Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-11-03

An Act 20 amen1 Section I Of Article
title Legislative Department. Of M
Constitution 81 this State, and 10 pro
vide for the submission 3f said Amend
ment 70 the qualified voters OF this State
for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be u enacted by the Genera
Assembly OF Maryland. three-hfths o. al.
the members Of each Of the two house
concurring that the following section b.
and the same Is hereby proposed a. a
title, Legislative Department" OF n
Constitution Of this State and II adopt i
by the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided said section shall sup0r
sede and stand in the place and insteaa
OF Section ! OF said Article Of the Con
stitution Of Maryland
T. As soon as may be after the takine
and publishing OF the National Census Of
nineteen hundred and ten, or after t.
enumeration OF the population Of this
State under the authority thereof, there
shall be an appcrtionment OF representa-.
tIon in the House Of Delegates. to be
made on the following basis 10 wit:
Each OF the several counties o. the
State having. a population. Of eighteeI,
Thousand souls or less. shall be entitled
&c two Delegates, and every county hav-
a population OF over eighteen thousand
and less than twcnty-eight thousand
souls shall be entitled TO three Dele
gates; and every county having popu
10 tion OF twenty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls shall be emit
tied 10 four Delegates. and every county
tANNAA-tfAA+i
and less than fifty-ave thousand SOUS.
shall be entitled to FIVE Delegates and
every county having q population OF
nfty-five thousand souls and upwards.
shall 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 ex-
coed one-thIrd OF the membership OF the
House Of Delegates. and. provided also
that the representation OF Baltimore City
In the House Of Delegates shall never b.
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
to make them as near as may be. q
equal population. hut said districts shall
always consist OF contiguous territory.
Section 2 And be It further enacted
BY the authority aforesaid. that the sal
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution. shan at
the next election for members Of tie
General Assembly Of this State. to be
held on the Tuesday next after The frsf
Monday IN the month OF November, nlna-
teen hundred and eleven ts91Ii. be sub
thereof. for their adoption or rejection
In pursuance OF the directions contained
IN Article u OF the Constitution u this
State: and at the said election the vot'
Constitution shall be BY ballot ard npoi.
each ballot shall be written or prln' cd
the words For the Constitution
Amendmasnt" and TAeains, ihs Cons 'ita
elect and Immediately after said eiec
ton. due returns shah be made to the
Governor CT the vote for and aeairsi
said proposed Amendment as directed b.
the said Article u Of the said constitu
ton
AUSTIN L cRoTHERs.
x.r GoRMAN, JR .sss'"0'
President q the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES.
Speaker Of the House OF Delegates
Now. Therefore. 1. AUSTIN l. cRoTH-
EkS Governor Of the State Of Mary
Section OF Article Il cf the Cons.isu.
ton OF Maryland. do hereby order and
ulrect that copy OF each o. si.ld Acts
proposing said Amendments be publish
g in AZ least TWO newspapers in each
OF the counties of the Stale. where 81
many may be published. ia any counts
where not more than one newspap +
may be published. then in that newspa
per. and in three newspapers published
In the city OF Baltimore. one Of VIII en-
shall be In the German language ono
week for at least three months pressed
election said proposed amendments shall
be submitted to the legal and qualified
voters Vf the state for their adoption OF
rejection
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal of the
State Of Maryland
Done at the City OF
tGfeat Seal.l Annapolis. this FIRST day
OF July. In the year OF
our Lord. one thousand
nine hundred and eleven.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
Governor Of Maryland.
N wINSLOw WILLIAMS.
Secretary Of State
JOHN 4 STONE
JOHN W. MILLAR.
JOHN WRIT WILMER,
Board OF Supervisors OF Elections for
Charles County
LOUIS NJ. HYDE. Clerk.