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Governor, shall ever thereafter be entitled to vote at any election in
this State; and no person under guardianship, as a lunatic, or, as a
person non compos mentis, shall be entitled to vote.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing sections
hereby proposed as amendments to the Constitution of Maryland, at
the next general election to be held in this State in November, 1972,
shall be submitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions contained in Article
XIV of the Constitution of this State, and at the said general election,
the vote on the said proposed amendments to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed the words
"For the Constitutional Amendments," and "Against the Constitu-
tional Amendments," as now provided by law, and, immediately
after said election, all returns shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amendments, as directed by said
Article XIV of the Constitution, and further proceedings had in
accordance with said Article XIV.

Approved May 6, 1971.

CHAPTER 856
(House Bill 345)

AN ACT to propose amendments to Article III of the Constitution
of Maryland, title "Legislative Department," by repealing and
re-enacting, with amendments, Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 thereof,
establishing the membership and the districts for the election of
members of the General Assembly, providing a method for setting
the boundaries of such districts, PROVIDING FOR RESIDENCY
REQUIREMENTS OF DELEGATES IN CERTAIN CASES,
making general provisions therefor, and providing for the submis-
sion of this amendment to the qualified voters of the State 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 be and the same are hereby pro-
posed as amendments to Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 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 a part of the Constitution of Maryland:

2.

[The membership of the Senate shall consist of the forty-three
(43) Senators. The membership of the House of Delegates shall
consist of one hundred forty-two (142) Delegates.] The member-

ship of the Senate shall consist of forty-seven (47) Senators. The

membership of the House of Delegates shall consist of one hundred
forty-one (141) Delegates. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL
PRESCRIBE BY LAW THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF EACH
HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BUT THE TOTAL