Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-10-06

An Act % amen5 Section of Article
ute Legislative Department. Of The
Constitution u this state and 70 pro
meni % the qualified voters of this STATE
tor adoption Or rejection
Section Be It enacted by the General
Assembly o. Maryland. three-flfihs Of al
the members of each Of the two HOUSES
conrurrine that The following section tie
anc the same Is hereby pr1p9sed ~ ail
Amendment 70 Section I or Article g.
Constitution q this State. and Il adopted
by the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided said section shall super.
sede and stand in the place and Instead
Of Section 4 OF said Article Of the Con
stitution Of Maryland
As soon as may be after the takine
and publshi~c Of the National Census Of
nineteen hundred and ten. or after the
enumeration Of the population Of this
state under the authority thereof. there
ton In the House OF Delegates. to be
made on the following basis 70 wit;
Each Of the several counties OF the
thousand souls or less. shall be entitled
&c two Delegates: and every county hav-
= population of over eighteen thousand
and less than fweniy-eight thousand
souls. shall be entitled to three Dele
gates. and every county having a pOpu-
lation Of twenty-eisht thousand and less
tied % four Delegates; and every county
having a population OF forty thousand
and less than fifty-five thousand souls
shall be entitled 70 five Delegates; and
every county having a population OF
ufty-hve thousand souls and upwards
shall be entitled 10 six Delegates and no
more; and each q 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-
coed one-third Of the membership Of tet
House Of Delegates, and. provided also
that the representation Of Baltimore CITY
In the House OF Delegates shall never b
less than thirty-flve In number OF thf
membership Of said House OF Delegates.
and the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law. from time to
time, for altering and changing. The
boundaries OF the existing legislative
districts Of the city Of Baltimore so a.
10 make them as near as may be o.
equal population, but said districts shall
always consist Of contiguous territory.
Section 2. And be Il further enacted
bA 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 first
Monday in the month of November. nine
teen hundred and eleven Gslil. be sub.
mitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof. for their adoption OF rejection,
IN pursuance Gf the directions contained
IN Article u Of the Constitution Of this
state ana at lle 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
tionai Amendment" as the voter shan
elect and Immediately after said cleo
ton due returns shall be made to the
Governor ct the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment as directed b,
,he SAID Article u Of the said constitu
Arnro,ed 49, ,a,n
g. AUSTIN L cRoTHERs.
A. GoRMAN. JR.,
President OF the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES
Speaker Of me House OF Delegates
Now. Therefore. I. AUSTIN I, cRoru.
ERS. Governor OF the State OF Mary
land, IN pursuance OF the provisions of
section ! OF Article Il OF the consiitil.
uon Of MARYLAND. do hereby order and
ulrect that copy Of each Of said Acts
proposing said Amendments be publish
"a IN at least Two newspapers in each
oI the counties Of the state. where 50
many may be published. in any county
where not more than one newspaper
may be published then in that newspa
per; and ~ three IHspapers published
shall be in the GerIHtn language. one
week for at least tEfee months preced
Ing the election Of 1eil. at which sal
election said propused amendments shall
be submitted TO the legal and qualified
voters Of thr state. for their adoption o.
reiecti"'e
Given under my hand
and the Cr..it Seal Of the
State OF Maryland
Done at the CITY of
tGfsat Seal) Annapolis. Ibis FIRST DAY
OF July. in the year OF
our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and eleven
AUSTIN l.. CROTlIERS
Governor OF Maryland
BY the Governor,
y MlNSLoW WILLIAMS