Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-08-15


at said election the vote on said proposed
amendment shall be by ballot, and upon cacl
ballot there shall be written or printed tht
words "For the Constitutional Amendment
or against the Constitutional Amendment
as the voter shall elect, and Immediately aftel
, said election one return shall be made to The
Governor of the vote on said proposed ameno
ment, as directed by the said Fourteenth
Article of tho Constitution.
Approved April 5. 1900.
CHAPTER 439.
AN ACT to amend section four, Of Article 3
of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION I. Be it enacted By the General
AsSem6y Of Maryland, uhree-fifths OF oil the
members of the two Houses concurring)
That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of this Stale, and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereofas herein
provided, said section shall supersede anu
stand IN the place and instead OF section four
of Article 3, of said Constitution.
SECTION 4. As soon rs NAV 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 ne an apporti"nment Il
representation in the House of Delegates, to
be made on the following basis, to wit: Each
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 population of over eighteen
thousand and less than twenty eight thousand
souls shall be entitled to three delegates; and
every county having population of twenty
eight thousand and less than forty thousand
souls, shall be entitled to four delegates; and
every county having n population of forty
thousand and less than fifty five thousand
souls, shall be entitled to five delegates; ard
every county having a population OF nifty.
five thousand 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
number of delegates to which the largest
county shall or may be entitled under the
aforcyoing appurtionmcnt, and the Genetal
Assembly SHALL have the power to provide
by law, from .ime to time, for altering and
changing the boundaries of the existing leg
islatve districts of the City of Baltimore, so
as to make them as near as may be of equal
population; but said district shall always
consist of contiguous territory
SECTION 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 General Assembly of this
State. to be held the Tue sday next after the
first Monday in the month of November,
nineteen hundred and one, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof, fnr
their adoption or rejection, in pursuance of
the directions contained in Article H. of the
nft ut
election the vote on sad proposed amend
mcnt to the Constitution shall he by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed the words For the Constitutional
Amrndm, MT or Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as the. voter shall elect, and
immediately after the said election due re-
turns shall be made to the Governor OF the
vote for ana against SAID proposed amend.
ment, as directed by said Article IA, OF the
COnstit utiOn.
Approved April T. 1900.
CHAPTER 400.
AN ACT to amend section two Of Article 3
of the Constitution of the State.
SFCTIoN BE ii enacted By the General
As@mbty Of Nd1yland Qhrce hiths Of all the
members of the two Houses cOncurringD
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 thcreOfas herein
provided, said section shall snptrsede and
stand in the place and stead Of section two
of Article 3 of said Constitution
9 The City Of Baltimore shall be divided
into four legislative districts as uear as may
be of equal population and of contiguous
territory, and each of SAID legislative districts
of Baltimore City, as they may from time to
time he laid out in accordance with the pro.
visions hereof, and each county in the State
shall be entitled to one Senator, who shall
he elected by the qualified voters of said
legislative districts of Baltimore City, and OF
the counties ofihe State, respectively, and
shall serve for four years from the date of h,s
election, subject to the classification OF Sena-
tors hereafter provided for
SECTION ., And be ii ,further enacted By the
authority afGrtSatd, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed rs an amendment
to the Constitution shall at the next election
for members Of the General Assembly of this
State, to he held ON the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month OF November,
nineteen hundred ana one, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF the
directions contained in Article ID Of the
Constitution OF this State; and at the said
ele, ion the vote on said proposed amend
ment TO the constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there sholl be written
or printed the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" or" AGAINST the Constitutional
Amendment" as the voter shall elect, and
inmediatcly after said election due returns
shall be made to the Governor OF the vote tor
and against said proposed amendment, as
directed by the SAID Fourteenth Article OF
the Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1000.
Now THEREFORE,, |, JOHN WALTER SMITH
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pur
suance of the provisions OF section one ol
Article fourteen of the Constitution of the
State, do hereby order and direct that Il copy
of said bills proposing SAID Constitutional
Amendments be published in at least two
newspapers in each county where SO many
may be published, and where not more than
one may be published ,then in that newspaper
and in three newspapers in the City OF Bal
timore, one of which shall be in the German
language, once a week for at least three
mouths preceding the next general election
| (Which said general election will be held or
Tuesday, the 9Th day of November, nineteer
hundred and one,) at which the said proposed
amendments shall be submitted to the quail
fed voters Of the State for adoption or rejec
ton, so that each amendment shall be votc(
on separately.
| Given under my hand ant
| THE GREAT tbo Groot Seal of MARYLAND