The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-10-18
Approved April 5, 1900.
CHAPTER E2.
AN ACT to amend section four, of Article 3
of the Constitution OF this State.

AN ACT to amend section four, of Article 3,
of the Constitution OF this State.
SEc.rIoNl. Be 1t enacted bU the General AsseHn-
hin of Mainland, Uhree-ffths OF all tho mcIn
beers OF tho two Houses concurr1ng,) That he
Following section he and the same is hereby
proposed as au amendment to the Constitution
Of this State, and IL adopted by the legal ard
qualified voters thereof rs herein provided,
s,,id section shall siIperrede and stand in the
place and instead of section four Of Article .,
OF said Constitution.
SECTION 4. As soon may he after the fax
fng and publishing OF the National Census OF
1000, or after the enumeration OF tho porIln-
tion of this State, under the authority thereof,
there shall be an appOrtionlncnt OF rcprcstith-
the following basis, to wit: Each of tho scv-
ernI counties of the State, hav: ing population
OF eighteen thousand souls or less, shall be tn
titled to two delegat =; and every county hav-
ing q population OF over eighteen thousand
and less than twenty-cight Thousand solhs,
shall be entitled to three delegates; and every
Thousand and less than forty Thousand soIIls
shall be entitled to four delegates; and over.
county having population OF LOFTY th n,;n,
entitled to five delegates; and every count
having q population Of fifty-fve thousnI.
souls and upwards. shal be entitlet to ak del,
gates and no more; aud each Of the four legis
latiye districts of the City of Baltimore sh,
be entitled to the number of Delegates TO whici
the largest county shall or may bc entitl,
under tho afo"crning apportionmrnt, and th'
General Assent ly shall have the power to Pre-
vide nv law. afr0m time to time, for ultciin.
and changing the boundaries OF tho existiT i.
legislative districts of tho City OF baltimore, b,
80 uIrko them us near as muy be OF equal
,IpIIilLion hut s,lid district shall always con-
,iSt of contiguous territory.
SEC. =. and be it further enacted BY the dt-
thDritH aforesaid That the said foregoing Sec
lion hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution, shall, at the next election for
members of tho General Assembly OF this
State, to be held on the Tuesday next after the
nrst Monday In the month of November, nine
Teen hundred aud one, be submitted TO the
&gal and qualified voters thereof, for their
uloption or rejection, in pursuance of the d.
cctions contained in Article Il, of the Consti-
.,Itinn of this State and at the said election
The vote on said PROPOSED , amendment TO the
ballot there shall DC written or printed the
words "For the Constitutional Amendment
r"Against the Constitutional Amend ment,"
IS the voter shall elect, and Immediately after
he said election due returns shall be made TO
The Governor OF the vote for ana AGAINST sag
.'-np'srd amcndm"nt, as directed by the SAID
Article II, of the Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1900.
CHAPTER 400.
AN ACT to amend section two of Article of
the Constitution of the State.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General As
senlbiy of Mdryldnai, (thrce-fifths of all the
members of the two Houses concurring,) That
he following section he and the same il hereby
proposed US an amendment to the Constitution
III IUlS SLulb, anu IL dutpIcu b1 lHo itkul anu
qualified voters thereof, as herein provided,
aid section shall supersedc and stand in the
lace and stead of section two of Article B OF
laid Constitution.
g The City of Baltimore shall be divided into
four legislative districts us near as 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 i'll the State, shall be
entitled to one Senator, who shall be elected
10y the qualified voters of the said legislative
districts of Baltimore City, and of the counties
ot the State, respectively, and shall serve for
four years from tho date of his election, sub
icct to the classification of Senators hereafter
provided for.
SEC 2. Ai.d he It further enacted by the author
fU aforesaid, That the said foregoing section
hereby proposed rs an amendment to tho Con-
stitution shall at the next election for members
of tho General Assembly of this State, to be
held on the Tuesday next after the first Nom
day in the month of November, nineteen hum
drcd and one. be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection, In pursuance of the directions con-
tIined in Article IA of the Constitution of this
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
he written or printed the words, "For the Con.
stitutional Amendment" or "a gainst tho Con-
stitutional Amendment" as the voter shall
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 2, 1900.