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SEC. 5. Immediately after the taking and publishing of the
next National Census, or after any State enumeration of popu-
lation, 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 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 enumeration of population there-
after made, it shall be the duty of the Governor, for the time
being, to make similar adjustment of Representation, and to de-
clare the same by Proclamation, as aforesaid.

SEC. 6. The members of the House of Delegates shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the Counties, and the Legis-
lative Districts of Baltimore City, respectively, to serve for two
years from the day of their election.

SEC. T. The first election for Senators and Delegates shall take
place on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month
of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; and the elec-
tion for Delegates, and as nearly as practicable, for one-half of
the Senators, shall be held on the same day, in every second year
thereafter.

SEC. 8. Immediately after the Senate shall have convened,
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—Senators of the first class shall go out of office at the
expiration of two years, and Senators shall be elected on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November,
eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, 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. 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.

SEC. 9. No person shall be eligible as a Senator or Delegate,
who at the time of his election, is not a citizen of the State of
Maryland, and who has not resided therein for at least three
years next preceding the day of his election, and the last year
thereof, in the County, or in the Legislative District of Balti-