Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-09-13

OuAI IL h 4bH,
AN ACT 10 amend section two of Article Z
oil the Constitution the Sttte
Section !. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of Mary (three-ff,hs of all
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 aud qualified voters thereof, AS here
in 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 NAV
be of equal population and of contiguous
territory, aud each Of said legislative dis
tricts OF Baltimore 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, sespectiyelv,
and shall serve for four years from the date
OF his election, subject to the classification OF
Senators hereafter provided for.
Sec 2. And he IL 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 he held on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month OF November,
nineteen hundred and one, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF the di-
rections contained in Article IA of the Con-
stituion Of this State, and at the said cleo
ton 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 Constitutional Amendment"
or Against the Constitutional Amendment"
as the voter shall elect, and immed lately after
said election due return shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution
Approved April II, 1900
Now, therefore, !, John Walter Smith
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pursu-
ance of the provisions of section one OF Arti-
Gle fourteen Of the Constitution OF the State
do hereby order and and direct that a copy
OF said bills proposing said Constitutional
Amendment be published in nj least two
newspapers In each county where so MANY
may he published, and where not more than
one may be published, then in that news
paper, and in three newspapers in the CITY of
Baltimore, one OF which shall be in the Ger
man language, once n week for at least three
months preceding the next ensuing general
election (Which said general election will be
held on Tuesday, the 9Th dav Of November,
nineteen hundred and one, at which the
said proposed amendments shall be submitted
to the qualified voters of the State for adop-
ton or rejection, so that each amendment
shall be voted on separately.
$3.50 Given under my hand and
TBE GREAr the Great Seal OF Maryland
SEAL or Done at the CITY Of An
MARYLAND napolis on the 18th day of
-@~ June, in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and one.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor Of Maryland.
By order of the Governor:
WlLFRED BATEMAN,
june alt Secretary Of State.