Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-06-27

the legal and qualified voters thereof. FIR
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 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 re-
turns shall he made to the Governor of the
vote for ana against SAID proposed amend
mcnt, rs directed by said Article "A, of the
Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1900
CHAPTER AGO.
AN ACT to amend section two of Article 3
Of the Constitution Of the State.
SRcrIoN l. Be it enacted By tie General
assembly Of maryland, threc fit,hs of all the
members of the two Houses concurring, J
That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed rs an amendment to the
Constitution of this State, and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thcreof,as herein
provided, said section shall supcrscde and
stand in the place and stead Of section two
OF Article 8 Of said Constitution.
2. The City of Baltimore shall be divided
into four legislative districts as near as may
be Of equal population and of contiguous
territory, and each Of SAID legislative districts
of Baltimore City, as they may from time TO
time be laid out in accordance with the pro.
visions hereof, and each county in the State
shall be entitled to one Senator, who shall
be elected by the qualified voters of said
legislative districts Of Baltimore City, and OF
tI,nS Skat., 4
shall serve for four years from the date of his
election subject to the classification of Sena-
tors hereafter provided for
SECTION 9. And be it further enacted BIZ tho
authority dforssaii, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution shall at the next election
for members OF the General Assembly Of this
State, to be held on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month Of November,
nineteen hundred ami one, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, In pursuance Of tho
directions contained in Article IA Of the
Constitution OF this State; and at the said
election the vote on said proposed amend
mcnt 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
Amendment" rs the voter shall elect, and
Immediately after said election due returns
shall bc made to the Governor OF the vote for
and against said proposed amendment, us
directed by the SAID Fourteenth Article Of
the Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1000.
Now THEREFORE,, !, JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor OF the State Of Maryland, in pur.
suancc of the provisions Of section one Of
Article fourteen of the Constitution of the
State, do hereby order and direct that Il 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 DC published then in that newspaper,
and in three newspapers in the City Of Bal
language, once week for at least three
months preceding the next general election
(Which said general election will be held ON
Tuesday, the 9Th day Of November. nineteen
hundred and onc,) at which the said proposed
amendments shall be submitted to the quail.
fled voters Of the State for adoption or rejec-
ton. so that each amendment shall he voted
on separately.
,----
: Given under my hand and
LIE uREAT the Great Seal Of Maryland
: Sra, or Done at the City of AnEap
; oils on the l2th dav 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
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