Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-03
CHAPTER 400.
AN ACT to amend section two of Article OF
the Constitution of the State.


SECTION l. BE 10 enacted bB 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 hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution
of this State, and if adopted by the legal ana
qualified voters thereof, as herein p1oH,I ,
place and stead of section two of Article 3 OF
said Constitution.
p The City of Baltimore shall be divided into
four legislative districts as near as may De OF
equal population and of contiguous territory,
and each of said legislative districts OF Baltl-
more City, as they may from time to time be
laid out in accordance with the provisions
hereof, and each county in the state, snail DC
entitled to one Senator, who shall oe elected
by the qualified voters of the said legislative
districts of Baltimore City, and of the counties
of the State, respectively, and shall serve Tor
four years from the date of his election. sub
ject TO the classification of Senators hereafter
provided for.
SEC 3 And be It further enacted bB the author
itg aforesaid, That the said foregoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution shall at the next election Tor members
of the General Assembly of this state, TO be
held on the Tuesday next after the hrst Mon
day in the month of November. nineteen hum
bred and one, be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters Thereon LOT their aaoPIioll OF
tanned in Article Ia of the Constitution OF this
State; and at the said election the vote ON sald
proposed amendment to the constitution snail
be by ballot and upon each ballot there shall
be written or printed the words, "For the Con-
stitutional Amendment, " or "A against the Con;
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 Fourteenth Article of
the Constitution.
Approved April :, 1900.
Now, THEREFORE, l, JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pursu-
ance of the provisions of section one of Article
fourteen of the Constitution of the State, do
hereby order and direct that copy of said bills
proposing said Constitutional Amendments 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 newspaper, and in three newspa-
pers in the City of Baltimore, one of which
shall be in the German language, once a week
for 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 hundred and onel, at
which the said proposed amendments shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of the State
for adoption or rejection. so that each amend
ment shall be voted on separately.
T Given under my hand and
THE GREAT the Great Seal of Maryland.
Done at the City of Annap-
oils on the 18th day of June.
MARYLAND. in the year of our Lord nine
teen hundred and one.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor of Maryland.
By order of the Governor;
wILFRED BATEMAE,
Secretary of State.