Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-07-26
CHAPTER 400.

AN ACT 10 amend section two of Article /,
OF the Constitution the State
section /. BE II enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, Qhres-6Rths of all
the members Of the two Houses concurrino. !
Fha, the following section be and the same
IS hereby proposed as an amendm ent to the
Constitution OF this State, and il adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof, as here
In provided, said section shall supersede and
stand IN the place and stead Of section two
OF Article 3 of said Constitution.
q The City OF Baltimore shall be divided
into four legislative districts as near as NAV
be of equal population and of contiOnons
territory, and each Of said legislative dis
tricts OF Baltimore City, as they NAV 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 of the State, respectively
and shall serve for four years from the data
OF his election, subject to the classification of
Senators hereafter provided for.
Sec 2. And he II further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, 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
the first Monday in the month OF November.
nineteen hundred and one, submitted TO the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance Of the d.
rectlons contained in Article IA of the Con-
stitution or this State, and at the said cleo
uon 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 Amendment. -
or against the Constitutional A mendment -
as the voter shall elect, and Immediately amer
said election due return shall be made 10 the
Governor Of the vote for and against said Dro-
posed amendment, as directed by said Fopr-
tenth Article OF the Constitution.
Approved April II, 1900.
Now, therefore, |, John Walter Smith
Governor OF the State Of Maryland, in pursn.
ance OF the provisions Of section one OF Arti-
Gle fourteen Of the Constitution OF the State
do hereby order and and direct that A cow
OF SAID bills proposing said Constitutional
Amonumeht oe published In At least two
newspapers in each county wbera 40 wv
may be published, and where not mora ,ha.
one may be published, then in that nsws
paper, and In three newspapers in tha Cj,v If
Baltimore, one OF which shall be in The o.
mao language, once u week for at least ,brss
,noh.hS preceding the next ensuing general
e'ecnon which said general election will he
held on Tuesday, the 9th day Of November
nineteen hundred and one, at which The
sA'd proposed amendments shall be submitted
to the qualified voters OF the State for adon.
lion or rejection, so that each amendment
shall be voted on separately.
49, Given under my hand and
Tsa GREAT the Great Seal OF Mary land.
SEAL OF Done at the City Of An.
| MARYLAND. napOlis on the l2th day of
~ June, In the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and one.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor Of Maryland.
BY order Of the Governor:
WILFRED BATEMAN,
June 2l'1 Secretary Of State.