The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-09-06
CHATTER I32.
AN ACT to amend section tour. of Article
;, of the Constitution of this State.

/ AN ACI to amend section four of Article
;, of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION 1. BE il cnucted By the G,1,-
eral ASsemblH of .Nnyluni, three
fitths OF all the members of the two
/ Houses ConCurnng, That the following
/ section be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to the Constitu-
ton of this State. and if adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof as here
III provided said section shall superscde
and stand in the place aud instead of
section four of Article 5, of said ConstItu-
ton.
SECTION !. As soon as NAV be after
the taking and publishing of the National
Census of 1900, or after the enumera-
ton Of the population of this State.
under the authority thereof, there Shall
be all apportionment of representation in
the House of Delegates, to be made on
the following basis to wit: Each of the
/ several counties Of the State having a
I population of eighteen thousand souls or
! less, shall be entitled to two DELEGATES;
/ and every county having population Of
over eighteen thousand and less than
1 twenty-eight thousand souls, shall be en-
4 titled to three delegates; and every
county having a population of twenty
/ eight thousand and less than forty thou
| sand souls, shall be entitled to four del
egates; and every county having a popu-
lation of forty thousand and less than
! fitty-five thousand souls shall be enti-
tied to five delegates and every county
having a population of fifty-fve thou
sand souls and upwards shall be en-
| titled to six delegates and no more:
and each of the four legislative dis
! tricts of the City of Baltimore shall
! be entitled to the number of delegates to
which the largest county shall or NAV be
entitled under the aforegoing appor-
! tonment, and the General Assembly
| shall have the power to provide by
law from time to time, for alter
ing and changing the boundaries of
the existing 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 consist of con-
tiguous territory.
SEC. ,. ind be it further enacted by
/ inc authority aforesaid, That the said
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution, shall, at
| the next election for members of the Cen
eral Assembly of this State, to be held on
/ the Tuesday next after the first Monday
Ill the month of November, nineteen hun
/ dred and one be submitted to the LEGAL
/ and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, i'll pursuance of
the directions contained i'll article H. of
! the Constitution of this State and ut the
sad 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 Constitutional Amendment" or
Against the Constitutional Amend.
ment, as the voter shall elect, and inn
mediately after the said election due re-
turns shall be made to the Governor of
the vote for and against said proposed
amendment, as directed by the said Ar
t1cle II, Of the Constitution.
Approved April :, 1000