The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-10

tnat the States Attorney for Baltimore
CIT! shal receive an annual salary of
Iorty-hve hundred dollars, and shall have
power 10 appoint one deputy at an annual
salary not exceeding three thousand dol
Idrsi and such other assistants at such an
Iual salaries not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars each, as the Supreme Bench of
Dd1tllnore City may authorize and ap-
Pf Prove; an or SAID salaries to be paid out
OF the ices OF the said States Attornev,s
ofnce, as has heretofore been practiced.
mi oECTIoN z. And be it further enacted.
nat the foregoing section hereby pronos
ea as an amendment to the Constitution
Oh TINS state, shall be, at the next gen
eral eieetlon Tor members of the General
Assembly, to be held in this State sinh.
united. to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection. in
pursuance of the direction contained in
article Ia, OF the Constitution; and at said
election the vote on said proposed amend.
ment 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 one
return shall be made to the Governor of
the vote on said proposed amendment, as
directed by the said Fourteenth Article Of
the Constitution.
Approved April 5, 1900
CHAPTER 432
AN ACT to amend section four, of Article
3, of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, (three-ffths of
all the members of the two Houses con
curring) 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 thereof as herein provided
said section shall supersede and stand in
the place and instead of section four of
Article 3. of salu Constitution.
SECTION 4. As soon as may be after the
taking and publishing of the National Cen
sus OF 1900, or after the enumeration of
the, population of this State, under the
authority thereof, there shall be an appor-
tlonment OF representation in the House
OF Delegates, to be made on the following
basis, to, wit: Each of the several coun-
ties OF the State, having population of
elgnteen thousand souls or less, shall be
entitled to two delegates; and every coun-
| ~ having a population of over eighteen
thousand and less than twenty-eight thous-
and souls, shall be entitled to three dele
gates; and every county having a popula-
ton OF twenty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls. shall be emit
| tied to four delegates; and every co,1ntv
having population of forty thousand and
less than tfty-ive thousand souls. shall he
entitled to five delegates; and every conn
| ty having population of fifty-fye thous
and souls and upwards, shall be entitled
to six delegates and no more; and each
/ OF the four legislative districts of the Citv
OF Baltimore shall be entitled to the nun
| Der OF delegates to which the largest co,in
ty shall or may be entitled under the afore
| gong apportionment, and the General AS
| sembly shall have the power to provide bv
| law, from time to time. for altering and
+ changing the boundaries of the existing
legislative districts of the City of Balti,
more, so as to make them as near as
NAV be OF equal population; but said dis
trlct shall always consist of contiguous
territory.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by
| the authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution, shall, at the next
election for members of the General As
sembly of this State, to be held on the
! Tuesday next after the first Monday in
the month of November. nineteen hun
| dred and one, be submitted to the legal
| and qualified voters thereof, for their ador-
ton or rejection, in pursuance of the di-
rections contained in Article Il, Of the
! Constitution of this State; and at the said
election the vote on said proposed amend
| ment to the Constitution shall be by bal
lot, and upon each ballot 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 the
| said election due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, as directed BY
the said Article II, of the Constitution.
! Approved April 7. 1900.
| CHAPTkh 469.
| AN ACT to amend section two of Article
8 of the Constitution of the State.
SECTION ]; Be. it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly, of Maryland, lthree-ffths
curring,) 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 thereof, as herein pro
vlded, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and stead of section
two of Article 8 Of said Constitution
| 2. The City of Baltimore shall be dvld.
ed into four legislative districts as near
as may be of equal population and of CON
tlguous territory, and each of said legis-
lative districts of Baltimore City, as thev
may from time to time be laid out, in ac-
cordance with the provisions hereof, and
each county in the State, shall he entitled
to one Senator, who shall be elected by
the qualified voters of the said legislative
districts of Baltimore City, and of tine
counties of the State, respectively, and
shall serve for four years from the date
of his election, subject to the classification
of Senators hereafter provided for.
SEC. 2. 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 Gen
eral Assembly of this State, to be held on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in the month of November, nineteen hun
dred 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
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by bal
lot, and upon each ballot 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
said election due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as d.
rected by the said Fourteenth Article of
the Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1900
Now, THEREFORE, /, JOHN WALTER
SMITH, Governor of the State of Mary
land, in pursuance of the provisions of
section one of Article fourteen of the Con
stitution of the State, do hereby order and
direct that n cODy of said hills nronosinu