Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-09-26
CHAPTER 46a.
AN ACT to amend section two of Article 3 O
the Constitution of the State.

AN ACT to amend section two of Article of
the Constitution of the State.
SECTION !. BE q enacted By the General As
seDlblB Of Maryland, (three-fifths of all 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 state, and IL adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, as herein provided,
said section shall supersede and stand in the
place aud stead OF section two of Article 3 of
said Constitution.
2. The City OF baltimore shall be divided into
-FOUR legislative districts as near as may be of
eln,ai popussatlo'n ana OF contiguous TERRITORY,
more City, rs they may from time to time be
laid out, in accordance with the provisions
hereof, and each county In the State, shall DO
entitled 90 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 date OF his election, sub
tect 10 the classification OF Senators hereafter
provided for.
SEC. g And he q further enacted bv the author
itB aforesaid, That the said foregoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment To the Con-
stitution shall at the next election for members
OF the General Assembly of this State, TO be
held on the Tuesday next after the first Mon
day In the month Of November, nineteen hum
SnaeS voters II thereof for their ABORTION a or
rejection. I'm pursuance or the directions con-
tanned In Article IL of the Constitution of this
proposed amendment to the Constitution SHAH
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
De written or printed the words, "For the Con-
stitutional Amendment" as the voter shall
elect, and immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor of the
as directed by the said Fourteenth Article Of
the Constitution.
Approved April :, 1900.
Now, THEREFORE,, /. JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor OF the State of Maryland, In pursu-
ance of the provisions OF section one of Article
fourteen of the Constitution of the State, do
hereby order and direct that a copy of said bills
proposing said Constitutional Amendments be
published in at least two newspapers in each
county where 50 many may be published, and
where not more than one may be published,
then in that newspaper, and in three newspa-
pers in the City of baltimore. one of wAich
shall be In the German language. once a week
for at least three months preceding the next
ensuing general election (which said general
election win be iseld on Tuesday. the sth day
Of November. nlneteen hundred and onel, at
which the said proposed amendments shall be
submitted 20 the qualified voters OF the State
for adoption or rejection. 80 that each amend
ment 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 lssh day OF JusE.
MARYLAND. IN the year of our Lord nine
teen hundred and one.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor Of Maryland.
BY order OF the Governor:
WILRRED BATEsGAx,
Secretary of State.