1962] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES 39

Amendment No. 3—Strike out all of lines 36-51 inclusive of Sec-
tion 42 on page 2 of the printed bill, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:

"The total population of the State according to the census shall
be divided by the number one hundred and twenty-three (123). The
resulting quotient, taken to the nearest figure of an even thousand,
is the unit of population until a similar computation is made follow-
ing the next census. The unit of population shall then be divided
into the population of each county in the State and of each legis-
lative district of Baltimore City. Each county and legislative district
shall receive an aggregate number of Delegates (which includes its
minimum of two Delegates) as its population exceeds the number
of units of population listed in the following schedule:

When the Population of the

County or Legislative District The County or Legislative District
Exceeds this Number of Units Is Entitled to this Total Number
of Population of Delegates

One-Unit Sub-Divisions

2 3

3 4

Two-Unit Sub-Divisions

4 5

6 6

8 7

Three-Unit Sub-Divisions

10 8
13 9
16 10

Four-Unit Sub-Divisions

19 11
23 12

Also, for every four additional units of population in excess of
twenty-three units, the county or legislative district shall receive
one additional delegate.

If the total number of all Delegates so apportioned is fewer
than one hundred and twenty-three (123) Delegates, additional Dele-
gates shall be awarded in descending order to those counties or
legislative districts having more than one unit of population and
having the highest fractional share of a unit of population as a
remainder after the quotients have been computed in applying the
tabular formula above, until the total of one hundred and twenty-
three (123) Delegates is apportioned.

In computing the. "highest fractional share" of a unit of popula-
tion, remainders for counties or legislative districts under the four
sub-headings in the tabular formula above shall be given weighted
values as follows: For counties and legislative districts which are
"one-unit sub-divisions, " the remainder population shall be multi-
plied by four; for counties and legislative districts which are "two-
unit sub-divisions, " the remainder population shall be multiplied by
three; for counties and legislative districts which are "three-unit
sub-divisions, " the remainder population shall be multiplied by two;
and for counties and legislative districts which are "four-unit sub-
divisions, " the remainder population shall be multiplied by one. These