Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-09-20
CHAPTER 46a.

AN ACT TO amend section two Of Article Q
OF the Constitution the State.
Section l. BE IL enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, (three-ifths of all
the members Of the two Houses cOncurring, J
Tha, the following section be and the same
10 hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution Of this State, and II adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof, rs here
in 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 said legislative dis
tricts OF Baltimore City, as they may from
time to time be laid out, In accordance with
the provisions hereof, and each county In the
State, shall be entitled TO one Senator, who
shall be elected by the qualified voters Of the
said legislative districts Of Baltimore City,
aud Of the counties of the State, sespectively,
and shall serve for tour years from the date
of his election subject TO the classification OF
Senators hereafter provided for.
Sec Q. And he it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed rs an amendment TO
the Constitution shall ut the next election
for members Of the General Assembly OF this
6lHte, 10 ne Utlu Ou lHb lutbuh1 uFAA
the first Monday 10 the month Of November,
nineteen hundred and one, submitted 10 The
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF the d.
rections contained Ia Article IA Of this Con
stitution OF this State, and at the said cleo
ton 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 Amendment,
or "a Rainst the Constitutional Amendment"
AZ the voter shall elect, and Immediately AFTER
said election due return shall be made TO the
Governor OF the vote for and againgt said pro-
posed amend nent, as directed by said Four
teenth Article Of the Constitution.
Approved April II, 1900.
Now, therefore, !, John Walter Smith,
Governor Of the State OF Maryland, In pursu-
ance OF the provisions OF section one Of Arti-
Gle fourteen Of the Constitution Of the State,
do hereby order and and direct that copy
Of said bills proposing said Constitutional
Amendment be published In At least two
newspapers In each county where so many
may be published, and where not more than
one may be published then in that news
paper, and In three newspapers 10 the City OF
baltimore, one OF which shall be 10 the Cor
man language, once week for at least three
months preceding the next ensuing general
election (which said general election will be
held on Tuesday, the 9th day Of November,
nineteen hundred and one, at which III,
saId proposed amendments shall be submitted
TO the qualified voters OF the State for adop
ton or rejection, so that each amendmen
shall be voted on separately.
1870 Given under my hand an,
{ THH OaEAT the Great Seal Of Marylaud
! SEAL OH Done nj the City OF Az
| Maryland. napolIs on the 18th day q
'~- June, In the year Of ou
Lord nineteen hundred and one.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor of Maryland.
BY order Of the Governor;
WlLFRED BATEMAN,
Secretary Of State,