ART. 3.] LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. XXix.

SEC. 22. A Secretary of State shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who
shall continue in office, unless sooner removed by the Governor,
till the end of the official term of the Governor from whom he
received his appointment, and receive an annual salary of Two
Thousand dollars, and shall reside at the Seat of Government;
and the office of Private Secretary shall thenceforth cease.

SEC. 23. The Secretary of State shall carefully keep and pre-
serve a Record of all official acts and proceedings, which may at
all times be inspected by a committee of either Branch of the
Legislature; and he shall perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by Law, or as may properly belong to his office,
together with all clerical duty belonging to the Executive
Department.

AETIOLE 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.

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

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 representation in the House of Dele-
gates, as follows: Allegany County, five Delegates; Anne
Arundel County, three Delegates; Baltimore County, six Dele-
gates; 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;