The citizen., 1901-06-21

I 4.
mediately after the said election due re-
turns shall be made to the Governor of
the vote for and against said proposed
amendment, as directed by the said Ar
! tiCle IL, of the Constitution.
Approved April :, 1000.
CHAPTER 469.
AN ACT to amend section two of Article
of the Constitution Of the State.
SECTION l. BE It enacted 6y the GEN
crdl AsScmbH Of Md,yIand, three
fiths of all the members of the 70
Houses concurring. That the following
section be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to the Constitu-
ton of this State, and if adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof, as here
iii provided said section shall supersede
and stand i'll the place and stead of sec
ton two OF Article ) of said Constitution.
;. The City of Baltimore shall be di-
Nded INTO four Legislative districts as
near rs may be of equal population and
OF contiguous territory. and each of said
le lslatlve districts of Baltimore CITY,
as they may from time TO time be LAID
out i'll accordance with the provisions
hereof, and each county i'll the State,
shall be entitled to one Senator who
shall be elected by the qualified voters of
the said legislative districts of Baltimore
City, and of the counties of the State,
respectively, and shall serve for four
years from the date of his election, sub
JeCt to the classification of Senators
hereafter provided for.
SEC ,. And be il furHer enacted bu
the authority 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 on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday i'll the month of November,
nineteen hundred and one, be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof
for their adoption or rejection in pursu-
ance OF the directions contained i'll Ar
uCle IL 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 be written or printed the
words, For the Constitutional Amend
ment" or Against the Constitutional
Amendment as the voter shall elect.
and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor of
the vote for and against said proposed
amendment as directed by the said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution.
Approved April = 1900.
Now, THEREFORE,, l, JOIN WALTER
SMITH, Governor of the State of Mary
land, i'll pursuance of the provisions of
section one Of Article fourteen of the
Constitution of the State, do hereby
order and direct thata a copy Of said bills
proposing said Constitutional antend-
ments be published in al least two news
papers in each county where so many
may be published, and where not more
than one may be published, then in thai
newspaper, and i'll three newspapers i'll
the City of Baltimore, one of which shall
be i'll the German language. once a week
Tor at least three months preceding the
next ensuing general election (Which said
general election will be held on Tuesday.
the 5th day of November, nineteen hun
dred and one, at which the said proposed
amendments shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of the State for adoption
or rejection, 50 that each amendment
shall be voted on separately
@-- Given under my hand
THE GREAT and the Great Seal of
SEAL OF MARYLAND.
CMARYLAND. J Done at the City of
--- Annapolis on the 18th
day OF June, i'll the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and one.
JOHN WALTER SMITH.
Governor of Maryland.
By order of the Governor:
WILFRED BATEMAN.
Secretary of State.
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