Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-10-11
PROCLAMATION.

PROCIAMATION.
WHEREAS. at the January Session in the
year nineteen hundred of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland, bills were passed proposing
amendments 10 the Consti ution OF the State !:
First.-Bv amending section 9 Of Article 8
of the Constitution of the State.
Second BY amending section a 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 in 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 it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, (three-ffths OF all the
members elected to each Of the two Houses
concurring,) That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an amend
ment to Article 5, Of the Constitution OF this
State, and il adopted by the legal and quail
fed voters thereof, herein and as by law pro-
vided, il 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 If the State 8
Attorney shsll 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 the States
Attorney for Baltimore city shall receive an
annual salary Of forty-fve hundred dollars,
and shall have power to appoint one deputy,
N uola nj aVpaa1 inn fh than
sand dollars, and such other assistants al
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 2. And be II further enacted, That
the foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment 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
fled voters thereof for their adoption or re-
lection, in pursuance OF the direction con-
tanned in Article IA of the Constitution and
at said 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 institutional 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 3, 1900.
CHAPTER 432
AN ACT to amend section four, OF Article
of the Const 'uton of this State.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly Of Maryland, (three-fifths of all the
members of the two houses concurring,) That
the following section be and the same is here
by prop lsed as an amendment to the Consti
tuition of this State, and il 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 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 n
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 be entitled TO three del
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 souls, shall be entitled to five
delegates; and every county having a popu-
lation of fhy-ive thousand souls and up.
wards, shall be emitted to six delegates and
no more; and each of the four legislative
districts Of the city OF Baltimore shall be IN.
titled TO the number of delegates TO which
the largest county shall or may be entitled
under the aforegoing apportionment, and the
General Assembly shall have the power tC
provide by law, from time TO time, for alter
ing and changing the boundaries of the ex
isting legislative districts OF the city of Bal.
timore, so as to make them rs near MS may b,
OF equal population; but said district shall
always consist of contit uous territory.
Sec. g. And be II further enacted by th,
authority afor said, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment L
the Constitution, shall a. the next election
for members Of the General Assembly of tbi
State, to be held on the Tuesday next afte
the first Monday in the month of November
nineteen hundred and one, be submitted Il
the legal and qualified voters thereof, fol
their adoption or rejection, In pursuance o
the directions contained in Article Ia, of tn
Constitution of this State; aud at the SAT-
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment TO the Constitution shall be bv ballot
and upon each ballot there shall be writer
or prin'ed The words "For the Constitution
al Amendment, or against the Constitu
tiOnsl Amendment" as the voter shall elect
and Immediately after the said election du
returns shall be made to the Governor of tn
vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, rs directed by the said Article IA, O
the Constitution
Approved April n, 1900
CHAPTER 469.
AN ACT 10 amend section two of Article
OF the Constitution the State.
Section !. Be II enacted by the Genera
Assembly of Maryland, Chree-ffih4 OF al
the members of the two Houses concurring
That the following section be and the SAM
is hereby proposed as an amendment TO th
Constitution OF this State, and IL 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 divided
into four legislative districts as near as ma,
be of equal population and of contiguou
territory, and each of said legislative dis
Ulcts OF BALTIMORE OllH, as tney may non
time 10 time be laid out, in accordance will
the provisions hereof, and each county in tn,
State, shall be entitled to one Senator, who
shall be elected by the qualified voters of th
said legislative districts of Baltimore City
aud Of the counties of the State, sespectively
and shall serve for tour years from the da,
of his election, subject to the classifcalio O
Senators hereafter provided for.
Sec q. Aud he IL further enacted by tn
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoin
section hereby proposed as an amendment I
the Constitution shall at the next electio
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, submitted to Ii
legal and qualified voters thereof for the
adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF the
rections contained in Article IA of the Cor
stitution Of this State, aud at the said ele,
ton the vote on said proposed amendment
the Constitution shall be by ballot, and upo
each ballot there shall be written or printed Il
words, "For the Constitutional Amendment
or against the Constitutional Amendment,