Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-06-27
PROCLA N ALTON.

W llEREAS, at (Ac January Session IN
the year nineteen hundred Of the General
Assembly of Maryland, bills were passed
proposing amendments TO the constitution OF
the State;
First,-By amending section 8 OF Article 5
Of the Constitution Of the State.
econd-By amending section of Article
8, of the Constitution Of tn State.
Thirdly amending section 3 Of Article
3. of the Constitution fthe State, which said
bills and and amendments ure in words fol-
lowing, TO wit:
CHAPTER 1873.
AN ACT to amend section nine Of Article 5
of the Constitution of this State, and to
provide for the submission of said amend
mcnt to the qualified voters of this State
for adoption or rejection.
SECTION |. BE ii enacted By the General
assembly Of Maryland, three tifths of all the
members elected to each OF the two Houses
concurrng) That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment to Article 8, of the Constitution
Of this State, and if adopted 10y the legal and
qualified voters thereof herein and as by law
provided, it shall supcrsedc and stand in the
place and stead OF section nine Of said Article
SECTION O. The States Attorney shall pCr,
form such duties and receive such fees aud
commissions or salary not exceeding three
thousand dollars, rs are now OF may hereafter
be prescribed by law; and il any States At
tOrncy shall receive any other fee or reward
than such MS is or may be allowed by law he
shall, ON conviction thereof, be removed from
office; provided that the States Attorney for
Baltimore city shall receive an annual salary
of forty five hundred dollars, and shall have
power to appoint one deputy, at al annual
salary not exceeding three thousand dollars,
and such other assistants ut such annual sal
aries not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars
each as the Supreme Bench Of Baltimore
City may authorize and approve all of said
salaries to be paid out of the fees of the said
States Attorneys office, as has heretofore
been practiced.
SECTIoN Q. And be ii furtter enacted, That
the foregoing section hereby proposed rs an
amendment to the Constitution of this State,
shall be, at the next general election for
members Gf the General Assembly, to be held
In this State, submitted to the legal and quail.
flied 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 AZ ainst the Constitutional Amendment
rs 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. rs directed by the said Fourteenth
Article Of tho Constitution.
Approved April 5. 1900.
CHAPTER 1872.
AN ACT to amend section four, OF Article 3,
OF the Constitution Of this State
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the General
assembly Of Mary'dnd, Qhree.iifths of gil the
members of the two Houses concurring J
That the following section be and the same
is h,reby 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 supcrscde and
stand III the place and instead of section four
of Article 3, Of said Constitution.
SECTION 4. AS soon as may DC after the
taking and publishing Of the National Census
of 1900, OF after the enumeration Of the pop
uati0n of this Stale, under the authority
thereof there shall be an apportionmcnt e
representation in the House of Delegates, tu
b. 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 he 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 q population of forty
thousand and less than fifty five thousand
souls, shall be entitled TO five delegates; ard
every county having a population OF fifty
five thousand souls and upwards, shall DO
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
aforegoing appurtionmcnt, and the General
Assembly SHALL have the power to provide
by law, from time to time, for altering and
changing the boundaries Of the existing leg
isative 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 9. Aud be 1t 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 Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month az November