Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-08
Proclamation.

year nineteen hundred OF the General Assem-
biz Of Maryland. bills were passed proposing
amendments 20 the Constitution Of the State !:
First.-E8y amending section Of Article 3.
% the Constitution Of the state.
Secondly amending section Of Article 3.
Of the Constitution Of the State.
Thiri.-Ry amending section OF Article 8.
Of the Constitution OF the State. which said
bElls and amendments arc an words following.
70 wit;
CHAPTER lsS.
AN ACT 60 amend section nine. Of Article S,
OF the CONSTITUTION OF this state and to pro-
vide for the submission OF said amendment
g the quallfied voters 81 this state for adop-
ton or rejection.
sEcrIoxi 1. 10 q enacted bv the Gsneral Assens-
beFs elected to each Of the two Houses con-
curringJ That the following section be and
the same e hereby proposed e en- amend
state. and IL adopted by the legal and quail
fed voters tasreof. herein and a. by law pro-
and stead Of sccson nine * ala ArticIs pace
SECTIONS. Tho states Attorney shall. per-
form such duties and receive such fees and
thou-and dollars. = are now or nav bsre safsc
torney shall receive any other fee OF reward
shall. on conviction thereof. BE- rSoyed from nm
Office; provided that the States Attorney for
y stS sn s an ssnsa sh
power to appoint one deputy. nc an annual
salary not exceeding three thousand dollars,
ries not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars
each. as the Supreme Bench OF baltimore City
may authorize and approve; al OF said sala
taeed. -
SECTION 3. And be q further enacted, That
the foregoing section hereby proposed ms an
amendment 10 the Constitution Oh this state,
shall be, at the next general election for men,
bcrs OF the General Assembly, TO be held In this
ers thereof for their adoption or rejection, In
pursuance OF the direction contained In Article
40 T. o. the Constitution; and e said election the
ballot. aud upon each ballot there shall be writ
ten or printed the words .'For the Constitution
Amendment, /" as the voter shall elect, and Inn
mediately after eaId election one return shall
be made TO the Governor OF the vote on said
Fourteenth Article OF the Constitution.
Approved April s. 1900.
CHAPTER Gas.
AN ACT 10 amend section four. OF Article q,
Of the Constitution of this State.
sEcTIoNl. BE @ enacted BY the 0eaerai Assem-
BY Of Maryland, lthree-flfths OF all tho menI-
beers of the two Houses concurring, j That the
following section be and the same Is hereby
proposed as an amendment TO the Constitution
of this State, and III adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof rs herein provided,
said section shall supersede and stand In the
place and instead OF section four OF Article Q,
of said Constitution.
SECTION 4. As soon as may be after the TAX
ing and publishing OF the National Census of
ton OF this state. under the authority thcrcof.
there shall be an appOrtionmento OF representa-
ton in the House Of Delegates, 70 be made on
cral counties OF the State, having n popaIaiion
of eighteen thousand souls or less. shall be en-
titled 20 two delegates; and every county hav.
and less than twenty-eiRht thousand souls,
shall be entitled 10 three delegates; and every
Snd ssIp tSan fapy q
shall be entitled TO four delegates; and every
county having population OF forty thousand
entitled TO I'VE delegates; aud every county
having q population of hfty-tve thousand
souls and upwards shall DC entitled to six dele
lative districts OF the City OF Baltimore shall
be entitled TO the number of delegates 10 which
under The aforegoing apportionmxent. ana tSo
General Assembly shall have the power 70 pro-
vide by law, from time 70 time, for altering
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 con-
sist of contiguous territory.
SEC. 2. And Dc q further enacted bv the dss
th0rtty AZ orcsdtd. That the said foregoing sec
ton hereby proposed as an amendment 10 the
Constitution, shall, nj 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, nine
teen hundred and one, be submitted To the
legal and qualified voters thereof, for their
adoption or rejection, In pursuance Of tho d.
rections contained In Article 10, of tho Consti-
tuition OF this state; and at tho said election
the vote on said proposed amendment TO tho
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 returns shall he made to
the Governor OF the vote for and against said
proposed amendment, as directed by tho said
Article IA. OF the Constitution
Approved April ., 1900.