Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-11-01
Election Notice.

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IN Clerks of Election and to the qualified
voters OF Montgomery county Maryland that
an Election will be held in the several Elec-
ton Districts of said Montgomery county, at
the usual places of holding Elections, and
hereinafter set forth, on
TUESDAY, the 9th of November, 1901,
for the purpose of electing one person for
Comptroller of the Treasury of the Stale of
Marylan one person for Clerk OF the Court
Of Appeals of the State of Maryland one
person for State Senator TO represent Mont
gomery county in the Mary land State Senate !;
four persons for Delegates to represent Mont
gomery county in The Maryland House of
Delegates; one person for County Commits
siOner from the First Collection District OF
Onlgomery county; one person for County
Commissioner from the Second Collection
District Of Montgomery county; one person
| for County Commissioner from the Fifth Col
lection District of Montgomery county; one
person for Sheriff Of Montgomery county /;
one person for County Surveyor for Mont
gomery county; For the Consti tional
Amendments, Against the Constitutional
Amendments, sai0 proposed Amendments to
the Constitution OF the State OF Maryland
being rs follows.
CHAPTER 1856.
AN ACT to amend section nine Of Article 8,
of the Constitution of this State, and to
provide for the submission of said amend
ment TO the qualified voters OF this State
for adoption or rejection.
Section Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, (three-fifths OF all the
members elected to each of the two Houses
concurring,) That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed rs an amend
ment to Article 5, Of the Constitution of this
/ and fa1n tad h,y Of and
fed voters thereof, herein and as by law pro-
vided, it shall supersede and stand in the
place and stead of section nine Of said Article.
Section 8 The States Attorney shall per-
form such duties and shall receive such fees
and commissions or salary not exceeding three
thousand dollars, AS are now or may hereaf-
ter be prescribed by law; and il the States
Attorney shall receive any other fee or re-
ward than such as is or may he allowed by
law, he shall, on conviction thereof oe re-
moved from office; provided that any States
Attorney for Baltimore city shall receive an
annual salary Of torty-five hundred dollars,
and shall have power to appoint one deputy,
al an annual salary not exceeding three thou
sand dollars and such other assistants nj
such annual salaries rot exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars each as the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City may authorize and APP
prove; all of said salaries to be paid out OF
the fees of he said STATES Attorneys office
as has heretofore been practiced.
Section Q. And be ii further enacted That
the foregoing section hereby proposed AS an
amend ment to the Constitution 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 quail
flied voters thereof for their adoption or re-
lection, in pursuance of the direction con
tanned in Article IA Of the Constitution aud
al sa d election the vote on said proposed
amendment 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 amendment -
as the voter shall elect, and Immediately after
said election one return shall be made TO the
Governor Of the vote on said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said Fourteenth Ar
ticle of the Constitution.
Approved April 8, 1900.
CHAPTER 1872
AN ACT to amend section four of Article
of the Constitution OF this State
Section l. Be ii enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland, (three-fiiths of all the
members of the two houses concurring,) That
the following section be aud the same is he re-
by prop sed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition Of this State, and if adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof rs herein
provided, said section shall superseds 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 aud publishing of the National census
of 1900, or after the enumeration of the pop
ulation Of this State under the authority
Thereof, there shall be an apportionment Of
representation in the House of Delegates, to
be maize on the following basis, to wit Each
OF the several counties OF the State, having u
population of eighteen thousand souls or
less, shall be entitled TO two delegates and
every county having a population of over
eighteen thousand and less than twenty EIGHT
thousand souls shall he entitled TO three del
ctates; and every county having popula
lion of twenty eight Thousand and less than
forty Thousand souls, shall be entitled to four
delegates aud every county having pOpu-
latiOn Of forty thousand and less than fifty
five thousand sous, shall he entitled to We
delegates; and every county having popu-
lation Of fity-fve thousand souls and up
wards shall be EMIT ed to six delegates and
no more; and each of the four legislative
districts Of the city of Baltimore shall he en-.
titled TO The humber of delegates to which
the largest county shall or may be entitled
under the atoregoing apportionment and the
General Assembly shall have the power to
provide by law, from time TO time, for alter.
ing and changing the boundaries of the ex-
listing legislative districts o: the city of Bal
timore, so as to make them as near as NAV be
Of equal population; but said district shall
always consist of CONTIGUOUS territory
Sec And be it further enac ed by the
authority aforesaid That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution, shall a. the next election
for mpmharo Of ba Eaparal A - ~:
State, TO be held on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the mouth Of November,
nineteen hundred and one, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof, for
their adoption or rejection, In pursuance of
the directions contained in Article IA, OF the
| Constitution of this State; and al the said
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment TO the Constitution shall be bv ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed The words "For the Constitutions
al Amendment, or against the Coustitu-
tionsl Amendment" as the voter shall elect,
and Immediately after the said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, MS directed by the said Article IA of
the Constitution
| Approved April I, 1900
CHAPTER 469
! AN ACT 10 amend section two of Article Z
Of the Constitution the State
Section BE it enacted by the General
! Assembly OF Maryland, Uhree-6flh. of all
the members of the two Houses concurring,
| That the following section he aud the same
is hereby proposed MS AN amendment to the
| Constitution of this State and If adopted by
the legal aud qualified voIers thereof, as here
in provided said section shalt snpersede and
stand IN the place and stead of section two
of Article 3 of said Constitution
The City of Baltimore shall be divided
into four legislative districts as near as may
he OF equal population aud OF contiguous
territory, aud each of said legislative dis
tricts Of Baltimore 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 of the State, respectively,