Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-28

section :. Re IL enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, three-ntths OF al
me members of each Of the TWO houses
concurring that the following section be
and fhe sane is hereby proposed as an
Amendment TO Section OF Aruc'e o.
title Legislative Department: OF the
ConstftutfOn of this State. and II adopted
NJ tha legal qualified voters thereon as
herein provided, said section shali super
sede and stand in the place ana ins ,SSs1
OF Section OF said Article OF l'S SNAA
stitution Of Maryland ~. ..,,,s
As soon as may be after the taxing
and publishing of the Natlonal census 81
nineteen hundred and ten, or after the
enumeration OF the population OF tHl@
state under the authority thereof. the
s t a., ~ ~ House Of Delegates. to be
made on the following basis, 70 Wit a.,
/ Each of the several counties OF Nle
State haNiug p9plia, lfa,, u n, entitIed
10 two DELEGATES; and every county nav
a population OF over eighteen tnousanS
and less than fwenty-eight Thousand
souls shall be entitled to three Dele
gates, and every county having poPu-
lation of twenty-eight thous4n9, S S 80
than forty thousand souls, shall De en-
tied to four Delegates; ana every county
having a population of forty Thousand
and less than nfty-fve thousand sous;
shall be entitled TO five Delegates; and
every county having population OF
gfty-five thousand souls ana upwards
shall be- entitled To six Delegates ana no
more. and each Of the four Legislative
Districts of the City OF Baltimore shah
be entitled to one Delegate for eaCh one
sixth of the population or the la ses'
countv in the State: provided, however
that the representation OF Baltifhore OIty
sn the House of Delegates Shall never eN-
ceed one-thfrd of the membership OF inc
House of Delegates: and, proNlueu 1 49,.
that the representation OF baltimore CltE
In the House of Delegates shalI never %
less than thirty-nye IN numpSr OF ~. 1tls
membership of said House of Delegates;
and the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law, from time 10
Vfrs4a for a
boundaries OF the existing leslslalve
districts OF the City of Baltimore. so as
10 make them as near as may De OF
equal population, bat said districts shan
always consist of contiguous territory
Section > Aud be IL further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that the sald
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution. sh3u AT
tho next election for members OF the
held on the Tuesday next after the rrst
Monday I'm the month of November. nine-
teen hundred and eleven ibid. be sub
mitted to the legal and qualihed voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection.
in pursuance of the directions contained
in Article II Of the Constitution OF this
State: and at the said election the vote
ION the said proposed Amendment to the
I,onstittItiou shall be bv ballot and upon
each ballot shalt he written or printed
the words. For the constitutional
amendment and Against the Constitu-
ELECT. and Immediately after said elec-
tion. due returns shall be made TO the
EoVernOr of the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment as directed by
the said Article "A of the said Coustitu-
! tion.
Approved Apr :, 1910
AUSTIN J.. CROTHERS.
Great Seall Governor.
A. p. GORIAN, JR..
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES
Speaker Of The House OF Delegates
Now, Therefore. !. AUSTIN l.. CROTH-
Governor gf NJ
land. in pursuance of the provisions oi
Section ] of Article "a of the Coustitu-
Fion of Maryland do hereby order and
direct that copy of each of said Acts
proposing said Amendments be publish
ed in at least two newspapers in each
many may DE published, in any county
where not more than one newspaper
may be published then in that neWspa-
per, and in three newspapers published
Pm the City of Baltimore one of which
shall be in the German language. once
IA week for mt least three months preCed-
ing the election Of 1911. at which said
be submitted to the legal and qualified
voters of the state, for their adoption or
rejection.
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal of the
State of Maryland.
Done at the city OF
Great Seal) Annapolis, this first day
of July. in the year OF
our Lord. one thousand
nine hundred and eleven.
AUSTIN l.. CROTEIERS,
Governor of Maryland
BY the GotsTuoft
NS' ~" WILLIAMS