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CONSTITUTION— ART. III.

SEC 2 Each county in the State, and each of the three legislative districts

Election of
Senators

of Baltimore city, as they are now, or may hereafter be defined, shall be en-
titled to one senator, who ahull be elected by the qualified voters of the coun-
ties, and of the legislative districts of Baltimore city, respectively, and shall

Term four
years.

serve for four years from the date of his election, subject to the classification of
senators, hereafter provided for

Representation
in House of
Delegates, until
next census.

Sue 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 representation in the
House of Delegates, as follows. Alleghany county, 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; Caroline county, two delegates; Carroll county, four
delegates, Cecil county, four delegates; Charles county, two delegates; Dor-
chester county, three delegates; Frederick county, six delegates; Harford
county, four delegates; Howard county, two delegates; Kent county, two dele-
gates; Montgomery county, three delegates; Prince George's county, three
delegates; Queen Anne's county, two delegates; Sam t Mary's county, two
delegates; Somerset county, three delegates; Talbot county, two delegates;
Washington county, five delegates; and Worcester county, three delegates

Basis of repre-
sentation in
House of
Delegates.

SEC 4. As soon as may be after the taking and publishing of the next na-
tional census, or after the enumeration of the population of this State, under
the authority thereof, there shall be an apportionment of representation in the
House of Delegates, to be made on the following basis, to wit: Each of the
several counties of the State, having a population of eighteen thousand souls,
or less, shall be entitled to two delegates; and every county, having a popula-
tion of over eighteen thousand, and less than twenty-eight thousand souls, shall
be entitled to three delegates; and every county, having a population of twenty-
eight thousand, and less than forty thousand souls, shall be entitled to four
delegates; and every county, having a population of forty thousand, and less
than fifty-five thousand souls, shall be entitled to five delegates; and every
county, having a population of fifty-five thousand souls, and upwards, shall be
entitled to six delegate, and no more, and each of the three legislative dis-
tricts of the city of Baltimore shall be entitled to the number of delegates to
which the largest county shall, or may be entitled, under the aforegoing appor-

Legislative
districts in
Baltimore city
may be
changed.

tionment. And the General Assembly shall have power to provide by law,
from time to time, for altering and changing the boundaries of the three ex-
isting legislative districts of the city of Baltimore, so as to make them, as near
as may be, of equal population, but said districts shall always consist of con-
tiguous territory

Governor to
arrange the
representation
in House

SEC 5. Immediately after the taking and publishing of the next national
census, or after any State enumeration of population, as aforesaid, it shall be
the duty of the governor, then being, to arrange the representation in said
House of Delegates, in accordance with the apportionment herein provided

Proclamation

for; and to declare, by proclamation, the number of delegates, to which each
county, and the city of Baltimore may be entitled, under such apportionment;
and after every national census taken thereafter, or after any State enumera-
tion of population, thereafter made, it shall be the duty of the governor, for
the time being, to make similar adjustment of representation, and to declare
the same by proclamation, as aforesaid.

Election of
delegates

SEC 6. The members of the House of Delegates shall be elected by the quali-
fied voters of the counties, and the legislative districts of Baltimore city, re-

Term two years.

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

Time of
elections.

SEC 7. The first election for senators and delegates shall tube place on the
Tuesday next, after the first Monday in the month of November, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, and the election for delegates, and us nearly as prac-