260                              Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 99

Sec. 13. All civil officers appointed by the Governor and Senate,
shall be nominated to the Senate within fifty days from the com-
mencement of each regular session of the Legislature; and their
term of office, except in cases otherwise provided for in this Consti-
tution, shall commence on the first Monday of May next ensuing
their appointment, and continue for two years, (unless removed from
office), and until their successors, respectively, qualify according to
Law [; but the term of office of the Inspectors of Tobacco shall
commence on the first Monday of March next ensuing their appoint-
ment].

Article 3, "Legislative Department"

Sec. 2. The City of Baltimore shall be divided into six legislative
districts as near as may be of equal population and of contiguous
territory, and each of said legislative districts of Baltimore City,
as they may from time to time be laid out, in accordance with the
provisions hereof, and each county in the State, shall be entitled to one
Senator, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the said
legislative districts of Baltimore City and of the counties of the
State, respectively, and shall serve for four years from the date of
his election [, subject to the classification of Senators hereafter pro-
vided 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 Delegates, as
follows: Allegany 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; Dorchester County, three Delegates; Frederick Coun-
ty, six Delegates; Harford County, four Delegates; Howard County,
two Delegates; Kent County, two Delegates; Montgomery County,
three Delegates; Prince George's County, three Delegates; Queen
Anne's County, two Delegates; St. Mary's County, two Delegates;
Somerset County, three Delegates; Talbot County, two Delegates;
Washington County, five Delegates; and Worcester County, three
Delegates.] Vacant.

Sec. 4. [As soon as may be, after the taking and publishing of the
National Census of 1900, or after the enumeration of the population
of: this State, under the authority thereof, there shall be an appor-
tionment 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 population
of over eighteen thousand and less than twenty-eight thousand souls,
shall be entitled to three delegates; and every county having a popu-
lation of twenty-eight thousand and less than forty thousand souls,
shall be entitled to four delegates; and every county having a popu-
lation 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