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tained 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 Constitutional Amendment"
as the voter shall elect, and Immediately after
, sad election one return shall be made to the
Governor of the vote on said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said Fourteenth
Article of tho Constitution.
Approved April 5. 1900.
CHAPTER 4s2.
AN ACT to amend section four, Of Article 3,
of the Constitution of this State
SECTION |. Be ii enacted by the General
assembly of Maryland, (hree-tifths 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 State, and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereofas 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
aklng and publishing The National Census
of 1900, or after the enumeration of the pop
ulation Of this State, uuder the authority
thereof, there shall he aD appor'i"nment CT
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 a population OF forty
thousand and less than fifty five thousand
souls, shall be entitled to five delegates; ard
every county having population ot 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
atoregoing appurtionmcnt and the General
Assembly SHALL have the power to provide
by law, from lime to time, for altering and
changing the boundaries of the existing leg
islative districts of the City of Baltimore, SO
| as to make them rs near as may be OF equal
population; but said district shall always
Consls, OF contiguous territory.
SECTION . and be ii further enacted By the
| dpth0rty df0reSdtd, that the SAID foregoing
section hcreh, proposed as an amendment TO
the Constitution shall ut the next election
for members of the General Assembly OF this
State. To he held the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month of November,
nineteen hundred and one, he submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for
then adoption or rejection, in pursuance of
the directions contained in Article Ia, of the
Constitution Of lhIs State; aud at the said
election the vote on said 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
Amrnhmt mt OF" Against the Constitutional
! Amendment" as the voter shah elect, and
Immediately after the said election due re
turns shall be madc 10 the Governor of the
vote for an against SAID proposed amend
mcnt, as directed by said Article IA, OF the
| Constitution.