Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-29
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Speaker OF the House OF Delegates.
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An Act to amend section 4 OF Article q
titlA Legislative Department Of The Goa"
stttutioa Of thIs State, and to provide for
the submission OF said Amendment to the
qualifed voters OF this State for adoptiea
CT rejection
section 1 Be It enacted By the General
Assembly Of Maryland, three-hfths Of all
tha members Of each Of the two houses cor.
curing, that the following section be and
tha same IL hereby proposed as an Amend"
nnent 10 Section 4 OF Article s. title "Lesis-
Iativs Department" OF the Constitution Of
thia State and IL adopted by the legal
quaiined voters thereof as herein provided,
said section shall suppressed and stand ia the
placa instead Of Section 1 OF said Article
OF the Constitution of Maryland.
4 As soon as may be AFTER the taxing
and publishing OF the National Census %
nineteen hundred and ten, or after the
enumeration OF the population Of this state
under the authority thereof, there shall be
an apportionment OF representation in the
House OF Delegates, to be made on the FOL"
lowing basis, to Wit
Each OF the several counties OF the Stats
having a population OF eighteen thousand
souls or less, shall be entitled to two Dele
gates; and every county having popula-
ton Of over eighteen thousand and less
than twenty eight thousand souls, shall be
entitled 10 three Delegates and every
county having q population Of twenty
eight thousand and less than forty thou
sand souls, shall be entitled to four Dele
gates; and every county having a popula-
ton OF forty thousand ana less than any
Ave thousand souls, shall be entitled 60
Eve DeiegatesI and every county having q
population Of hfty-nve thousand souls and
upwards, shall be entitled to ak Delegates
and no more, and each OF the four Legis-
lAtive Districts of the City OF Baltmore
ahall Be entitled to one delegate for each
ons-sixth Of the population Of the largest
county in the State; provided, however,
that the representation OF Baltimore City
in the House OF Delegates sail never ex-
coed one-third OF the membership Of ths
House Of Delegates, and, provided also,
that the representation OF Baltimore City
IN the House Of Delegates shall never be
less than thirty-hve in number OF the
membership OF said House Of Delegatest
ana the General Assembly shall have the
power 10 provide By Law, from time to
time, for altering and changing the boun-
daries Of the existing Legislative districts
of che City Of Baltimore. 90 as 10 make
them as near as may be Of equal populG-
ton but said districts shall always con-
sist Of contiguous territory.
Section q And be 1t further enacted By
the authority aforesaid, that the said fore.
going section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution, shall at
the next election for members of the Gem
srA Assembly Of this State, to be held
on the Tuesday next after the fret Mon.
day In the month OF November. nineteen
hundred and eleven (1o1l), be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof,
for their adoption or rejection. in pur-
suance Of the directions contained In Ar
ticle IL Of the Constitution Of this stateI
and at the said election the vote on the
said proposed Amendment to the ConBtitu-
ton shall be by ballot, and upon each bal
lot shall be written or printed the words,
"FoF the constitutional Amendment" and
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 the said Article IA OF the
said Constitution.
Approved April Z, 1910.
AUSTIN L. CRoTHERs,
(Great seal) Governor.
A p. GoRMAN, Jr.,
President OF the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker OF the House of Delegates
Now, Therefore, l Austin L. Crothers,
Governor OF the State Of Maryland In pur-
suanos Of the provisions OF Section / OF
Article IL of the Constitution Of Maryland,
do hereby order and direct that a copy Of
each Of said Acts proposing said Amend
ments be published in at least two news
papers In each Of the counties Of the State.
where so many may be published, IN any
county where not more than one newspaper
may be published, then in that newspaper,
and in three newspapers published in the
City Of Baltimore, one Of which shall be
IN the German language, once q week for
at least three months preceding the cleo
ton Of 1911, at which said election said
proposed amendments shall 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 ct the City OF
(Great SeaD Annapolis, this hrst
day OF July, In the
year Of our Lord. one
thousand nine hundred
and eleven.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
Governor Of Maryland.
BY the Governor
N. WIESLOW WILLIAMS,
Secretary Of State.