Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-07-18

said election one return shall be 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. 1900
CHAPTER 4Ss
AN ACT to amend section four, OF Article 3,
of the Constitution of this State.
SECTIoN 1. Be 1t enacted By the General
assembly Of maryland, (hree-fifths of oil the
members of the two Houses concurring,)
That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of this Stale, and if adopted by
helegal and qualified voters thereofas herein
provided, said section shall snpersede and
stand IN the place and instead OF section four
of Article 8, of said Constitution.
SECTION 4. As soon as NAV be after the
taking and publishing of the National Census
of 1900, or after the enumeration Of the pop
ulation of this State under the authority
thereof, there shall be an apportionment ,f
representation In the House of Delegates, to
BE- made on the following basis, to wit each
of the several counties of the State, having
population of eighteen thousand souls or less,
shall be entitled to two delegates; and every
| county having a population of over eighteen
Thousand and less than twenty eight thousand
souls shall 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 population of forty
thousand and less than fifty five thousand
souls. shall be entitled to five delegates; ard
every county having a population OF fifty
five thousand souls and upwards, shall be
entitled to six delegates and no more; and
,,l bx,c e., ttxn dat, info nf a
City of Baltimore shall be entitled to the
number of delegates to which the largest
county shall or may be entitled under the
atorepoing appurtionment, and the General
Assembly SHALL have the power to provide
by law, from lime to time, for altering and
changing the boundaries of the existing leg
isaive districts Of the City of Baltimore, 80
rs to make them as near as may be of equal
population; but said district shall always
consist OF contiguous territory.
SECTION 9 And be it further enacted 6y the
authority aforesaid that The said foregoing
section hereby proposed rs an amendment,o
the Constitution, shall at 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, for
then adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF
the directions contained in Article Ia, OF the
Constitution of this State and Mt the said
election the vote on SAID proposed amend
menl to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed the words For the Constitutional
Amrndmt Mt or Against the Constitutional
Amendment as the voter shall elect, and
! Immediately after the said election due re-
! turns shall he made to the Governor Of the
vote for AMI against said proposed amend
| mcnt as directed by said Article IA, OF the
| Constitution.
Approved April Z, 1900.
CHAPTER Ago,
AN ACT to amend section two nf Article 3
Of the Constitution of the State.
SECTION BE it enacted By the General
| Asssmby Of Naryldnd Uhree titths of all the
members of the two Houses cOncurringO
That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to- The
Constitution of this State, and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thcreofas herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand IN the place and stead Of section two
OF Article Of said Constitution.
Q. The City of Baltimore shall be divided
! into four legislative districts as near as may
be of equal population and of contiguous
territory, and each of SAID legislative districts
of Baltimore City, as they may from time to
time be laid out, in accordance with The pro
| visions hereof, aud each county in the State
shall he entitled to one Senator, who shall
! he elected by the qualified voters of said
[ legislative districts Of Baltimore City, and OF
the counties of the State, respectively, and
shall serve for four years from the date of h,s
election, subject to the classification Of Sena-
tors hereafter provided for
SECrIoN 9 And be it further enacted by the
authority gt1rssaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed As an amendment
| to the Constitution shall at the next election
for members OF the General Assembly of this
State to be held ON the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month OF November,
! nineteen hundred ana One be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF the
directions contained in Article IA of the
| Constitution OF this State; and at the said
ele lion 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
Amendment" or against the Constitutional
Amendment" as the voter shall elect, aud
Immediately after said election due returns
and against said proposed amendment, as
directed by the said Fourteenth Article of
the Con s,iuton.
Approved April 7, 1000.
Now THEREFORE,, |, JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pur'
suance of the provisions Of section one of
Article fourteen of the Constitution of the
State, do hereby order and direct that u copy
of said bills proposing SAID Constitutional
Amendments be published in at least two
newspapers in each county where SO many
may be published, and where not more than
one may be published, then in that newspaper,
and in three newspapers in the City of Bal
timore, one of which shall be in the German
language once week for at least three
months preceding the next general election
(Which said general election will be Eeld on
Tuesday, the 9th day Of November nineteen
hundred and one) at which the said proposed
amendments shall be submitted to the quail
fed voters Of the State for adoption or rejec-
tion, 80 that each amendment shall be voted
on separately.
Given under my hand and
! THE GREAT the Great Seal of Maryland.
| Done at the City of Annap
oils on the 18th dav of June
MARYLAND. in the year of our Lord nine
teen hundred and one.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,