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Maryland Manual, 1969-70
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MARYLAND MANUAL 681
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 members elected to each of
the two Houses concurring), That Sections 2, 4, 5 and 6 of
Article III of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Legisla-
tive Department," be and they are hereby repealed, and that
new Sections 2, 4, 5 and 6 be and they are hereby enacted
to stand in the place of the sections repealed, and that new
Section 3 of Article III of the Constitution of Maryland be
and is hereby enacted to follow immediately after Section 2
thereof, the same if adopted by the legal and qualified voters
of the State as herein provided, to become a part of the
Constitution of Maryland, and to read as follows:
2.
The membership of the Senate shall consist of the forty-
three (43) Senators. The membership of the House of Dele-
gates shall consist of one hundred forty-two (142) Delegates.
3.
The State shall be divided by law into districts for the
election of members of the Senate and into districts for the
election of members of the House of Delegates. The number
of Senators and Delegates to be elected from each of the
legislative districts shall be prescribed by law, but not more
than two Senators shall be elected from any senatorial
district.
4.
Each legislative district shall consist of adjoining ter-
ritory and shall be compact in form. The ratio of the number
of Senators to population shall be substantially the same in
each legislative district; the ratio of the number of Dele-
gates to population shall be substantially the same in each
legislative district. Nothing herein shall be construed to
require the election of only one Delegate from each legisla-
tive district.
6.
Following each decennial census of the United States, the
Governor shall prepare a plan for legislative districting and
apportionment. The Governor shall present the plan to the
General Assembly not later than the first day of its regular

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