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COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

CONSTITUTION OF 1867

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968


ecutive reorganization. Any board or commis-


sion at the head of a principal department


shall have a chief administrative officer.

ARTICLE Hi.


LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.


Section 1. The Legislature shall consist

See Section 3,01, Legislative Power, p. 2.

of two distinct branches: a Senate, and a


House of Delegates, and shall be styled


the General Assembly of Maryland.


Sec. 2. The City of Baltimore shall be

See Section 3.04, Legislative Districts, p. 10.

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.


Sec. 3. Vacant.


Sec. 4. The General Assembly shall have


the power to provide by Law, from time


to time, for altering and changing the


boundaries of the existing Legislative Dis-


tricts of the City of Baltimore, so as to


make them as near as may be of equal


population; but said district shall always


consist of contiguous territory.


Sec. 5. The membership of the House

Section 3.03. Composition of the General

of Delegates shall consist of one hundred

Assembly.

and twenty-three (123) Delegates, appor-

The number of members of each house of

tioned as follows: Calvert, Caroline, Charles,
Howard, Kent, Queen Anne's, and St.

the General Assembly shall be prescribed by
law, but the number of delegates shall not

Mary's Counties, two Delegates each; Cecil,

exceed one hundred twenty and the number

Garrett, Somerset, Talbot, and Worcester

of senators shall be one- third the number of

Counties, three Delegates each; Carroll,
Dorchester, Harford, and Wicomico Coun-

delegates. Only one delegate shall represent a
delegate district and only one senator shall

ties, four Delegates each; Allegany, Anne

represent a senate district. Each senate dis-

Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Montgomery,

trict shall consist of three whole delegate dis-

Prince George's, and Washington Counties,

tricts.

and each of the six Legislative Districts of


Baltimore City, six Delegates each.


Sec. 6. The members of the House of

Section 3.10. Election and Term of Office.

Delegates shall be elected by the qualified

A member of the General Assembly shall

voters of the Counties, and the Legislative

be elected by the voters of the district in

Districts of Baltimore City, respectively,

which he seeks election, to serve for a term

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