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(3) All of the Melwood Election District (No. 15).

(4) All of the Nottingham Election District (No. 4).

(5) (4) All of the Brandywine Election District (No. 11).

(6) (5) All of the Piscataway Election District (No. 5), not pre-
viously included within the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan
District.

(7) All of the Aquasco Election District (No. 8).

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 431
(House Bill 131)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 15 of Article III of the
Constitution of Maryland, title "Legislative Department," to pro-
vide that the General Assembly shall be empowered to set its own
compensation, and providing for the submission of this amendment
to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption
or rejection.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
(three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
concurring), That the following section be and it is hereby proposed
as an amendment to Section 15 of Article III of the Constitution of
Maryland, title "Legislative Department," the same, if adopted by
the legally qualified voters of the State, as herein provided, to become
part of the Constitution of Maryland:

15.

The General Assembly may continue its session so long as in
its judgment the public interest may require, for a period not longer
than seventy days in each year; and on and after January 1, [1965]
1967 each member thereof shall receive [a compensation [of Twenty-
four Hundred Dollars ($2,400.00), per annum, payable quarterly,
with a deduction of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per diem for each day
of unexcused absence from any session; and he shall also receive
such mileage as may be allowed by law, not exceeding Twenty Cents
per mile; and the presiding officers of each House shall receive an
additional compensation of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00)

per annum.] which shall be set from time to time by an Act of the

General Assembly, including provisions for mileage, deductions for
absentees and additional compensation for the presiding officers of
each House SUCH COMPENSATION AS SHALL BE PROVIDED
BY LAW BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHICH SHALL NOT
BE DIMINISHED OR REDUCED DURING ANY TERM OF
OFFICE. When the General Assembly shall be convened by Proc-
lamation of the Governor, the session shall not continue longer than
thirty days, but no additional compensation other than mileage and