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


WHEREAS. at the January Session In the
year nineteen hundred of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland, bills were passed proposing
amendments to the Oonsti ution Of the State
FirsL-By amending section OF Article 8
o. the Constitution OF the State.
Secobd BY amending section OF Article
3, Of the Constitution of the State.
Third By amending section 2 Of Article
3, of the Constitution OF the State, which
said bills and amendments are 10 words fol-
lowing, to wit:
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 il enacted by the General As
sembly Of Maryland, three. flfths Of all the
members elected to each Of the two House.
concurring,) That the following section bt
and the same is hereby proposed AS an amend
ment to Article 8, Of the Constitution Of this
State, and il adopted by the legal and quail
fed voters thereof, herein aud as by law pro-
Vided, it shall supersede and stand ia 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 II the States
Attorney shall receive any other fee or re-
ward than such as is or may Re 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 iorty-6ve hundred dollars,
and shall have power to appoint one deputy,
al 40 annual salary not exceeding three thou
dn1lar, and nehor ata n
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 the said States Attorneys Office,
as has heretofore been practiced.
Section Q. And be IL further enacted, That
the foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendmen 10 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 and
at sa d election the vote on said proposed
amendment shall be by ballot, and upon each
ba'lo there shall be written or printed the
words "For the Constitutional Amend ment"
or against the Consti u'ional Amendment I"
as the voter shall elect, and Immediately after
said election one return shall be made 10 the
Governor OF the vote on said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said Fourteenth Ar
ticle of the Constitution.
Approved April 5, 1900.
CHAPTER 432
AN ACT to amend section four, OF Article 3
of the Constitution of this State.
Section |. Be II enacted by the General As
sembly Of Maryland, (three-ffths of all the
members Of the two houses concurring,) That
the following section be aud the same is here
by prop sed as an amendment TO the Consti-
tuition Of this State, and II adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof as herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and instead OF section four
of Article 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 be an apportionment of
representation in the House of Delegates, to
be made on the following basis, to wit : Each
of the several counties OF the State, having
population Of eighteen thousand souls or
less, shall be entitled 10 two delegates; and
every county having population of over
eighteen thousand and less than twenty EIGHT
egates: and every county having popula
iion Of twenty eight thousand and less than
forty thousand souls shall be entitled to four
delegates; and every county having popu
lation of forty thousand and less than fifty
five thousand sous, shall be entitled to five
delegates; and every county having a pOpu-
latiOn Of fihy-fve thousand souls aud up
wards, shall be entitled to siX delegates and
no more; and each Of the four legislative
districts Of the city Of Baltimore shall be en-.
titled to The number Of delegates to which
the largest county shall or may be entitled
under the aforegoing appor,ionment, 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 OF the city OF Bal
timOre, so as to make them as near as may be
of equal population; but said district shall
always consist OF cont tuous territory.
Sec. 2 And be 1t further enaced by the
authority afor' said, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amend ment TO
the Constitution, shall, a. 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 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 Constitution
al Amendment, or against thu Constitu-
tionsl Amendment" as the voter taall elect,
aud 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 4e9.
AN ACT TO amend section two Of Article J
of the Constitution the State
Section Be II enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, (three-6fths Of all
the members of the two Houses copcurring :
That the following section be aud the sam,
Is hereby proposed as an amendment TO tn,
Constitution OF this State. aud II adopted b,
the legal and qualified voters thereof, as here
in provided, said section shall supersede ant
stand in the place and stead Of section two
OF Article 3 of said Constitution
2 The City Of Baltimore shall be divide,
into four legislative districts as near as ma,
be of equal population and of contiguou
territory, and each of said legislative dis
uNtc W as Nucv TTOu
time TO time be laid out, in accordance will
the provisions hereof, and each county In th,
State, shall be entitled to one Senator, whC
shall be elected by the qualified voters of th
said legislative districts of Baltimore City
aud OF the counties of the State, respectively
and shall serve for four years from the dat
of his election, subject to the classi6 cation O
Senators hereafter provided for.
Sec 2. And he 1t further enacted by tn
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoin
section hereby proposed as an amendment
the Constitution shall at the next eectio
for members OF the General Assembly OF thi
State, TO be held on the Tuesday next afte
the first Monday in the month Of November
nineteen hundred and one, he submitted to tn
legal and qualified voters thereof for thei
adoption or rejection, In pursuance Of the di
rcctions contained in Article IA Of the Con
slitulion Of this State, aud at the said cleo
lion the vote on said proposed amendment I