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five; above that number, one Delegate shall be chosen for
the next twenty thousand persons, or a fractional portion
over one-half thereof, in each county and legislative district
of the city of Baltimore; above that number, each county
and legislative district of the said city, shall elect one
Delegate for every eighty thousand persons, or fractional
portion thereof, above one-half. Upon this principle, and
as soon as practicable after each national census, or State
enumeration of inhabitants, the General Assembly shall
apportion the members of the House of Delegates among
the several counties, and the several legislative districts of
Baltimore city, according to the white population of each.
But until such apportionment is made, the House of Dele-
gates shall consist of eighty members, distributed as follows:
Allegany, five members; Anne Arundel, two; each of the
three legislative districts in Baltimore city, six; Baltimore
county, six; Calvert, one; Caroline, two; Carroll, five;
Cecil, four; Charles, one; Dorchester, two; Frederick,
six; Harford, four; Howard, two; Kent, two; Mont-
gomery, two; Prince George's, two; Queen Anne's, two;
St. Mary's, one; Somerset, three; Talbot, two; Wash-
ington, five; Worcester, three.

Election of Dele-
gates.

Sec. 5. The members of the House of Delegates shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the counties and the legis-
lative districts of Baltimore city, respectively, to serve for

Term of Office.

two years from the day of their election.

Time of Elections.

Sec. 6. The first election for Senators and Delegates
shall take place on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in the month of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-
four; and the elections for Delegates, and as nearly as
practicable for one-half of the Senators, shall be held on
the same day in every second year thereafter.

Classification of
Senators.

Sec. 7. Immediately after the Senate shall have con-
vened after the first election under this Constitution, the
Senators shall be divided by lot into two classes, as nearly
equal in number as may be�Senators of the first class
shall go out of office at the expiration of two years, and
Senators shall be elected on the Tuesday next after the first