The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-10-18

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November, nineteen hundred and one,
be submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof, for their adoption or
rejection, in pursuance of the direc-
tions contained in Article IA, OF the
| Constitution of this State; and at tue
said election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be written or printed the
words For the Constitutional Amend
ment," or Against the Constitutional
Amendment: as the voter shall elect
and Immediately after the said elec-
ton due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, as directed
by the said Article IA, of the Consti-
tuition.
Approved April 7, 1900.
CHAPTER 469.
AN ACT to amend section two OF
Article of the Constitution of the
State.
SECTION l. And be 1t enacted by the
General ASSEMBLY Of Maryland, (three
fifths of all the members of the two
Houses concurring.) That the follow
ing 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 thereof, as herein provided, said
section shall supersede and stand in
the place and stead of section two OF
Article of said Constitution.
2 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 Balti-
more 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 IF the State, respectively, and
shall serve for four years from the date
of his election, subject to the classified
ton of Senators hereafter provided
| for.
SEC. 2. And be 1t furthcf enactedJ by the
authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
| amendment to the Constitution shall
at the next election for members ofthe
General Assembly of this State, to he
| held on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month of Novem-
Der, nineteen hundred and one, be
submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or re-
lection, in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article IA Of the Con-
stituton Of this State; and at the said
election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be written or printed the
words, "For the Constitutional Amend
ment," or against the Constitutional
Amendment" as the voter shall elect,
and Immediately after said election due
| returns shall be made to the Cover
nor of the vote for and against said
proposed amendment, as directed by
the said Fourteenth Article of the
Constitution.
Approved April I, 1900.
Now, THEREFORE, I, JOHN WALTER
SMITH, Governor of the State Of
Maryland, in pursuance of the provi-
sions of section one of Article fourteen
of the Constitution of the State, do
hereby order and direct that copy
of SAID bills proposing said Constitu
tional 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
Baltimore, one of which shall lie in the
German language, once week for at
least three months preceding the next
ensuing general election (Which said
general election will be held on
Tuesday, the 5th day of November
nineteen hundred and one,) at which
the said proposed amendments shall
be submitted to the qualified voters of
the State for adoption or rejection, so
that each amendment shall be voted
on separately.
Given under my
hand and the great