The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-25


pursuance of the direction contained in
Article IA, of the Constitution; and at said
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be written or printed
the words For the Constitutional Amend
ment' or Against the Constitutional
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 amendment, as
directed by the said Fourteenth Article of
the Constitution.
Approved April 5, 1900.
CHAPTER 432.
AN ACT to amend section four, of Article
8, of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, (three-ffths of
all the members of the two Houses CON
curring,) 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 thereof as herein provided,
said section shall supersede and stand in
the place and instead OF section four of
Article 3, OF salu Constitution.
SECTION 4. As soon as may be after the
taking and publishing of the National Cen
sus of 1900, or after the enumeration of
the population of this State, under the
authority thereof, there shall be an appor-
tlonment of representation in the House
OF Delegates, to be made on the follt wing
basis, to wit: Each of the several coun-
ties of the State, having a population of
eighteen thousand souls or less, shall be
entitled to two delegates; and every coun-
ty having a population of over eighteen
thousand and less than tWenty-eight thous-
and souls, shall be entitled to three dele
gates; and every county having a popula-
ton OF twenty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls, shall be emit
tied to four delegates; and every county
having a population of forty thousand and
less than tifty-tive thousand souls, shall be
entitled to five delegates; and every coun-
ty having population of fifty-five thous-
and 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 num-
Der of delegates to which the largest coun-
ty shall or may be entitled under the afore
going apportionment, and the General As
sembly shall have the power to provide by
law, from time to time, for altering and
changing the boundaries of the existing
legislative districts of the City of Balti-
NAV be OF equal population; but said dis
trict shall always consist of contiguous
territory.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution, snail. at the next
election for members of the General As
sembly of this State. to be held on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in
the month of November, nineteen hun
bred and one, be submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof, for their adop-
ton or rejection, in pursuance of the di-
rections contained in Article 4, of the
Constitution of this State; and at the said
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by bal
lot, 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 the
said election due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, as directed by
the said Article II, of the Constitution
Approved April 7. 1900
CHAPTEh 1859
AN ACT to amend section two of Article
3 OF the Constitution of the State.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, (three-ffths
of all the members of the two Houses con.
curring,) 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 thereof, as herein pro
vided, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead of section
two of Article 8 of said Constitution.
3 The City of Baltimore shall be divld
ed into four legislative districts as neal
as may be of equal population and OF con
tiguous territory, and each of said legis
lative districts of Baltimore City, as they
may from time to time be laid out, in .ac
cordance with the provisions hereof and
each county in the State, shall he 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, and
shall serve for four years from the date
of his election, subject to the classification
of Senators hereafter provided for.
SEC. ,. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the said
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution shall al
the next election for members of the Gen
eral Assembly of this State, to be held or
| the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in the month of November, nineteen hun
bred and one, be submitted to the lega
and qualified voters thereof for theil
| adoption or rejection, in pursuance of tn;
| directions contained in Article IA of the
| Constitution of this State; and at the sale
! election the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by bal
lot. and upon each ballot there shall b,
| written OF printed the words "For tn,