The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-10-11
CHAPTER A..
AM ACT to aIrcnd section four, of Article 3,
of tho Constitution OF this State.

CHAPTER AZ.
AM ACT to sncnd section four, of Article 8,
of tho Constitution OF this State.
sEcr1oN1. Be u enacted bp the General AsseTa-
bin Of MdrylGmd, thrco-tifths of all the mem
beers of the two Houses consuming, Il: nut .hc
nroposed as an amendment to the Constitution
of his State and IL adopted by tho legal ana
qualified voters thereof rs neTe stoI pToE,d TO-
place and instead of section four of Article q,
of said Constitution.
SECTIONS 4. AS soon as may DO after tho TAX
fnp and publishing OF tho National Census or
1900 or after tie enumeration OF tho pnlua
item of this State, under the authority thereof,
there shall b" an 70 OF hc nSa M
the following basis, to wit: Each OF tho SOW
eral counties of the State, having population
of eighteen thousand souls or less, shall he ely
titled to two delegates; and every county haS
ing 8 population of over eighteen thousani
and less than twcuty-eight Thousand SOUL
shall bo entitled to three deiegstts; anu ever,
Thousand and less than forty tholisai;'t souir
shal be entitled to four Delegates; aud ever;
Snd les than Atty avc tSousund souls shall l..
cntitled to five delegates; aud every count.
having a population OF hfty.nvc thnussn'
souls and UPWARDS. shall be entitled to Fix dele
gates aud no moro; and Zach Of the four leSr
iative districts OF tho City OF Baltimore shr!
be entitled to the number of delcgRtrsto whiri
the largest county shall or may be ent,tlc'
under the afnrcgoing appnrttnum"nt, ana III
Gsurroi Assembly shall have the puwcr to pr"
vide by law. rom time to timc Tor sSfinr
Legislative districtsof tho City OF Iktt'in"rn,ss
,J.I.Ac InouI as uu.r as nsaJ hc OF .sIiLS
population but said district shall always con-
+iSt of contiguous territory.
SIC. s. And be Il further enacted on tho dtt
'hDIIty aforesaid, That tho said foregoing SEC
Lian hereby prtunlsctl as an auiendmene 10 the
Constitution, shall, ut the next Gisclon 10. i9r
namburs OF tho General Assembly OF This
State, 10 be held or tho Tuesday next alter sht
first Nnnday In tho month OF November, nine
teen hundred and one, De subiutttu 70 tnt
ayal and qualified voters thereof, for theif
4'iopttnn or rejection, in pursuance OF the di
.ections contained in Articc Il, OF the Consti
tuition of this state ; and at tho said election
tho vote on said pl opposed amendment to tn,
Constitution shall bH 10y ballot, ana upon eaSh
ballot theru shall be writtOn or printed tht
words For the Constitutional amenamentt',
the voter shall elect, and immediately after
tho said election due returns shall be niado 70
proposed amendment, rs directed oy the SAID
Article II, Of the Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1900.
CHAPTER 4ss.
AN ACT to auond section two of Article 8 OF
the Constitution of tho State.
SECTION l. BE II cnnctrd ny the General As
semblU Of Mt:THGud, (thre0-fifths Of all the
members Of the two HouscS concurring, That
the following section be and the Same is hereby
prbpOsed as an amendment to the Constitution
II this State, and if adopted by tho legal and
qualified voters thereof, AS herein provided,
laid section shall supersede and stand In the
place md stead of section two Of Article 3 OF
said Constitution.
4 Tho CITY of Baltimore shall be divided into
four Legislative districts Ms near as may be OF
equal population and OF contiguous territory,
and each of said Legislative districts OF Bslti-
more City, rs they may from time TO time be
laid out, in accordance with the provisions
hereof, and zach county in the State, shall be
omitted To ono Senator, who shall DO elected
10y the qualified voters of tho said Legislative
districts Of Baltimore City, and OF the counties
OF the State respectively, and shall serve for
four yenrs from tho date OF his election, SUD
ject to the classin catiOn Of Senators hereafter
provided for.
SEC. 2 And he 10 further enacted by the author
tty aforesaid, That the snid foregoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con-
sitution shall at the next eiection tor NJ IN.
held on the Tuesday next after the nrst Mon
day in tho month Of November, nineteen hun;
bred and one, be submitted TO the Legal and
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection, in pursuance of the directions con-
tanned in Article IA ct the Constitution OF this
State; and at the said election the vote on saiH
he by ballot, and upon each ballot there seali
he written or printed the words, "For the Con
stitutional Amendment" or Against the Ion
elect, and immediately after Said election due
returns shall be mnde TO tho Governor OF the
Ss dreetod by tho said Fourteenth Article Of
the Constitution.
Approved April z, 1900.
Now, THEREFORE,, l, JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor of tho state of Maryland, in pursu-
anee of the provisions OF section one of Article
fourteen Of the Constitution of tho State, do
hereby order and direct that a copy of said bills
proposing said Constitutional Amendments be
published in at least two newspapers in each
county where 80 many may be published, and
where not more than ono may be published,
then in that newspaper, and In three newspa-
pers in the City of Baltimore, one of which
shall be in the German language, once week
for ut leust three months preceding the next
.nsuIing general election (Which said general
election will he held on Tuesday, the 9Th day
If 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 amend
tueut shall be voted on separately.
-I--7 Given under my hand and
The GREAT the Great Soal 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.
Dy order uf the Governor:
WIlFRED BATEMAN,
Secretary of State.
FINNEY g. MARTIN,