seat of government; and the office of Private Secretary shall
thenceforth cease.

SEC. 23. The Secretary of State shall carefully keep and
preserve a record of all official acts and proceedings, which may
at all times be inspected by a committee of either branch of the
Legislature; and he shall perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by law, or as may properly belong to his office, to-
gether with all clerical duty belonging to the Executive De-
partment.

ARTICLE III.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

SECTION 1. The Legislature shall consist of two distinct
branches..a Senate and a House of Delegates..and shall be
styled the General Assembly of Maryland.

SEC. 2. The city of Baltimore shall be divided into six
legislative districts, as near as may be, of equal population
and of contiguous territory, and each of said legislative dis-
tricts of Baltimore city, as they may from time to time be
laid out, in accordance with the provisions hereof, and each
county in the State shall be entitled to one Senator, who
shall be elected by the qualified voters of the said legislative
districts of Baltimore city and of the counties of the State,
respectively, and shall serve for four years from the date of
his election, subject to the classification of Senators here-
after provided for.*

SEC. 3. Until the taking and publishing of the next Na-
tional Census, or until the enumeration of the population of
this State, under the authority thereof, the several counties and
the city of Baltimore, shall have a representation in the House
of Delegates, as follows: Allegany County, five Delegates;
Anne Arundel County, three Delegates; Baltimore County, six
Delegates; each of the four Legislative Districts of the city of
Baltimore, six Delegates; Calvert County, two Delegates;
Caroline County, two Delegates; Carroll County, four Dele-
gates; Cecil County, four Delegates; Charles County, two
Delegates; Dorchester County, three Delegates; Frederick
County, six Delegates; Harford County, four Delegates;
Howard County, two Delegates; Kent County, two Delegates;
Montgomery County, three Delegates; Prince George's County,
three Delegates; Queen Anne's County, two Delegates; St.
Mary's County, two Delegates; Somerset County, three Dele-

* Thus amended by Act of 1922, Chapter 7, ratified by the people on November election,
1912,