The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-08-23
CHAPTER 49,,
AN ACT to amend section four, of Article 8,
of the Constitution of this State.

CHATTER 4OZ.
AN ACT to amend section four, of Article 3,
of the Constitution of this State.
Srcr1oN1. Be it enacted bythe General Assem-
bers of the two Houses concurring,) That the
following section he 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 provided,
said section shall supersede and stand in the
place and instead of section four OF Article 8,
of said Constitution.
SEcrIoN4 As soon as may be after the tax
ing and publishing of the National Census of
1900, or after the enumeration OF the popula-
ton of this State, under the authority thereof,
there shall be an superintendent of representa-
ton in the House of Delegates, to be made on
the following basis to wit: Each OF the sew sI,
of eighteen thousand souls or less, shall be en-
titled to two delegates; and every county hav-
ing q population of over eighteen Thousand
and less than twenty-eight thousand souls,
shall be entitled to three delegates; and every
county having population OF twenty-eight
thousand and less than forty Thousand SOULS
shall be entitled to four delegates; and every
county having population OF forty thousand
and less than nItynee thousand Souls, snai ne
having q population of hfty-tve Thousand
souls and upwards, shall be entitled to six dele
gates and no more; and each of the four legis-
latiye districts of the City of Baltimore shall
be entitled to the number of delegates to which
the largest county shall or may be entitled
under the aforegoing superintendent, and the
General Assembly shall have the power to pro-
vide by law, from time to time, for altering
and changing the boundaries OF the existing
legislative districts of the City OF Baltimore, SO
To make them as near as may be OF equal
population; but said district shall always con-
sist of contiguous territory.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the dit-
thOrity aforesaid That the said foregoing sec
ton hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution, shall, at the next election 1or
members of the General Assembly of this
State, to be held on the Tuesday next after the
frat i'm hn IN m NnVptn
teen hundred and one, be submitted 10 the
| egal and qualified voters thereof, for their
adoption or REJECTION IN pursuance OF Ene III
tuition of this State and ut the said election
the vote on said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shalt 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 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 IA, of the Constitution.
Approved April :, 1850.
CHAPTER 400.
AN ACT to amend section two of Article 8 of
the Constitution of the State.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the General As
semblu Of MdTyldnd, (three-iifths of all the
memb beers of the two Houses concurring) That
the following section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution
OF This SLhI6 anu IL duOpltu ny lHo ItRdl
qualified voters thereof, us herein provided,
said section shall supersede and stand in the
place and stead of section two of Article 3 OF
said Constitution.
9 The CITY of Baltimore shall be divided into
four Legislative districts us near 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 he elected
by the qualified voters of the said Legislative
districts of Baltimore City, and OF the counties
Of the State. respectively, and shall serve Tor
four years from the date OF his election, sub
ect to the classification of Senators hereafter
provided for.
SEC 2 and he it further enacted by the author
ny aforesaid, That the said foregoing section
hereby proposed rs an amendment to the Con-
stituton shall ut the next election for mem bers
of the General Assembly of this State, to be
held on the Tuesday next after the nrst Mon Mon
dred and one, be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection In pursuance OF tue aireeoohs rs con- his
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-
stitutional Amendment" or Against the Con-
stitutional 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,
rs directed by the said Fourteenth Article OF
the Constitution.
Approved April 7, 19O0.'
Now, THEREFORE, l, JOHN WALTER SMITH.
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pursu-
ance of the provisions of section one of Article
fourteen of the Constitution of the 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 so many may be published, and
where not more than one 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 a week
for at least three months preceding the next
ensuing general election (Which said general
election will be held on Tuesday, the 5th 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 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 Governor:
WILFRED BATEMAN,
Secretary of State.