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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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two distinct branches; a Senate, and a
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House of Delegates, and shall be styled
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the General Assembly of Maryland.
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Sec. 56. The General Assembly shall have
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power to pass all such Laws as may be
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necessary and proper for carrying into
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execution the powers vested, by this Con-
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stitution, in any Department, or office of
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the Government, and the duties imposed
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upon them thereby.
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Section 3.02. State Capital.
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Declaration of Rights, Art. H. That
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The capital of the State and the meeting
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Annapolis be the place of meeting of the
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place of the General Assembly shall be at
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Legislature; and the Legislature ought not
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Annapolis.
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to be convened, or held at any other place
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but from evident necessity.
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Section 3.03. Composition of the General
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Sec. 5. The membership of the House of
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Assembly.
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Delegates shall consist of one hundred
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The number of members of each house of
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and twenty-three (123) Delegates, appor-
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the General Assembly shall be prescribed by
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tioned as follows: Calvert, Caroline, Charles,
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law, but the number of delegates shall not
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Howard, Kent, Queen Anne's, and St.
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exceed one hundred twenty and the number
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Mary's Counties, two Delegates each; Cecil,
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of senators shall be one- third the number of
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Garrett, Somerset, Talbot, and Worcester
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delegates. Only one delegate shall represent a
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Counties, three Delegates each; Carroll,
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delegate district and only one senator shall
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Dorchester, Harford, and Wicomico Coun-
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represent a senate district. Each senate dis-
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ties, four Delegates each; Allegany, Anne
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trict shall consist of three whole delegate dis-
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Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Montgomery,
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tricts.
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Prince George's, and Washington Counties,
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and each of the six Legislative Districts of
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Districts
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Baltimore City, six Delegates each.
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Section 3.04. Legislative Districts.
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Article I, sec. 1 ... and in case any
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The State shall be divided by law into dis-
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county, or city, shall be so divided as to
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tricts for the election of members of the
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form portions of different electoral districts,
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Senate. Each senate district shall be subdivid-
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for the election of Representatives in Con-
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ed into three districts for the election of
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gress, Senators, Delegates, or other Offi-
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members of the House of Delegates. The
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cers, ....
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population represented by each senator shall
be substantially equal, as shall the popula-
tion represented by each delegate. Each dis-
trict shall consist of adjoining territory and
be compact in form. Due regard shall be giv-
en to natural boundaries and the boundaries
of political subdivisions. Boundaries of dis-
tricts shall be redrawn according to these
standards prior to the general election in
1982 and in every tenth year thereafter.
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Art. III, 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
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districts of Baltimore City and of the
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counties of the State, respectively, and
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shall serve for four years from the date of
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his election.
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Sec. 4. The General Assembly shall have
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the power to provide by Law, from time
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to time, for altering and changing the
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boundaries of the existing Legislative Dis-
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tricts of the City of Baltimore, so as to
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