Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-10-31
Proclamation.

WHEREAS. at the january Session IN the
year nineteen hundrco Of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland. bilis were PASSED proposing
amendments to thu Constitution Of the State
Firstly amenaing section of Article s.
of the Constitution Of the state.
second.-Ry amending secsicn Of Article q.
Of the Constitution Of the state.
OF the Constitution Of the state. which said
bills and amendments are m words following.
70 via:
CHAPTER iss
An Ac- % amend section nine, Of Article s.
vide Tor The saflnission OF saId Amendment me .u
20 the qualified voters Of this state for ad0F-
ton or rejection.
sxr.xroxi Re q enacted F,y f1.s General A.sn,s
b'g n MaFl.ia.sd. three nffhs OF All the inem-
bers elected 70 each of the two Heuses con-
eurxing.l That the following section be and
the same II hereby proposed as an amend
ss 20 90 a = , q sne SonsssfIfon of this
ned voters u sfeof, herein and as BIZ Law pro
yidei, it shall supersede and stand In the place
and stead or section nine OF said Article.
SEcrr0x& The States Attorney shall per-
form such duties and receive such fees and
eoxnfntssi0n1 or salary not exceeding three
Thousand noisass. g are now OF may hereafter
forney shall receive any other fee OF reward
than snch as 10 or may be allowed By law, he
once; provided that the States Attorney for
baltimore city shall receive an annual salary
Of forty-fiv hundred dollars. and shall have
salary not exceedlag three Thousand dollars,
and such ether assistants at such annual sala-
sies not ,s ssseedlns 1fteen hues.sd dolssrs
rics 10 be paid OUT e the fees of the said States
Attorneys Office. ~ has heretofore bees pEac-
SECTION e And be % further enacted. That
the foregoing section hereby proposed ae an
amendment TO the Constitution OF this state.
bers OF the General ssembIy, 10 be held In shis
State. submitted TO the legal and qualified rot
eE thereof tof their afoptlon or rejcctlou, Ia
IA, of the Constitution; and nc said election the
vote on said proposed amendment shall be BY
ten or printed the words aFor the Constifufion-
al Amendmcnt's or "A gainsf tAe Constitutional
Amendment" as the voter shall elect. and Inn
be made to the GoversSr OF the vote on said
proposed amendment, ~ directed by the sal a
Fourteenth Article OF the Constitution.
Approved Apxal & 1900.
CHAPTER sc.
AN ACT 20 amend section foar. OF Article q.
of the Constitution OF this state.
- "A
biu Of Maryland, ithrec-fiftIss of all tho mem-
beers of the two Houses eoncurring.l That the
following section be and the same Is hersby
OF this State. and IL adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof az herein provided,
said section shall supereede and stand In the
place aud instead OF section four of Article 4
Of said Constitution.
SECTION Z. As soon as may he after the tsk-
ing and publishing of the National Censsss OF
ton Of this State, under the authority Sereof.
there shall be an Orti0nIucut Of rcaFessft a.
tion ia the House OF Delcrates, to be made "a
the following busis, To wit: OF the sew.
eral 'unties of the State, having 4. populatior
of eighteen thousand souls or Ns,ss shall ssss eu
titled to two delegates; and every county hav
and less than twenty-es,xht Thousand souls
shall be entitled TO thr &c delegates: and ever,
county having po,salation OF twenty-eigh
shall be entitled t., four delegates; and ever,
county having population OF forty Thousand
ana icss tpan rtty 1--we Thousand souls, shall b
having pk,pnlation Of ffty-five fhoueau
SOUS and UPWARDS, shall be entitled to SIX dele
gsies ans 40 more; and each OF the four legi,
be entitled 10 the mum her of delegatesto whIc
the isrgest county shall or may be entsfle
n SIaer the aforegalng apportionment anttth
vide by law, from time to time, for altcrfn
md changing the boundaries Of the existia
legislative districts of the City Of Baltimore.
as W haAe tnSh ~ neAr a. may Oe Oh equa
population; but said district shall always coz
sist OF contiguous territory.
SEC. g And be q further enacted bv the an
th0rtty aforesaid, That the said foregoing sec
ton hereby proposed as an amendment to TIN
Constitution, shall, at the next election 70
members of the General Assembly OF Chi
| State, to be held on the Tuesday next afser tb
first Monday In the month of koveT.sbex. mine
teen hundred and one, be submitted 20 In
legal aud qualified voters thereof. for thei
adoption or rejection, I'm purnlance OF the d
| rections contained In Article IL or the Const
tuition of this state and Mt the said electio
the vote on said proposc1 amendment to Oh
Constitution shah be by saliOt, and upon eac
| ballot there shall he grjtten or printed On
/ or Against the Constitutional Amendment,
as the voter shat elect, and Immediately ate
| tne SAID election. due returns shall be made
| the Govcfnor Vfthe vote for and against sai
/ proposed amendment, as directed by the sal
| Article Il Of the Constitution.
Approved April Z 100.