Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-10-25
AN ACT to amend section two of Article Of
the Constitution Of the State.

the Constitution OF the State.
SECTION l. Be e enacted By the General As
sembiy Of MdrBldnd, tthree-fifths Of all the
members of the two Houses cOncurring,l That
the following section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution
of this State, and IL adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, as herein provided,
said section shall supersede and stand in the
place and stead of section two Of Article OF
said Constitution.
2. The City of Baltimore shall be divided into
four legislative districts as near as may be of
equal population and of contiguous territory,
and each of said Legislative districts of Balti-
more City, as they may from time to 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, and shall serve for
four years from the date Of his election, sub
tect 10 the classification OF Senators hereafter
provided for.
csc 9. And be It further enacted Blythe author
ifV aforesaid, That the said foregoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment TO the Con
stitutiOn shall at the next election for member
Of the General Assembly Of this state, TO be
held on the Tuesday next after the first Mon
day in the month of November, nineteen hun
dred and one. be submitted to the legal ana
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection. in pursuance of the directions con-
tanned in Article Il Of the Constitution of this
State; and at the said election the vote on said
proposed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
be written or printed the words, For the Con-
etitutonal Amendment" or "a against the Con-
stitutiOnal Amendment" as the voter shall
elect, and Immediately after said election du.
returns shall be made TO the Governor of tn,
vote for and against said proposed amendment,
as directed by the said Fourteenth Article OF
the Constitution
Approved April !, 1900.
Now, THEREFORE,, l, JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor Of the State of Maryland, in pursu-
anee of the provisions Of section one of Article
fourteen Of the Constitution of the State, 90
hereby order and direct that copy of said bll4
proposing said constitutional Amendments n
published in at least two newspapers in eaj
county where so many may be published. Il
where not more than one may be published
then in that newspaper, and in three newspaA
pers in the City Of Baltimore, one Of whlch
shall be in the German language, once a wees
for at least three months preceding the neat
ensuing general election (Which said gencr..i
election will be held on Tuesday, the 5th DAY
of November. nineteen hundred and one. Ut
which the said proposed amendments shall be
submitted to the qualified voters Of the State
for adoption or rejection, so that each amend
ment shall be voted on separately.
Given under my hand and
THE GREAT the Great Seal of Maryland,
Done at the City of Annap-
oils on the 18th day OF June
MARYLAND. in the year of our Lord nine
teen hundred and one.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor Of Maryland.
BY order of the Governors
wILFRED BArEMAN,
Secretary Of State.