The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-09-06
PROCLAMATION

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bills were passed proposing amend
ments to the Constitution Of the State ::
First.-By amending section of
| Article 5, of the Constitution of the
State.
Second.-By amending section 4 of
| Article 3. of the Constitution of the
State.
Thirdly amending section of
| Article 8. Of the Constitution of the
State, which said bills and amend
ments are in words following. to wit /:
CHAPTER 1856.
AN ACT to amend section nine, OF
Article 5, of the Constitution OF this
State, and to provide for the submis.
sion of said amendment to the quail
fled voters of this State for adop-
tion or rejection.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
erol assembly of Maryland, (three-fifths
of all the members elected to each OF
the two Houses concurring,) That the
following section he and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to
Article 5, of the Constitution of this
State, and if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, herein and as
by law provided, it shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead of section
nine of said Article.
SECTION 8. The States Attorney
shall perform such duties and receive
such fees and commissions or salary
not exceeding three thousand dollars,
as are now or may hereafter be pre-
scribed by law and it any States At
torney shall receive any other fee or
reward than such as is or may be al
lowed by law, he shall, on conviction
thereof, be removed from office pro
vided that the Stats Attorney for Bal
timore city shall receive an annual
salary of forty-five hundred dollars,
and shall have power to appoint one
deputy, at an annual salary not ex-
ceeding three thousand dollars, and
such other assistants at such annual
salaries not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars each, as the Supreme Bench OF
Baltimore City may authorize and ap-
prove; all of said salaries to be paid
out of the fees of the said States At
torney's office, as has heretofore been
practiccd.
SECTION 2. And be 1t further enacted,
That the foregoing section hereby
pooposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution 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
qualified voters thereof for their adop-
tion or rejection, in pursuance of the
direction contained in Article IA, OF
the Constitution and at said election
the vote on said proposed amendment
shall be by ballot, and upon each bal.
lot there shall he written or printed
the words "For the Constitutional
Amendment" or Against the Consti-
tutional Amendment" as the voter
shall elect, and Immediately after said
election one return shall be made to
| the Governor of the vote on said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by the
said Fourteenth Article of the Con-
stitution.
Approved April 5, 1900.
CHAPTER s32.
AN ACT to amend section four, of Ar
ticle 3, of the Constitution of this
State.
SErcloN l. Be it cnactad by the Cen
eral Assembly Of Maryland. (three:ffths
of all the members Of the two Houses
concurring,) That the following Sec
ton be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of this State, and if not adopted
by the legal and qualified voters there
of as herein provided, said section
shall supersedc and stand in the place
and instead of section four Of Article
3, of said Constitution
SECTION 4. AS soon as may be after
the taking and publishing of the Ma
tional Census OF 1900, or after the
enumeration of the population of this
State, under the authority thereof
there shall be made an apportionment
of representation in the House of Del
egates, to be made on the following
basis, to wit: Each of the several
counties of the State, having a popu-
lation 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, 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 fitty-fivc thousand souls
shall be entitled to five delegates and
every county having population OF
fifty five thousand souls and upwards,
shall be entitled to six delegates and
no more; and each of the tour legisla-
tive districts of the City of Baltimore
shall be entitled to the number of del.
egates to which the largest county
shall or may be entitled under the
aforegoing apportionment, and the
General Assembly shall have the pow,
er to provide by law, from time to
time, for altering and changing the
boundaries of the existing legislative
districts of the City of Baltimore, SC
as to make them as near as may be ol
equal population; but said district
shall consist of contiguous territory.
Sec O. And be It further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That the said
foregoing section hereby proposed as
on a,nandmant fo the Constituti