Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-09-19
PROCLA N ALTON.

WHEREAS, at the January Session in
the year nineteen hundred of the General
Assembly of Maryland, bills were passed
proposing amendments TO the constitution OF
the State:
First-By amending section 9 Of Article 8,
of the Constitution oi the State.
Second BY amending section 4of Article
3, of the Constitution of th State.
Thirdly amending section 2 of Article
8. of the Constitution OF the State, which said
bills and and amendments are in words fol-
lowing, to wit:
CHAPTER 1885.
AN ACT to amend section nine of Article 5.
of the Constitution of this State, and to
provide for the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters of this State
for adoption or rejection.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted BY the General
Assembly of Maryland, (three fifths of all the
members elected to ach of the two Houses
concurring) That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed rs an
amendment to Article 8. of the Constitution
of this State, and if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof herein and as ny law
provided, 1t shall supersede and stand IN the
place and stead OF section nine OF said Art'cle
SECTION 8 The States Attorney shall per.
form such duties and receive such fees and
commissions or salary not exceeding three
thousand dollars, as are now or may hereafter
be prescribed by law; and II any States AT.
torney shall receive any other fee or reward
than such as is or may be allowed by law, he
shall, on conviction thereof, be removed from
Office; provided that the States Atto' ney for
Baltimore city shall receive an annual salary
of forty five hundred dollars, and shall have
power to appoint one deputy, ut an annual
salary not exceeding three thousand dollars,
and such other assistants 1T such annual sal
ari, 8 not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars
each, as the Supreme Bench OF Baltimore
CITY NAV authorize and approve; all OF said
sala, les To- be paid out of the fees of the said
States Attorneys Office, rs has heretofore
been practiced
SEcTIoN 9 And be it further enacted, That
the foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of this State,
shall be, at the next general election for
members Of the General Assembly, to be held
in this State, submitted TO the legal and quail
flied voters thereof for their adoption or re-
| lection, in pursuance of the direction con.
tanned in Article Ia, of the Constitutions; and
at said election the vote on said proposed
amendment shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be written or printed the
words "For the Constitutional Amendment
or Against the Constitutional Amendment
as the voter shall elect, and Immediately after
said election one return shall he made to the
Governor of the vote on said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said Fourteenth
Article of tho Constitution.
Approved April 5. 1860
CHAPTER 1872
AN ACT to amend section four, Of Article 8,
of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION |. Be it enacted By the General
assembly Of Maryland Uhree tflhs OF oil the
members of the two Houses concurrlngJ
That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as IN amendment to The
/ Constitution of this State and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thrreofas hcreln
provided, id section shall supersede and
/ stand IN the place and instead of section four
/ of Article 3, of said Constitution.
! SECTION A. As soon as NAV be after the
/ taking and publishing of The National Census
| of 1900, or after the enumeration OF the pop
ula,ion of this State, uuder the authority
thereof, there shall I've an appor,i"nment Ct
representation in the House of Delegates, to
BE- made on the following basis, to wit: Each
| of the several counties Of the State, having a
| population of eighteen thousand souls or less,
! shall be entitled to two delegates; and every
county having population OF over eighteen
+ Thousand and less than twenty eight thousand
souls hall be entitled to three delegates; and
every county having a population of twenty
eight thousand and less than forty thousand
souls, shall be entitled to four delegates; and
every county having n population of forty
thousand and less than fifty five thousand
souls, shall be entitled to five delegates; ard
every county having population OF nity-
five thousand souls and upwards, shall DC
entitled to six delegates and no more; ana
each OF the four legislative districts ot the
City of Baltimore shall be entitled to the
number of delegates to which the largest
county shall or may be entitled under the
aforegoing appurtonmcnt, and the General
Assembly shall have the power to provide
by law, from dime to time, for altering and
changing the boundaries Of the existing leg
islaiive districts of the City of Baltimore. so
as to make them rs near as may be OF equal
| population; but said district shall always
consist OF contiguous territory
| SECTION 9 And be 1t further enacted 6y the
autt0rity aforesaid, that The said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment TO
the Constitution, shall ut the next election
for members of the General Assembly of this
State. to he held the Tuesday next after the
| first Monday in the month Of November,
nineteen hundred and one, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof. fhr
their adoption or rejection. in pursuance of
| the directions contained in Article IA, OF the
Constitution of lhls State; ard at the said
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed the words For the Constitutional
Am, ndment,' Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as the voter shall elect, and
Immediately after the said election due re-
turns shall be made tn the Governor OF The
vote for ana against SAID proposed amend
ment, as directed by said Article IA, OF the
Constitution.
Approved April Z 1900.
CHAPTER ago.
AN ACT to amend section two of Article 3
of the Constitution of the State.