Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-09-12

at said election the vote on said proposed
amendment shall be by ballot, and upon eact
ballot there shall be written or printed tht
words For the Constitutional Amendment
or Against the Constitutional Amendment
az the voter shall elect and Immediately aftel
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 s. 1900.
CHAPTER 482.
AN ACT 10 amend section four, Of Article 3
of the Constitution of THE State.
SECTION l. Bs II enacted By the General
Asem6ly Of maryland, (three- -fifths OF sll the
members of the two Houses concurring,)
That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as 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 8, Of said Constitution.
SECTION 4. As soon as NAV be after the
taking and publishing of the National Censua
of 1900, or after the enumeration OF the pop
ulation of this State, under the authority
thereof, there shall be an appOrtionment ti
representation in the House of Delegates, tu
BE- made on the following basis, to wit Each
of 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 population of over eighteen
thousand and less than twenty eight thousand
souls ehall be entitled to three delegates; and
| every county having population of twenty.
eight thousand and less than forty thousand
souls, shall be entitled to four delegates and
every county having q population Of forty
thousand and less than fifty five thousand
souls, shall be entitled to five delegates; ard
every county having q 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
atoregoing appurtionment; and the General
Assembly SHALL have the power to provide
by law, from time to time, for altering and
changing the boundaries of the existing leg
islative districts Oft City of Baltimore, 80
as to make them as near as may be of equal
population; but said district shall always
consist of contiguous territory.
SECTION @ And be IT. further enacted By 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 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
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ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed the words For the Constitutional
Amcndme nt," 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 smend
ment, as directed by said Article IA, OF the
Constitution.
Approved April z. 1900.
CHAPTER 469.
AN ACT to amend section two of Article
| of the Constitution of the State.
SECTION Be it enacted By the General
Asssnab;y Of maryland, (hree ffihs of all the
members of the two Houses concurring,
That the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to tbs
Constitution of this State, and ii adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof.as herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead Of section two
of Article of said Constitution.
2. The City of Baltimore shall be divided
into four legislative districts as near as may
be of equal population and of contiguous
territory, and each of sald legislative districts
of Baltimore City, as they may from time tt
time be laid out, in accordance with the pro
visions hereof, and each county In the STATE
shall be entitled to one Senator, who shal
he elected by the qualified voters of sale
Legislative districts of Baltimore City, and o
the counties of the State, respectively, anC
shall serve for four years from the date of hi
election, subject to the classification of Sena
tors hereafter provided for
SECTION 9. And be 1t further enacted By tn
authority qforssaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an ameDdmen
to the Constitution shall at the next election
for members OF the General Assembly Of th
State, to be held ON the Tuesday next ate
the first Monday In the month OF November
nineteen hundred and one bc submitted II
the legal and qualified voters thereof for thei
adoption or rejection, In pursuance OF th'
directions contained In Article IA of tn
Constitution OF this State; and at the sait
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the constitution shall be by ballot
and upon each ballot there shall be writer
or printed the wOrds For the Constitutions
Amendment" !" or Against the Constitutions
Amendment" as the voter shall elect, AIT
Immediately after aaid election due return
shall be made to the Governor of the vote TO
and against said proposed amendment, a
directed by the said Fourteenth Article
the Constitution.
Approved April 2, 1000.
Now THEREFORE,, l, JOHN WALTER SMITH
Governor of the State of Maryland, In pur
suance of the provisions Of section one O
Article fourteen of the Constitution of til
State, do hereby order and direct that cop
of said bills proposing said Constitutions
Amendments be published In at least tw
newspapers in each county where 80 man
may be published, and where not more tina
!, one may be published, then in that newspaper
and in three newspapers in the City of Ba
timore, one of which shall be in the Germa
, language, once q week for at least thre
months preceding the next general electio
(which said general election will he held o
, Tuesday, the 9th day of November, nine'ee
, hundred and one,) at which the said propose
amendments shall be submitted to the quail
fed voters of the State for adoption or reiet