Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-31
cHAPrEn sIG

ADAM PEBBLES,
Speaker OF the House OK Deiegsts~
CHAPTER SIS
an act to amend Section Of Article =
tisis Legislative Department 81 the Con-
sdtution OF thia State. and to provide for
tas submission OF said Amendment 70 the
qualified voters OF this State for AdoptioR
- rejection.
SSctson /. Be It enacted By the General
Assembly Of Maryland, three-nftha Of al
tha members Of each OF the two houses eoas
curing. thRs the following section be AID
the saTns Ia hereby proposed as an Amend
msut to Section OF Article 3, title "LeEis.
lativs Department" OF the Constellation Of
this State. and II adopted By the LEGAL
QuaIlned voters thereof as herein provided,
said section shall suppressed ana Etand In the
place Instead OF Section Of said Article
es the Constitution OF Maryland.
A. soon as may be after the taking
and publishing Of the National Census Of
nineteen hundred aud ten, or after the
enumeration OF the population Of this state
under the authority thereof, there shall De
en- epportionment Of representation In the
House OF Delegates. 80 be made on the fol-
lowing basis, TO wits
Zach OF the several counties Of the State
having q population OF eighteen thousand
souls or less, shail be entitled 70 two Dele
gates; and every county having popula-
than twenty -eighk thousand souls, shall b
entitled to three DSlegatesi and every
county having q population Of twenty
eight thousand and less than forty thou
sand souls, shah be entitled 10 four Dele
gates and every county having popula-
tion Of forty thousand and less than atty
eve thousand souls, shall be entitled 70
i've Delegatesl and every county having
population Of nfty-hve thousand souls and
upwards, shall be entitled TO ak Delegates
and no more; and each Of the four Legls-
lative Districts Of the City Of Baltimors
shall be entitled 10 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 Be
less than thirty ave in number OF the
membership Of said House Of Delegatesi
and the General Assembly shall have the
power TO provide BY law, from time q
time, for altering and changing the boun.
daries OF the existing legislative districts
OF the City Of Baltimore, 80 as 70 make
them near as may be Of equal populs"
ton but said districts shall always cOn~
slst Of contiguous territory.
Section 2 And be II further enacted By
the authority aforesaid, that the said fore.
Amendment to the Constitution, shall &s
the nexs election for members Of the Gene
eral Assembly Of this State, 20 be held
on the Tuesday next after the 6rst Mon
day In the month Of November, nineteen
hundred aud eleven (19l1), be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof,
for their adoption or rejection, In pur-
suAnce of the directions contained IN Ar.
tcie Il Of the Constitution Of this State.
and at the said election the vote on the
said proposed Amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be by ballot, and upon each ball
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 aud
against said proposed Amendment, as d.
rected by the the said Article IA OF the
said Constitution.
Approved April Z. 1910.
AUSTIN L. CRoTHERs,
(Great seal) Governor.
A. p. GORMAN, Jr
President OF the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker Of the House OF Delegates.
Now, Therefore, / Austin L. Crothers.
Governor Of the State Of Maryland, In pur.
suance OF the provisions OF Section / Ct
Article IA Of the Constitution Of Maryland
do hereby order and direct that a copy Of
each Of said Acts proposing said Amend
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 newspaper
may be published, then IN that newspaper,
and In three newspapers published in the
City OF Baltimore, one OF which shall be
In the German language, once q week for
at least three months preceding the cleo
ton of 1911, at which said election said
proposed amendments shall be submitted
20 the legal and qualified voters Of the
State, for their adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal OF
the State OF Maryland
Done at the City Of
(Great seaD Annapolis, this hrst
day Of July, In the
year Of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred
and eleven.
AUSTIN l. cRoTHERS,
Governor Of Maryland.
BY the Governor
n. WINgLoW WILLIAMS.
Secretary Of State.