. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 144.

165. This State shall be divided into six districts for the choosing of
six representatives in the congress of the United States, which will be
numbered respectively from one to six.

An. Code, sec. 155. 1904, sec. 153. 1888, sec. 121. 1852, ch. 25. 1868, ch. 335.
1896, ch. 202, sec. 145. 1902, ch. 136.

166. The first congressional district shall be composed of Worcester
county, Somerset county, Wicomico county, Dorchester county, Talbot
county, Queen Anne's county, Caroline county, Kent county and Cecil
county, and shall be entitled to choose one representative in the house of
representatives.

An. Code, sec. 156. 1904, sec. 154. 1888, sec. 122. 1902, ch. 136. 1922, ch. 158, sec. 156.

167. The Second Congressional District shall be composed of the Fif-
teenth, Sixteenth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth Wards
and the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Precincts of the
Twenty-fifth Ward of Baltimore City, as presently laid out, of Harford
County, Carroll County and Baltimore County, and shall be entitled to
choose one Representative in the House of Representatives.

An. Code, sec. 157. 1904, sec. 155. 1888, sec. 123. 1902, ch. 136. 1922, ch. 159, sec. 157.

168. The Third Congressional District shall be composed of the First,
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Twenty-second
Wards of Baltimore City, and the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and
Thirteenth election precincts of the Eighteenth Ward of Baltimore City,
as said wards are numbered by the Act of 1901, Chapter 8, and as said
precincts are presently laid out, and shall be entitled to choose one Repre-
sentative in the House of Representatives.

An. Code, sec. 158. 1904, sec. 156. 1888, sec. 124. 1902, ch. 136. 1922, ch. 159, sec. 158.

169. The Fourth Congressional District shall be composed of the
Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Seventeenth,
Nineteenth and Twentieth Wards of Baltimore City, and the First, Second
and Third election precincts of the Eighteenth Ward of Baltimore City, as
said wards are numbered by Act of 1901, Chapter 8, and as said precincts