2946                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [Ch. 880

of the two Houses concurring), That the following be
and the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section 9 of Article III — Legislative Department, of the
Constitution of Maryland, the same, if adopted by the
legally qualified voters of the State, as herein
provided, to become a part of the Constitution of
Maryland;

Article III — Legislative Department
9.

[No] A person [[shall BE]] IS eligible TO SERVE as a
Senator or Delegate, who [[at the time]] ON THE DATE of
his election, (1) is [not] a citizen of the State of
Maryland, [[and]] (2) [[who]] has [not] resided
therein[[,]] for at least ([three years]] ONE YEAR[[,]]
next preceding [[the day of his election,]] THAT DATE,
[and the last year thereof, in the County, or in the
Legislative District of Baltimore City, which he may be
chosen to represent, if such County, or Legislative
District of said City, shall have been so long
established; and if not, then in the County, or City,
from which, in whole, or in part, the same may have been
formed;] AND (3) , WITH RESPECT TO ANY PERSON ELECTED
AFTER 1974, IF THE [[LEGISLATIVE OR DELEGATE]] DISTRICT
WHICH HE [[MAY BE]] HAS BEES CHOSEN TO REPRESENT HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED FOR AT LEAST [[ONE YEAR]] SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO

THE DATE__OF HIS ELECTION, [[HE SHALL HAVE]] HAS RESIDED

IN THAT [[LEGISLATIVE OR DELEGATE]] DISTRICT[[, AS THE
CASE MAY BE,]] FOR [[ONE YEAR]] SIX MONTHS NEXT PRECEDING
THAT DATS.

IF THE [[LEGISLATIVE OR DELEGATE]] DISTRICT WHICH
[[HE MAY BE]] THE PERSON HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO REPRESENT
[[WAS]] HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED LESS THAN [[ONE YEAR]] SIX
MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF HIS ELECTION, THEN [[HE
SHALL]], IN ADDITION TO (1) AND (2) ABOVE, HE SHALL HAVE
RESIDED IN THE [[LEGISLATIVE OR DELEGATE]] DISTRICT[[, AS
THE CASE MAY BE,]] FOR AS LONG AS IT HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED.

[nor shall any] A person [[SHALL be]] IS eligible TO
SERVE as a Senator, [unless] IF he [[shall have]] HAS
attained the age of twenty-five years, [nor] [[AND]] OR
as a Delegate, [unless] IF he [[shall have]] HAS attained
the age of twenty-one years, [[at the time]] ON THE DATE
of his election.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
aforegoing section hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of Maryland, at the next general election to
be held in this State in November, 1974, shall be