22 CONSTITUTION OF THE

Charles, two; Baltimore county, six; Talbot, two; Somer-
set, four; Dorchester, three; Cecil, three; Prince George's,
three; Queen Anne's, two; Worcester, three; Frederick,
six; Harford, three; Caroline, two; Baltimore city, ten;
Washington, five; Montgomery, two; Allegany, four; Car-
roll, three, and Howard, two.

Election of Dele-
gates

SEC. 4. The members of the House of Delegates shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the counties and city of

Their term of
Office

Baltimore respectively, to serve for two years from the day
of their election.

Time of Elec-
tions

SEC. 5. The first election for delegates shall take place
on the first Wednesday of November, eighteen hundred and
fifty-one; and the ejections for delegates and for one-half
of the Senators, as nearly as practicable, shall be held on
the same day in every second year thereafter, but an election
for Senators shall be held in the year eighteen hundred and
fifty-one, in Howard county, and all those counties in which
senators were elected in the year eighteen hundred and for-
ty-six.

Classification of
Senators

SEC. 6. Immediately after the Senate shall have con-
vened after the first election under this Constitution, the
Senators shall be divided, by lot, into two classes, as nearly
equal in number as may be — the Senators of the first class
shall go out of office at the expiration of two years, and Sen-
ators shall be elected on the first Wednesday of November,
eighteen hundred and fifty -three, for the term of four years,
to supply their places; so that, after the first election, one-
half of the Senators may be chosen every second year; pro-
vided, that in no case shall any Senator be placed in a class
which shall entitle him to serve for a longer term than that
for which he was elected. In case the number of Senators
be hereafter increased, such classification of the additional
Senators shall be made as to preserve as nearly as may be an
equal number in each class.

Time of Meetings
of the General
Assembly Their
Sessions biennial.

SEC. 7. The General Assembly shall meet on the first
Wednesday of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, on
the same day, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three,
and on the same day in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-
four, and on the same day in every second year thereafter,
and at no other time unless convened by the proclamation
of the Governor.

Time of adjourn-
ment.

SEC. 8. The General Assembly may continue their first
two sessions after the adoption of this Constitution, as long