Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-07-12
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, At the January session In the
year nineteen hundred Of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland, bills were passed proposing
amendments to the Constitution OF the State
First.-By amending section 8 Of Article
Of the Constitution OF the State.
Secondly amending section of Article
3, Of the Constitution Of the State.
Third BY amending section Of Article
3, Of the Constitution OF the State, which
said bills and amendments are in words fol-
lowing, to wit:
AN ACT TO amend section nine of Article 8,
Of The Constitution OF this State, and to
provide for the submission of said amend
meut TO the qualified voters Of this State
for adoption or rejection.
Section Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly Of Maryland, three ffths 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 amend
ment to Article 5, OF the Constitution OF this
State, and il adopted by the legal and quail
fed voters thereof herein and as by law pro-
vided, it shall supersede and stand in the
place aud stead of section nine OF said Article.
Section 8. The States Attorney shall per-
form such duties and shall receive such fees
and commissions or salary not exceeding three
thousand dollars, as are now or may hereaf-
ter be prescribed by law; and il the States
Attorney shall receive any other fee or re-
ward than such as is or may Re allowed by
law, he shall, on conviction thereof. oe re-
moved from office; provided that the States
Attorney for Baltimore city shall receive an
annual salary of forty-fve hundred dollars,
and shall have power to appoint one deputy,
at an annual salary not exceeding three thou
sand dollars, and such other assistants ut
nah al al.rs
hundred dollars each, as the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City may authorize and APP
prove; all Of said salaries to be paid out of
the fees Of the said STATES Attorneys office,
as has heretofore been practiced.
Section 2. And be il further enacted, That
the foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment 10 the Constitution OF this State,
shall be, at the next general election for
members OF the General Assembly, to be held
in this State, submitted to the legal and quail
flied voters thereof for their adoption or re-
lection, in pursuance of the direction con-
tanned in Article IA of the Constitution and
at sa election the vote on said proposed
amendment shall be by ballot, and upon each
ba lot 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
Governor Of the vote on said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said Fourteenth Ar
tice OF the Constitution.
Approved April 5, 1900.
CHAPTER 432
AN ACT to amend section four, OF Article 3
of the Consti .ution of this State
Section /. Be il enacted by the General AS
sembly Of Maryland, three -ffths of all the
members of the two houses concurring, \ That
the following section be and the same is here
by prop sed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition Of this State, and If adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof as herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand 10 the place and instead OF section four
Of Article 3 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
ulatiOn of this State under the authority
thereof, there shall be an apportionment Of
representation in the House OF Delegates, to
be made on the following basis, to wit Each
oil the several counties OF the State, having a
population Of eighteen thousand souls or
less, shall be entitled to two delegates; and
every county having q population of over
eighteen thousand and less than twenty eight
thousand souls, shall be entitled To three del
egates; and every county having popula-
lion OF twenty eight thousand and less than
forty thousand souls, shall be entitled to four
delegates; and every county having a popu-
lation OF forty thousand and less than fifty
hVe thousand souls, shall be entitled to i've
delegates and every county having pOpu-
lalion OF ffty-6ve thousand souls and up
wards, shall be entitled to six delegates aud
no more; and each of the four legislative
districts Of the city of Baltimore shall be n.
titled to the number of delegates to which
the largest county shall or may be entitled
under the atoregoing appOrtionment, and the
General Assembly shall have the power to
provide by law, from time TO time, for alter
ing and changing the boundaries of the ex-
istlng legislative districts OF the city of Bal
um0re, 80 AS 10 make them as near MS NAV he
OF equal population; but said district shall
always consist of contiguous territory.
Sec. O. And be it further enac'ed by the
authority afor said, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution, shall, a. the next election
for members Of the General Assembly Of this
Stale, to be held on the Tuesday next after
the hrst Monday in the month Of November,
nineteen hundred and one, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection, 10 pursuance of
the directions contained in Article IA, of the
Constitution of this State; and at the said
election the vote on said nrnnosed amend
ment 10 the Constitution shall he nv hsIIo,
and upon each ballot there shall he wr;,,en
or prin'ed the words ; HFor the Conqii,n,ion.
al Amendment, or Against The Con.1itu-
tionsl Amendment" as The voter shall elect
and Immediately after the said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said Ar,icls IA Of
the Constitution - "