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tained in Article IA, Of the Constitution; ant
at said election the vote on said proposes
amendment shall be by ballot, and upon eacl
ballot there shall be written or printed th,
words "For the Constitutional Amendment
or Against the Constitutional Amendment
as the voter shall elect. and Immediately afte
said election one return shall be made to tht
Governor of the vote on said proposed amend
ment. as directed by the said Fourteenth
Article of tho Constitution.
Approved April 8. 1900.
CHAPTER 4ss
AN ACT to amend section four, Of Article 8
of the Constitution Of THE State.
SECTION 1. Be II enacted By the Genera
A.enbly Of Aaryland (three-fifths OF ell the
members of the two Houses cOncurring,
That the following section be and the same
ia hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution OF this State. and II adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereofas herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand IN the place and instead of section fOur
of Article 8, Of said Constitution.
SECTION 4. As soon as may be after the
taking and publishing of the National Census
of 1900, or after the enumeration Of the pop
ulation of this State, under the authority
thereof, there shall he an apportionment CT
representation in the House of Delegates, t
be made on the following basis, to wit Each
of the several counties Of the State, having a
population Of eighteen thousand souls or less
shall be entitled to two delegates; and every
county having a population of over eighteen
thousand and esa than twenty eight thousand
souls shall be entitled to three delegates; and
every county having population Of twenty.
eight thousand and less than forty thousand
souls shall be entitled to four delegates; and
every county having a population OF forty
thousand and less than fifty five thousand
souls. shall be entitled to five delegates; ard
every county having a population OF fifty.
five thousand souls and upwards, shall be
entitled to six delegates and no more; and
each OF the four legislative districts Of the
City Of Baltimore shall be entitled to the
number of delegates to which the largest
county shall or may be entitled under the
afOreROing appurtiOnmcnt, and the General
Assembly SHALL have the power to provide
by law, from time to time, for altering and
changing the boundaries Of the existing leg
isaive districts of the City of Baltimore, 80
as to make them as near as may be Of equal
population; but said district shall always
consist OF contiguous territory.
| SECTION Q And be 1t further enacted BY the
authority aforesaid, that the said foregoing
section hereby proposed 8s an amendment 10
the Constitution, shall at the next election
for members of the General Assembly Of this
State. to be held the Tuesday next after the
! first Monday in the month 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 at the said
election the vote on said proposed amend.
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed the words For the Constitutions
Amrndme or" Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as the voter shall elect, and
Immediately after the said election due re-.
turns shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amend.
ment, as directed by said Article IA, OF the
| Constitution.
Approved April 2, 1900.
CHAPTER ago.
AN ACT to amend section two Of Article 3
of the Constitution of the State.
SECTION | Be it enacted by the General
Assem6iy Of maryland Uhree tifihs Of all the
members of the two Houses concurrng.) }
| That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as al amendment to the
Constitution of this State, and If adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thcreof.8s herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead Of section two
OF Article 8 of said Constitution
Q. The City of Baltimore shall be divided
into four legislative districts as near AS may
be of equal population and of contiguous
territory, and each of said eislative districts
of Baltimore City, as they may from time to
time he laid out, in accordance with the pro
visions hereof, and each county In the State
shall be entitled to one Senator, who shall
, be elected by the qualified voters of said
legislative districts of Baltimore City, and OF
the counties of the State, respectively, and
shall serve for four years from the date OF h,s
election, subject to the classification Of SeDa.
tors hereafter provided for
SECTION 9. And be it further enacted By the
authority aforesdii 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
State. to be held on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month 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 Ia Article IA of the
Constitution OF this State; and at the said
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the constitution shall be by ballot
and upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" or "Agaiust the constitutional
Amendment" as the voter shall elect, aud
Immediately after said election due returnt
shall be made to the Governor OF the vote fol
and against said proposed amendment, az
directed by the said Fourteenth Article o
the Constitution.
Approved April 2, 1000.
Now,rHEREroRE, l, JOHN WALTER SMITH
Governor of the State of Maryland in pur
suance of the provisions Of section one o
Article fourteen of the Constitution of thu
State, do hereby order and direct that copy
of said bills proposing said Constitutions
Amendments be published in at least two
newspapers in each county where 80 many
may be published, and where not more thar
one may be published then in that newspaper
and in three newspapers In the City Of Bal
tifnore, one OF which shall be in the German
language, once a week for at least thre'
months preceding the next general election
(which said general election will he held OF
Tuesday, the 9th day of November nincteel
hundred and one,) at which the said prOposet
amendments shall be submitted to the quail
fed voters OF the State for adoption or reje''
ton, 80 that each amendment shall be votet
on separately.