Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-09-27
PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMATION.
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-By amending section 8 OF Article
Of the Constitution Of the State.
Second By amending section of Article
3, OF the Constitution Of the State.
Third BY amending section 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 10 the qualified voters OF this State
for adoption or rejection.
Section Be it enacted by the General As
sembly Of Maryland, (three-flfths of all the
members elected 10 each Of the two Houses
concurrng,) 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 if adopted by the legal and quail
fed voters thereof, herein and as by law pro-
vided, it 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 hereat-
ter be prescribed by law and it the States
Attorney shall receive any other fee or re-
ward than such as is or may Re 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 iorty-6ve hundred dollars,
and shall have power to appoint one deputy,
at an annual salary not exceeding three thou
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 ap-
prove; all of said salaries to be paid out Of
the fees of the said State's Attorneys Office,
as has heretofore been practiced.
Section Q. 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 sad 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 COnsti lutonal 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 432s
AN ACT to amend section four, OF Article
Of the Consti ulion of this State.
Section |. Be il enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, (three-fifths of all the
of ha ttpn hnn nj ri 4 hat
the following section be and the same is here
by prop sed as an amendment TO the COnst-
tuition Of this 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 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
ulalion of this State, under the authority
thereof, there shall be an apportionment of
representation in the House of Delegates, to |
he maze on the following basis, to wit Each
OF the several counties OF the State, having
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 del
egates and every county having popula
ton 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 p0pu-
laton Of fhy-fve 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 en-
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 to
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 as near as may be
of equal population; but said district shall
always consist Of contiguous territory
Sec, 2. And be il further enacted by the
authority afor said 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 on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month OF November,
nineteen hundred 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
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written
OF printed the words For the Constitution
al Amendment, or against the Constitu-
uonsl 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 amend
ment, rs directed by the said Article IA, of
the Constitution
Approved April n, 1900
CHAPTER 469
AN ACT 10 amend section two of Article ;
OF the Constitution the State.
Section !. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, (three-ffth' of all
the members of the two Houses concurring, J
That the following section be and the same
Is hereby proposed as an amend ment to the
Constitution Of this State, and II adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof, as here
in provided said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead Of section two
of Article 3 of said Constitution
The City Of Baltimore shall be divided
into four legislative districts as near as may
he Of equal population and of contiguous
territory, and each of said legislative dis
tricts OF Baltimore City, as they may from
time 10 time be laid out, in accordance with
the provisions hereof, and each county in the
State, shall be 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,
aud shall serve for four years from the date
of hiseection, subject to the classification OF
Senators hereafter provided for.
Sec Q. And he il 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 on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month OF November,
nineteen hundred and one, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance Of the d.
rectiOns contained in Article IA of the Con-
stitution Of this State, aud at the said cleo