The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-09-15
CHAPTER. Sf8.

CHAPTER JIG.
An Act to amend Section 4 Of Article Z
title Legislative Department" of the Con,
stitution of this State, and to provide for
the submission Of said Amendment to the
qualified voters Of this State for adoption
or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted BY the General
Assembly Of Maryland, three hfths Of all
the members Of each of the two houses con-
curing, that the following section be ana
the same Is hereby proposed as an Amend
ment to Section Of Article 8, title "Legfs.
lative Department" Of the Constitution oa
this State, and If adopted by the legal
qualified voters thereof as herein PROVIDED
said section shall suppressed and stand In the
place instead of Section Of said Article
8 Of the Constitution Of Maryland.
L. As soon as may be after the taking
and publishing Of the National Census OF
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 StafA
having q population Of eighteen thousand
souls or less shall be entitled to two Dele
gates; and every county having popula-
tion of over eighteen thousand and less
than twenty eight thousand souls, shall Be
entitled to three Delegates; and every
county having population Of twenty
eight thousand and less than forty thou.
sand souls. shall be entitled to four Dele
gates; and every county having popula.
ton of forty thousand and less than hfty-
five thousand souls, shall be entitled to
ave Delegates; and every county having 9
population of fifty five thousand souls and
upwards, shall be entitled to six Delegatee
and no more; and each of the four Legiss
&ho ~ pott
shall be entitled to one delegate for each
ones 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.
ceed 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 be
less than thirty-fve in number OF the
membership Of said House Of Delegatesi
and the General Assembly shall have thu
power to provide by law, from time to
time, for altering and changing the boun-
daries of the existing legislative districts
of the City of Baltimore, 30 as to make
them as near as may be OF equal popula-
tiou but said districts shall always con.
stst of contiguous territory.
Section q And be 1t further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that the said fore
Amendment to the Constitution, shall at
the next election for members Of the Gen.
eral Assembly of this State, to be held
on the Tuesday next after the first Mon
day in the month Of November. nineteek
hundred and eleven (1911). be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof,
for their adoption or rejection, In pur'
suance of the directions contained In Ar.
ticle IA of the Constitution of this Statet
and at the said election the vote on the
said proposed Amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be by ballot, and upon each bal.
lot shall be written or printed the words,
"For 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
rected by the the said Article IA OF thu
said Constitution.
Approved April I. 1910
AUSTIN L. CROIHERS
(Grsat Seal) Governor
A. P. GORMAN, Jr,
President of the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker Of the House of Delegates.
Now, Therefore. I Austin L. CrotherA
Governor Of the State Of Maryland, In purs
suance of the provisions of Section 1 a
Article IA of the Constitution Of Maryland
do hereby order and direct that copy oe
each Of said Acts proposing said Amends
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 newspapers
may be published. then in that newspaper
and In three newspapers published In thu
CITY of Baltimore, one Of which shall b
in the German language, once a week for
at least three months preceding the elec<
ton of 1911, at which said election said
proposed amendments shall be submftte&
to the legal and qualified voters of tn
State, for their adoption or rejection.
Given under my han(
and the Great Seal ol
the State of Maryland
Done at the City OF
(Great SeaD Annapolis, this hrst
day of July, In tha
year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred
and eleven.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
Governor of Maryland.
Dy the Governor
N. WINSIlOW WILLIAMS,
Secretary Of StatA
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