Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-05


Section |. BE Il enacted by the General
Assembly Of Mar land, three-hfths OF all
the members Of each 81 the TWO houses
concurring that the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment to Section 4 OF Article s,
title legislative Department Of the
Constitution OF this state, and u adopted
nv the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided. said section shall super
Eede and stand IN the place ana instead
OF Section Of said Article OF the Con
800 as may be after the taking
or5 ,,4ffi{shfag OF the National Census II
nineteen hundred and ten; or attsr IN
enumeration pf The Nopu'9lnn 81 .'0
state under the authority thereof, the
sSam be in aprortionment OF representa-
ion III the House Of Delegates 70 De
p,oss an the Following basis. 10 wit:
Each Of the several counties OF the
State having a population q ciEutSgs
Thousand souls or less. shau De ehtiueu
10 two Delegates; and every county nav,
a population Of over eighteen thousan9
and less than twenty-cisht lhogSA,o
souls shall be entitled 70 thFee bele-
sates, and every county having a popu-
iation Of twCntN-eicht thouS9hQ ana LeSs
than forty thousand souls, SHAH be emit
tied to four Delegates: and every county
having a population OF forty thousand
and less than hfty-hve Thousand sous
shall be entitled 10 i've Delegates' and
every county having a populauon oi
fiftv-fve thousand souls and upwards.
shall be entitled 10 six Delegates and no
more. and each OF the four Legislative
be entitled TO one Delegate for each one
sixth of the POPULATION or the GeS'
county in the state, provided. however
that the representation OF baltimore Clly
in the House of Delegates shall never eN-
coed one-third of the membership or the
House of Delegates, and, PROVIDED also,
that the representation of Baltimore Clty
in the House OF Delegates shall never De
less than thirty-five In number or the
membership of said House of Deleg',eSi
and the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law, from time 10
lime for altering and changing the
MANDATES OF the existing legislative
districts OF the City of Baltimore, sc as
10 make them as near as may De OF
equal population but said districts shaH
ALWAYS consist of contiguous territory
Section . And be IL further enacted
bv the authority aforesaid, that the SAID
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution. SHAH at
Ebe next election for members Of the
Eeneral Assembly OF this state. to be
held on the Tuesday next after the Ilrst
Monday IN the month of November nine
teen hundred and eleven QSlD, be sub
mitted 10 the legal and quallhed Noiers
thereof for their adoption or rejection;
In pursuance Of the directions contained
in Article Il of the Constitution OF this
State. and at the said election the vote
ON the said pronpsed Amendment to the
CONSTITUTION shall be by ballot, and upon
khe words. For the constitutional
Amendment and Against the Constttu-
kional Amendment as the voter shat
ELECT and Immediately after said cleo
| tion. due returns shall be made TO the
Fiovernor of the vote for and against
| said proposed Amendment as directed by
| the said Article IA OF the said Constitu'
zion.
Approved Apr. J. 1910.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.