J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR 7

THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE STATE ACCORDING TO
TO THE CENSUS SHALL BE DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER
SIXTY-FIVE (65). THE RESULTING QUOTIENT, COMPUTED
AS THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER, IS THE UNIT OF POPU-
LATION NECESSARY FOR AN ADDITIONAL DELEGATE.
THE UNIT OF POPULATION, AS DIVISOR, SHALL THEN BE
DIVIDED INTO THE POPULATION OF EACH COUNTY IN
THE STATE AND OF EACH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF
BALTIMORE CITY WHICH HAS A POPULATION IN EXCESS
OF THE UNIT OF POPULATION. EACH COUNTY AND LEGIS-
LATIVE DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL NUM-
BER OF DELEGATES EQUAL TO THE RESULTING QUOTIENT
IN EACH INSTANCE, DROPPING ANY FRACTIONAL RE-
MAINDER. IF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DELEGATES SO AP-
PORTIONED IS FEWER THAN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-
THREE (123), ADDITIONAL DELEGATES SHALL BE
AWARDED IN DESCENDING ORDER TO THOSE COUNTIES
OR LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS HAVING THE HIGHEST FRAC-
TIONAL SHARE OF A UNIT OF POPULATION AS A RE-
MAINDER AFTER THE LAST MENTIONED QUOTIENTS HAVE
BEEN COMPUTED, UNTIL THE TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-THREE (123) DELEGATES IS APPORTIONED.

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