The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31

and qualified voters thereof, for their adop-
tton or rejection, in pursuance of the d.
rectlons contained in Article Il eff the
constitution of this State; and at the said
election the vote on said proposed amend
me1t to the Constitution shall be bv 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 469.
AN ACT to amend section two of Article
OF the Constitution of the State.
SECTION |. 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 of said Constitution.
2. The City of Baltimore shall be divid.
ed into four legislative districts as near
as may be of equal population and of CON
tlguous territory, and each of said legis-
lative districts of Baltimore City, as thev
may from time to time be laid out, in ac7i
cordance with the provisions hereof, ands
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. 2. And be 1t 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 Gen
eral Assembly of this State, to be held on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in the month of November, nineteen hun
dred and one, be submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the
directions contained in Article IA 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
said election due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as di-
rected by the said Fourteenth Article of
the Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1900
Now, THEREFORE,, |, JOHN WALTER
SMITH, Governor of the State of Mary
land, in pursuance of the provisions of
section one of Article fourteen of the Con-
stitution of the State, do hereby order and
direct that a copy of said bills proposing
said Constitutional Amendments be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in each
county where so many may be published,
and where not more than one may be pub
lished, then in that newspaper, and in
three newspapers in the City of Baltimore,
one Of which shall be in the German
language, once a week for at least three
months preceding the next ensuing gen.
eral election (Which said general election
will be held on Tuesday. the 9Th day of
November, nineteen hundred and one,) at
which the said proposed amendments shall
be submitted to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection, so that
each amendment shall be voted on sep.
arately.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of Maryland
Done at the City of Annapolis on the
18th day of June, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and one.
[sEALl JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor of Maryland.
BY order OF the Governor:
WILFRED BATEMAN,
Secretary of State