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tanned in Article ID, of the Constitution; and
nj said election the vote on said proposed
amendment shall he by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall he written or printed the
words "For the Constitutional Amendment
| or Against the Constitutional Amendment
as the voter shall elect, and Immediately after
, said election one return shall tie made to the
Governor of the vote ON said proposed amend,
mcnt. AS directed by the said Fourteenth
Article of tho Constitution.
Approved April 5. 1860.
CHAPTER 432.
AN ACT to amend section four, OF Article 3,
of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION I. BE it enacted By the General
assembly Of Mdryand, uhrcc-titths of ul the
members Of the two Houses Concurring)
That the following section he and the same
is h, rehy proposed rs m amendment to the
Constitution of this State, and if adopted by
The legal and qualified voters ihcrcotns herein
provided, said section shall snpcrscdc and
stand IN the place and instead of section four
of Article 3, of said Constitution.
SECTION 4. AS soon rs may be after the
taking and publishing the National Census
Of 1900, or after the enumeration of the pop.
ulation of this State, under the authority
thereof, there shall bc IN apPor,i"nmrnt tf
representation in the House of Delegates, I"
b, made on the following hasis, to wit: Zach
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 n population of over eighteen
Thousand and less than twenty eight thousand
souls shall he entitled to three delegates and
every county having n population of twenty
eight Thousand and less than forty thousand
souls, shall be entitled to four delegates; and
every county having population OF forty
thousand md less than fifty five thousand
souls, shall bc entitled to five delegates; ard
every county having a population OF nifty
five thousand souls and upwards, Shall he
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
atorcgoing appurtionmcnt, and the General
Assembly SHALL have the power to provide
by law, from ;ime to time, for altering and
changing the boundaries Of the existing leg
islaivc districts Of the City of Baltimore, SO
as to make them rs near rs may he of 'qual
population; but said district shall always
consls, OF contiguous territory.
SECTION 9 And be il further enacted by the
authority aforemui, 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 bc held the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month Of November,
nineteen hundred and one, be submitted to
the lcrnl and qualified voters thereof, for
then adoption or rejection, in pursuance of
the directions contained in Article A. Of the
Constitution Of tins State; and at the said
election the vote on said proposed amend
mcnt to the Constitution shall bc hy ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as the voter shall elect, and
immC after the said election due re-.
turns shall hc nadC tu the Governor of the
vote iur an | against sand proposed amend.
mcnt, AS directed by said Article a. OF the
Constitution.
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