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


be submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof, for their adoption or
rejection, in pursuance of the direc-
tions contained in Article IA, of the
Constitution of this State; and at the
said election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall he written or printed the
words ''For the Constitutional Amend
ment," or Against the constitutional
Amendment as the voter shall elect
and Immediately after the said cleo
ton due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, as directed
by the said Article IA, of the Consti
tuition.
Approved April I, 1900.
CHAPTER 469.
AN ACT to amend section two OF
Article 3 of the Constit ntion Of the
State.
SECTION l. And be 1t enacted BY The
General Assembly of Maryland, (three
fifths of all the members of the two
Houses concurring.) That the follow
ing 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 supersedc and stand in
the place and stead of section two Of
Article of said Constitution.
2 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 legislative districts of Balti
more City, as they may from time tc
time be laid out, in accordance with the
provisions hereof, and each county in
the State, shall be entitled to one
Senator, who shall he elected by the
qualified voters ofthe SAID Legislative
districts of Baltimore City, and Of the
counties IF the State, respectively, and
shall serve for four years from the date
of his election, subject to the classified
ton of Senators hereafter provided
for.
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted by tie
authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going 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 Novem
Der, nineteen hundred and one, be
submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or re
lection, in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article IA Of the Con
stitution of this State; and at the said
election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shal
be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be written or printed the
words, "For the Constitutional Amend
ment," or against the Constitutions
Amendment" as the voter shall elect
and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Cover
nor of the vote for and against sale
proposed amendment, as directed by
the said Fourteenth Article of the
Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1900.
Now, THEREFORE, I, JOHN WALTEI
SMITH, Governor of the State o
Maryland, in pursuance of the provi
sions of section one of Article fourteen
of the Constitution of the State, dc
hereby order and direct that copy
of said bills proposing said Constitu
tional Amendments be published in al
least two newspapers in each county
where so many may he published, and
where not more than one may be
published, then in that newspaper, and
in three newspapers in the City o1
Baltimore, one of which shall be in the
German language, once a week for al
least three months preceding the next
ensuing general election (Which sale
general election will be held or
Tuesday, the 5th day OF November
nineteen hundred and one,) at whicl
the said proposed amendments shall
he submitted to the qualified voters o
the State for adoption or rejection, sc
that each amendment shall be voteC
on separately.
f----, Given under my
MIN AMMAN hand and the great
H " Seal Of Maryland