Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-05-03

meanor, and upon conviction, shall be
fined a sum not exceeding fifty dollars
or committed to Jail NOT exceeding one
year in the discretion of the court, and
whoever shall render false account,
when thus requested, an. sworn, shall
be guilty of perjury. That all fines
imposed by this Act may be collected,
through due process, in any court of
law of competent jurisdiction. and all
penalties enforced by Indictment.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the
Superintendent of the Census may au-
thOrize the expenditure of the neces-
sary sums for travelling expenses for
the officers and employees of the cen
sus Office and the incidental expenses
essential to carrying out this Act, as
hereinbefore provided for and not
otherwise, including the rental Of suf-
ficient quarters in the City of Balti-
more, and he is authorized to print
such blanks, circulars, envelopes and
other items as may be necessary, and
he shall audit the claims for compen-
sation of all the enumerators and
other subordinate employees which
shall be verified by affidavit and pay
the same, making requisition upon the
Comptroller for the necessary funds,
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. IA. And be it enacted, That,
when the returns shall be received
from the enumerators. it shall be the
duty of the Superintendent of the
Census to examine and scrutinize the
same, and in the event of discrepan-
pinG 1pfiaipnninc n ring in tho
returns from any precinct, to use
all diligence in causing the same to
be corrected or supplied; and when
all returns shall have been re
ceived, he shall compile the same and
forward to the Governor the complet-
ed and tabulated returns from each
, county of the State and the wards of
Baltimore CITY, giving the number of
actual bona fide residents in each cleo
tion precinct and the number of male
inhabitants above twenty-one years of
age, and whether registered as voters
or not, in each precinct of the several
counties of the State and the wards
of the City of Baltimore; said final
and complete tabulated returns to be
delivered to the Governor on CT before
the twentieth day of July, nineteen
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complete enumeration Of all the peo-
pie Of the State.
Sec. Is And be it enacted That
the enumeration of population so
made and returned to the Governor,
as hereinbefOre provided, shall be the
basis upon which the Governor shall
arrange the reapportionment of repre-
sentation in the House of Delegates to
the several counties and the City Of
Baltimore, as required by section 5,
CT Article Three. of the Constitution;
and, having made such re-apportion-
ment, the Governor shall Immediately
declare by proclamation the number of
delegates to which each of the several
counties and the City of Baltimore
shall be entitled in the House of Dele
gates of the next General Assembly of
Maryland.
Sec. 16. And be it enacted That to
enable the Superintendent of the Cen
sus to carry out the provisions of this
Act, the sum of forty thousand dol
lars or so much thereof as may be
necessary. is hereby appropriated, to
he Immediately available, and the
Comptroller and Treasurer Of the State
of Maryland shall pay the same. from
time to time upon the requisition of
the Superintendent Of the Census.
Sec. II. And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved March 26th, 1901.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President of the Senate.
FERDINAND G. LATROBE,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify, That the afcre-
going is a correct copy Of an Act of
the Genera! Assembly of Maryland,
passed at the Extraordinary Session,
March, 1901.
ALFRED RITTER.
Secretary of the Senate.
B. l.. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.