Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-10-10
PRUCLAM ALTON.

PkUClAM ATlUN.
WHEREAS, at the January Session in
the wear nineteen hundred of the General
assembly of Maryland, bills were passed
proposing amendments to the constitution OF
the State:
Frst,-By amending section OF Article5'
of the Constitution Of the State.
Second BY amending section OF Article
8, of the Constitution of the State.
. Thirdly amending section 2 of Article
. 3. of the Constitution ofthe State, which said
bills and and amendments are in words fol-
lowing, to wit:
CHAPTER 1856.
AN ACT to amend section nine OF Article b,
of the Constitution of this State, and to
provide for the submission OF said amend
ment to the qualified voters OF this State
for adoption or rejection.
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted By the General
Assembly of Maryland, (three. fifths of all the
members elected to each OF the TWO Houses
concurring,) That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment to Article 5, of the Constitution
of this State, and if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, herein and as by law
provided, it shall supersede and stand IN the
place and stead of section nine OF said Article
SECTION 0. The States Attorney shall per.
form such duties and receive such fees and
commissions or salary not exceeding three
thousand dollars, as are now or may hereafter
be prescribed by law; and II any States AT.
torney shall receive any other fee or reward
than such as Is or may be allowed by law, he
shall, on conviction thereof, be removed from
office; provided that the States Attorney for
Baltimore city shall receive an annual salary
of forty five hundred dollars, and shall have
power to appoint one deputy, Mt an annual
salary not exceeding three thousand collars
and such other assistants at such annual sal
aries not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars
each. as the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City may authorize and approve; all OF SAD
salaries to be paid out of the fees OF the said
States Attorneys Office, as has heretofore
been practiced.
SECTION Q. And be 1t further enacted, That
the foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution OF this state,
shall be, at the next general election 1or
members of the General Assembly, to be held
in this State, submitted to the legal ana quail
flied voters thereof for their adoption or re-
lection. in pursuance of the direction con-
tanned in Article ID, of the Constitutions; and
Mt said election the vote on said proposed
amendment 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 one return shall be made TO the
Governor of the vote on said proposed amend
ment. as directed by the said Fourteenth
Article of tho Constitution.
Approved April 5, 1900
CHAPTER 439.
AN ACT to amend section four, OF Article q,
of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION 1. Be ii enacted By the General
AsseneJly of Maryland, (three .tifths OF ell the
members of the two Houses concurring)
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 thereofas herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand IN the place and instead OF section four
of Article g. of said Constitution.
SECTION 4. AS soon as may be after the
taking and publishing of the National Census
of 1900, or after the enumeration of the pop
ulaton of this State, under the authority
thereof, there shall he an apportionment CT
representation in the House of Delegates, To
be made on the following basis to wit: Each
of the several counties of the State, having
population of eighteen thousand souls or less,
shall be entitled to two delegates; and every
county having a population OF over eighteen
thousand and less than twenty eight thousand
souls shall be entitled to three delegates; and
every county having a population OF twenty.
eight thousand and less than forty thousand
souls, shall be entitled to four delegates; and
every county having a population OF forty
thousand and less than fifty five thousand
souls, shall be entitled to five delegates; ard
every county having a population OF fifty
five thousand souls and upwards, shall be
entitled to six delegates and no more; and
each OF the four legislative 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 appurtionmcnt, and the General
Assembly SHALL have the power to provide
by law, from time to time, for altering ana
changing the boundaries of the existing leg
islaiive districts of the City of Baltimore, SO
as to make them as near aS may NC vi equ"i
population; but said district shall always
consist of contiguous territory.
SECTION Q. And be 1t further enacted dy the
duth0rity aforesaid, 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 the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month of November,
nineteen hundred and one, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof. for
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 be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against SAID proposed amend
ment, as directed by said Article IA, OF the
Constitution.
Approved April z, 1900.