Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-08-11

An ACT 20 amen1 Section 1 u Article l.
ute Legislative Department Of The
S.osastitaiioa u this State, and 70 pro
meni q he qualified voters of this State
Tor adoption o. rejection
Section Be II enacted BY the General
Assembly of Marylaild. three-ffths Of all
The members Of each Of the two houses
concurrine that the following section be
ane the same is hereby proposed as an
Ute Legislative Department" Of the
Constitution o. this State. and II adopted
by the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided. said section shall super
Of Section 1 OF said Article Of the Con-
stitution Of Maryland
g. As soon as may be after the taking
and publishing oi the National Census a
nineteen hundred and ten. or after the
enumeration Of the population q this
state 4nder the authority thereof there
shaN hs go appcrtionment of representa-
tor Ia the House Of Delegates. to be
mad 90 the following basis to wit;
Each ot the several counties OF the
State having a population Of eighteen
tt2rsard souls or less. shall be entitled
fc ,wc Delegates; and every county hav-
a population of over eighteen thousand
md less than twenty-eight thousand
souls, shah be entitled to three Dele
gates and every county having a popu-
lation Of twcnty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls. shall be enti-
Tied 70 four Delegates; and every county
NttN llH "a population OF Ipfty tnoOsANu
and less than tifty-fve thousand sou
shall be entitled to five Delegates. and
every county having a population OF
ifty-five thousand souls and upwards
shnll be entitled 20 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 in the State. provided however.
that the representation Of Baltimore City
in the House Of Delegates shall never eN-
coed ene-third OF the membership Of this
House Of Delegates and provided also
IN the House Of Delegates shall never b
less than thrty-hVe in number OF the
membership OF said House 1f Delegates;
ana 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
alstIlets OF me city OF Baltimore 50 a.
tp make them as near as may be oI
equal population. but said districts shall
always consist OF contiguous territory.
Section ?. AND be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that the said
orCgoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment TO the Constitution. shall at
the next election for members Of the
he'd on the Tuesday next after the lrse
Monday In the month OF November nine
teen hundred and eleven 1sili, be sub
mitted TO the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection.
IN pursuance OF the directions contained
in Article u Of the Constitution Of this
State; and at the said election the vote
on the said proposed Amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot ard upon
each ballot shall be written or printed
the words, For the Constitution !
Amendment and Against the Cons;itu-
tional Amendment as the voter shal
elect ard Immediately after said cleo
lion due returns shall be made 10 the
Governor % the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment as directed hy
the said Article "a Of the SAID ccnstitd.
Ton
AUSTIN L cRoTHERs.
a. F GoRMAN. JR.. s'"0
President Of tie nate
ADAM PEOPLES.
Speaker of the House OF Delegates
Now. Therefore. I, AUSTIN L. cRoTH.
EkS' Governor of the State OF Mary
iand; N pursuance Of the provisions of
ton 81 Maryland, do hereby order and
ulreet that copy Of each OF said Acts
PROPOSING said Amendments be pub sh
ed IN al least Two newspapers in each
OF the counties of the state where 81
many may be published, in any eannt
where not more than one newspop r
may be published. then in that newspa
per, and in three newspapers pub isnrd
In the city OF Baltimore one or wh cn
shall be in the German language. ono
week for ut least three months pre- cd
lng lhe clrction Of 1911 at which sal
| elet tiou snid proposed amendments sha /
be suhiniitrd 10 the legal and qualified
VOteis of M state for their adoption o.
felrcii"n.
Given under my nan1
and the Great Seal oi the
State of Maryland
Done at the city OF
] tGIcat SealJ Annapolis. this frst dav
Of July. IN the year Of
our Lord. one Thousand
nine hundred and eleven
AUSTIN l.. CROTllERS
Governor Of Maryland
/ nv the Governor:
/ N WINSLOW WILLIAMS
Sfrff.f4ry 81 & 4,te