The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-12

State, and if 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 3. of saIu Constitution.
SECTION 4. As soon as may be after the
taking and publishing of the National Cen
sus OF 1900, or after the enumeration of
the population of this State under the
authority thereof, there shall be an appor-
tlonment OF representation in the House
| of Delegates to be made on the following
basis, to w.t. Each of the several coun-
ties of the State, having a population of
eighteen thousand souls or less, shall be
| entitled to two delegates; and every coun-
| ty having population of over eighteen
thousand and less than twenty-eight thous-
and souls. shall be entitled to three dele
gates; and every county having a popula-
! ton of twenty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls, shall be ent-
| tied to four delegates; and every county
| having population of forty thousand and
less than ffty-five thousand souls shall be
entitled to five delegates; and every eoun-
" having a population Of fifty-five thous-
| and 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 num-
Der OF delegates to which the largest coun-
ty shall or may be entitled under the afore-
gong apportlonment, and the General As
| sembly shall have the power to UroyiLe bv
law, from time to time, for altering and
changing the boundaries of the existing
legislative districts of the City of Bati-
| more, so as to make them as near as
may be of equal population; but said dis
trlct shall always consist of contiguous
| territory.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted bv
the authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution, shall. at the next
election for members of the General As
sembly of this State, to be held on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in
the month OF November, nineteen hun
dred and one, be submitted to the legal
| and qualified voters thereof, for their adop-
tlon or rejection, in pursuance of the di-
| rectlons contained in Article u Of the
Constitution of this State; and at the said
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by bal
lot, and upon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words, 'For the
Constitutional Amendment" or against
the Constitutional 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 amendment, as directed by
the said Article IA, of the Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1900.
CHAPTER 469
! AN ACT to amend section two of Article
of the Constitution of the State
SECTION |: Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly. of Maryland, ithree-ffths
OF all the members of the two Houses CON
curring,) That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
| amendment to the Constitution of this
State, and if adopted by the legal and
| qualified voters thereof, as herein pro-
vided, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead of section
two OF Article of said Constitution.
2. The City of Baltimore shall be divid
ed into four legislative districts as near
as may be of equal population and of con-
tlguous territory, and each of said legis-
| lative districts of Baltimore City, as they
may from time to time be laid out, in ac-
cordance with the provisions hereof, and
each county in the State, shall he 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 and
shall serve for four years from the date
of his election, subject to the classification
of Senators hereafter provided for
SEC. 2 And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the said
| foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution shall at
the next election for members of the Gen
| eral Assembly of this State, to be held on
! the Tuesday next after the first Monday
IN the month of November nineteen hun
dred 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 bal
| lot, and upon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words, For the
| pcff tt1f1n
the Constitutional Amendment" as the
voter shall elect, and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made
| to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as d-
rected by the said Fourteenth Article of
the Constitution.
Approved April I, 1900.
Now, THEREFORE, |, JOHN WALTER
| SMITH, Governor of the State. of Mary
land, in pursuance of the provisions of
section one of Article fourteen of the Con-
stitution of the State, do hereby order and
direct that copy of said bills proposing
said Constitutional Amendments be pub
| llshed IN at least two newspapers in each
| county where so many may be published.
and where not more than one may be pub
| llshed, then in that newspaper, and in
| three newspapers in the City of Baltimore
one of which shall be in the German
language, once week for at least three
months preceding the next ensuing gen.
eral election (Which said general election
will be held on Tuesday the 9Th day of
November, nineteen hundred and one,) at
which the said proposed amendments shall
be submitted to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection, so that
each amendment shall be voted on sep
arately.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of Maryland
Done at the City of Annapolis on the
18th day of June, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and one
| [sEAL JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor of Maryland
By order of the Governor: