ELECTIONS 1503

An. Code, 1924, sec. 162. 1912, sec. 151. 1904, sec. 149. 1888, sec. 114, 1896, ch. 202,

sec. 141. Compiled Statutes U. S., vol. 1, pages 67-68, Act of Congress,

February, 3, 1887. 1937, ch. 232, sec. 162.

201. The electors for this State shall meet in the State House in the
City of Annapolis and give their votes for President and Vice-President
of the United States on the day fixed by law of the United States for meet-
ings of electors of President and Vice-President of the United States.

Representatives in Congress.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 163. 1912, sec. 152. 1904, sec. 150. 1888, sec. 118. 1852, ch. 52, sec. 1.
1868, ch. 335. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 142.

202. Elections of representatives of this State in the congress of the
United States shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in
the month of November every two years, commencing in the year eighteen
hundred and ninety-six, and taking place every second year thereafter.

This section referred to in determining whether an election was "a general election."
Downs v. State,,78 Md. 131.

As to the proclamation by the Governor of persons elected to congress, see art. 41,
sec. 54.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 164. 1912, sec. 153. 1904, sec. 151. 1888, sec. 119. 1896, ch. 202, see. 143.

203. 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, 1924, sec. 165. 1912, sec. 154. 1904, sec. 152. 1888, sec. 120. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 144.

204. 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, 1924, sec. 166. 1912, sec. 155. 1904, sec. 153. 1888. sec. 121. 1852, ch. 25. 1868,
ch. 335. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 145. 1902, ch. 136.

205. 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, 1924, sec. 167. 1912, sec. 156. 1904, sec. 154. 1888, sec. 122. 1902, ch. 136.

1922, ch. 158, sec. 156.

206. 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.