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7; AND PRECINCTS 1, 2, 3, 3A, 4, 5, 5A, 5B, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 24A, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, AND 33 OF
WARD 26. LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 46 SHALL ELECT THREE
DELEGATES AT LARGE.

(UU) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 47 SHALL CONSIST OF THE
FOLLOWING AREAS OF BALTIMORE CITY: WARDS 1,2,3,21,22,23, AND
24 IN THEIR ENTIRETY; PRECINCT 1 OF WARD 4; PRECINCTS
8,9,10,11,12,13, AND 14 OF WARD 6; AND PRECINCTS 4,5,6,7, AND 8 OF
WARD 19. LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 47 SHALL ELECT THREE
DELEGATES AT LARGE.

47A. APPLICABILITY OF SUBTITLE.

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE SHALL, FOR PURPOSES OF
ELECTIONS, BE APPLICABLE TO ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINNING WITH THE PRIMARY AND
GENERAL ELECTIONS OF 1974 AND SHALL, FOR PURPOSES OF
REPRESENTATION, BE APPLICABLE BEGINNING WITH THE SECOND
WEDNESDAY OF JANUARY 1975.

47B. REPEAL OF INCONSISTENT LAWS.

ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND ALL OTHER LAWS OR
PARTS OF LAWS, PUBLIC GENERAL OR PUBLIC LOCAL,
INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE, ARE
REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF ANY SUCH INCONSISTENCY.

47C. SEVERABILITY.

IF ANY PART OF THIS SUBTITLE INCLUDING ANY SECTION OR
SUBSECTION OR PORTION THEREOF, SHALL BE HELD TO BE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INVALID FOR ANY REASON, SUCH
UNCONSTITUTIONALLY OR INVALIDITY SHALL NOT AFFECT THE
REMAINING PARTS OF THIS SUBTITLE, IT BEING THE INTENTION
THAT THE REMAINING PARTS OF THIS SUBTITLE WOULD HAVE
BEEN ENACTED INTO LAW IF SUCH UNCONSTITUTIONALLY OR
INVALIDITY HAD BEEN KNOWN; AND TO THIS END, ALL PARTS OF
THIS SUBTITLE ARE DECLARED TO BE SEVERABLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, unless the General
Assembly adopts a plan for legislative districting and apportionment by the
forty-fifth day after the opening of the regular session of the General Assembly in
1973 in accordance with Article III, Section 5 of the Constitution of Maryland, the
plan set forth in this Joint Resolution shall take effect on the forty-sixth day after
the opening of the regular session of the General Assembly in 1973.

Approved February 24, 1973.