Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-10-27
CHAPTER 10

Az Ast 20 amen5 section I 81 Ar,i,ie
Ute Legislative Department u ne
Constitution oi this State and TO bro-
vide TOT the submission II said Anend-
neni 20 the qualified voters Of this Sta.e
for adoption OF rejection.
Section Be II enacted oy the General
Assembly OF Maryland. three-ffths o. az
the members Of each OF the two houses
coneurrng that the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
title Legislative Department" OF IN,
Constitution Of this State, and II adop d
~ the legal qualified voters ther Of s
sede and stand IN the place and iisteai
Of Section ! OF said Article OF the Con-
stiiution OF Maryland.
AS soon as may be after the taking
nineteen hundred and ten, or after the
enumeration OF the population Of Is
State under the authority thereof, there
shall be an apportionment Of Representa-
tion in the House Of Delegates, to be
made on the following basis. 10 wit.
Each Of the several counties OF the
STATE having population Of eighteen
&c two Delegates. and every county hav-
population Of over eighteen thousand
and less than twenty-elght thousr nd
souls. shall be entitled TO three Dele
gates; and every county having a popu-
Ia tion OF twcnty-eighi thousand and less
than forty thousand souls. shall he enti-
tied 10 four Delegates; and every county
having population OF forty thousand
and less than fifty-hve thousand souls
shall be entitled TO fve Delegates; and
every county having population OF
iifty-five thousand souls and upwards.
shall be entitled 10 six Delegates and no
more. and each Of the four Legislative
Districts Of the City Of Baltimore shall
be entitled to one Delegate for each one
sixth Of the population OF the largest
county Ia the State; provided. however.
that the representation of Baltimore City
in the House Of Delegates shall never ex-
GOD ~ of a ms lhQr 70 n in ~
House Of Delegates. and, provided also.
that the representation OF Baltimore C ty
in the House of Delegates shall never be
less than thirty-hve In number OF the
membership of said House OF Delegates:
and the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law from time to
boundaries of the existing legislative
districts of the City OF Baltimore. so as
to make them as near as may be OF
equal population. but said districts shall
always consist OF contiguous territory.
Section 3 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 on the Tuesday next after the hrst
Monday In the month OF November. nine
teen hundred and eleven us1ll. be sub
mitted TO the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection,
p pursuance q the directions contained
State; and at the said election the vote
on the said proposed Amendment TO the
Constitution shall be by ballot. and upon
each ballot shall be written or printed
the words. For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Cons,itu.
tional Amendment" as the voter shall
ton due returns shah be made d'p 10 n.
Governor Of the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment as directed b,
the said Article u OF the said constItu
tior,
Approved Apr. I. 1910.
&c., AUSTIN L. cRoTHERs.
AZ GoRMAN. JR. oss'no'
President OF the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House OF Delegates
Now. Therefore. l. AUSTIN l. cROTH.
ERS. Governor of the State Of Mary
land, In pursuance Of the provisions Of
Seeuon , OF Article IA OF the constitu.
direct that a copy OF each OF said Acts
proposing said Amendments be publish
ed IN al least two newspapers in each
Of the counties Of the Stale. where 81
many may be published. in any count,
where not more than one newspaper
may be published. then in that newspa
per. and In three newspapers published
In the City Of Baltimore. one Of wh.cl
shall be in the German language one
q week for at least three months preted
ing the election Of 1911, ut which sal,
election said proposed amendments shall,
be submitted to the legal and auaiifiee
voters Of III. stale. for their adoption o.
rejection
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal OF the
State of Maryland
Done at the City OF
tGfeat Seal) Annapolis. this first DAY
OF July, in the year o.
our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and eleven
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS.
Governor of Maryland
BY the Governor:
N WINSLOW WILLIAMS
Secretary al State