Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-30

Section l. Be It enacted by the Genera.
Assembly % AlE& l%ua. tArce-hIth~ OF &.i
conemrrIne. that the following section pee
and the same is hereby proposed as a ~
Amendment 20 Section o. -AFucie ..
title. Legislative 1epartm tni. OF Tn
Constitution OF this State, ana II adopted
by the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided, SsAd Scctioh ShIil super
sese and stand in the place and instead
of Section OF said Article OF the Con
KtitUtion OF MARY land, .-,...-
4 A. soon as may oe AFTER 'Le t1A'''-
ard t,t:biishinE Of the National Census ot
nineteen hundred and ten, or after t1e
enumeration OF the population or lbl~
state under the authority thereof. the
shall be an apportiomnent OF repFeseht1-
lion IN the House of Delegates, 70 De
made on the following basis. TO VII:
Each of the several counUcS OF 'hs
state havine "a population ot elSHIt55ett
thousand souls o. less. snaH ne tnt,uSu
10 two DELEGATES; and every county nav
sn5 'lrSs Cham rwemty-eiEht thousand
souls. shall be entitled 10 three bele-
rafss. and every county having popu-
iation or tweuty-eight thousand ana less
than forty thousand souls, shall be emit
tied 70 four Delegates ana every county
having a population Of forty Thousand
SDS Isss than 6fty-dve thousand souls.
shall be entitled 20 five Delegates; aud
every county having population OF
nftv-flve thousand souls ana upwards.
shall be entitIsd TO six Delegates and no
more: and each of the four Legislative
Districts of the City of baltimore shall
entAtltU
sixth OF the population OF me Ia 80.
county in the State provided however,
that the representation or Baltimore Nt1y
in the House Of Delegates shaii never tN-
Ceed one-third Of the membership OF the
House Of Delegates, and, provided also,
that the reproscutation of Baltimore Guy
in the House of Delegates shall never D
less than thirty-tiye in numper OF the
membership OF said House OF DelesaISsi
hover TO provide by law, from time to
time. for altering and changing, the
boundaries o. me eNlSuinE ISS $50. .1
10 make them as near as may De OF
equal popula ton, but said districts shaI
ALWAYS consist of contiguous territory.
| Section . And be IL further enacted
by the authority aforesaid. that the SAID
ioregoing section hereby proposed as III
Amendment 20 the Constitution, shali at
the next election for members OF 'ne
Eeneral Assembly of this state. to be
held on the Tuesday next after tue HIsl
Monday in the month OF November. nine
teen hundred and eleven U9ll, be sub
Gnittcd To the legal and Qualiued voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection:
In rYrslIaure of the directions contained
in Article il 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. and upon
each ballot shalt he written or printed
Amendment and Against the Constitu-
tioual Amendment as the voter shall
kleCt. and Immediately after said cleo
tion. due returns shah be made TO the
kioveruor of the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment as directed by
the said Article "a OF the said Constitu-
tion.
Approved Apr. Z. 1910.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
a. p. GORIAN. JR..
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Now, Therefore l. AUSTIN l.. CROTH-
ERS, Governor of the State of Mary
Hand, in pursuance of the provisions of
Section / of Article II of the Coustitu-
hirect that copy of each OF said Acts
proposing said Amendments be PUBLISH
ed in at least two newspapers in each
of the counties of the State, where 50
many may Dee published, in any county
where not more than one newspaper
may be published. then In that uewSpa-
per, and i'm three newspapers published
ln the City of Baltimore, one OF which
Shall be in the German language, one,
IA week for at least three months proceed
ing the election of 1911, at which said
election said proposed amendments shall,
PIE submitted Go the legal and qualified
voters of the state. Tor their adoption or
rejection.
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal of the
state of Maryland.
Done AT the City. OF
Great Scalp Annapolis this first day
Of July, in the year OF
our Lord one thousand
nine hundred ana eleven.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS
Governor of Maryland.
wv WILLIAMS