Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-01
Proclamation.

WHEREAS. az the january Session IA the
| year nineteen hundred Of the General Asscm-
bly, Of Maryland. bills were passed proposing
amendments 70 the Constitution Of the State |:
Firss---Isy amending section OF Article 5.
| Of the Constitution Of the State.
second.-By amending section Of Artaele ..
Of che Constitution Of thu State.
Thirdly amending section of Article a.
Of the Constitution Of the State. which said
bills and amendments are IN words following,
20 wit;
CHAPTER lsa.
AN ACT 20 amend section nine. Of Article 5,
vide Tor the Submission OF said amendment
60 the qaalifcd voters Of this state for adop-
ton or rejection.
sEcrroxi. Bs tssac;od bv TIE Gsaerai Asssa-
bers elected TO each Of the two Houses con-
curxingJ That the following section be and
The the. sane =, L hereby pTcposed = an amend.
ned voters thereof. herein and q By law pro-
and stead OF section nine OF said Article.
SKcTIoNa 4. Tho States Attorney shall. per-
form such duties and receive such fees and
secmmissa,ons or salary NOT eseceding three
DC preseribed By law; and " any states At
torney shall receive any othsr fee OF reward
shall. on conviction thercof be removed from
officc: provided that the states Attorney for
OF forty-aye hundred dollars. and snail have
power to appoint one deputy, at an annual
salary not exoeeding three thousand dollars.
ries not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars
each. as the supreme Bench OF baltimore City
70 81 pss o as O. ri q sss %
Attorneys Office. as has heretofore been prac-
SECTION 2 And be q further enacted. That
amendment 70 the Constitution OF this State.
shall be. at the next general election for mem-
State, submitted 20 the legal aud qualified VOC
ers thereof for their adoption or rejection. in
pursuance OF the direction contained 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 writ
ten or printed the words ~Eor tho Constitution
al Amendment" or "a gainst the Constitutional
Amendment" as the voter shall elect. and inn
be made 70 the Governor OF tse vote on s saa
proposed amendment, as directed Ivy the said
Fourteenth Article OF the Constitution.
Approved April S, 1900.
CHAPTER Sas.
AN ACT 20 amend section four of Article a
OF the Constitution Of this State.
sEcrIoHl. be- enacted bg the General Assem-
BIZ Of Maryland. lthrce-fftbs of all tho menu
bers of tho two Houses conCurrfng.) That tho
proposed as an amendment TO the Constitution
OF this State. and IL adopted by the legal and
qualifled voters thereof g herein provided.
place aud instead OF section four of Article 3.
Of said Constitution.
SECTION I. As soon as may DO after the TAX
ing and publishing OF tho National Census Of
1900, or after the enumeration OF the potula-
ton OF this State, under the authority thereof,
sion In t the House Il Dclesates to be made ON
the following basis, 20 Wit: Zach OF the sew
eral counties OF the State, having population
of eighteen thousand souls or less. shall be en-
titled TO two Delegates; and every county hav-
Ing o population of over eighteen thousand
shall be entitled to three delegates; and every
county having a. Population I ton q tweniy.cisht
sS s es aa AZ 10 ,f se1r iassy as" sS
SDd Iess than tSoasS: sols shaII sa
having - populstion Of iifsy-ny" fh SS
souls and upwards. shall be entitled 70 six dele
gaiss ana no moTej ana sacn % me Tour legis;
be entitled to the number of delegates 90 which
the largest county shall or may be entitled
General xssembiy shall have the power TO pro- s
vide by law, from time TO time, for altering
legislative districts of the City OF baltimore, so
as to make them as near as may be of equal
population but said district shall always con-
sist of contiguous territory.
SIC. z. And be u further enacted Du the das-
thoFtfp d(0Fesdid. That the said foregoing sec
tion hereby proposed az 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
hrst Monday In the month Of November, nine
teen hundred and one, DO submitted to tho
legal and qualified voters thereof, for their
adoption or rejection, In pursuance of the d.
rectlons contained In Article IA, of the Consti-
tuition OF this state and ut the said election
the vote on said proposed amendment % tho
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall DO 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 he 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 Z. 1900.
CHAPTER 4GD.