The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-10-20
CHAPTER BIS.

A. act to amend Section Of ArticIa7
title Legislative Department "of the M,
stttution Of this State and to provids ~ y.
the submission of said Amendment n AZ AZ
qualified voters Of this State for adoptos
Section 1. Be it enacted by the ceDa,,,
Assembly, Of Maryland, three ffths OF N
the members OF each Of the two hons
co1cuTring. that the following section y
Amendment to Section 4 Of Article 4 ttS
Legislative Department" OF the CorsS
tuition Of this State, and If adopted by M
legal qualified voters thereof as herstS
stand In the place instead of Section i n
said Article 3 Of the Constitution aot
Maryland. IVA
4. Az soon as may be after the tak,DO
and publishing Of The. National Census q
enumeration Of the population ii I'm
State under the authority thereof them
shall be an superintendent Of represntar
ton I'm the House Of Delegates 70 b
Each OF the several counties Of The
State having population OF eightRn
thousand souls or less, shall be entitled
to two Delegates; and every county haS
Ing population OF over eighteen thou
sand and less. than twenty EIGHT THOUSAND
souls, shall be entitled to three Deh-
gates; and every county having popuA-
ton Of twenty-eight thousand and leu
than forty thousand souls, shall be Cd
titled to four Delegates; and every coun.
ty having a poulation Of forty thousand
and less than fifty thousand souls shall
be entitled to five Delegates; and every
county having a population Of hfty-aR
thousand souls and upward, shall be en-.
titled to SIX Delegates and no more: and
each of the four Legislative Districts Of
the City Of Baltimore shall he entitled 10
one delegate for each one-sixth Of the POD.
ulation OF the largest county In the State;
NV dnd had uAnat.
Of Baltimore City, in the House Of Dele
gates shall never exceed one-third Of The
membership of the House Of Delegates.
and. PROVIDED also. that the representa-.
Delegates shall never be less than thirty.
five In number Of the membership Of
said House OF Delegates; and the GeneE
nj Assembly shall have the power TO pro-
vide BY law, from time to time. for alter
ing and changing the boundaries Of The
existing Legislative districts OF the City
of Baltimore, SO as to make them %
near as may be Of equal population but
said districts shall always consist OF con
Section 2. And be it further enacted BY
the authority aforesaid. that the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution. shall at
the next election for members OF the Gen;
on the Tuesday next after the first Mon
day In the month Of November, nineteen
hundred and eleven 191D, be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof
for their adoption or rejection. in pursu-
ance OF the directions contained IN Al.
ticle IL of the Constitution of this State;
and at the said election the vote on me
said proposed Amendment to the Const-
t h.oF shall be BY ballot and an Re6a e.
words. "For the Constitutional Amend.
ment" and Against the constitutional
Amendment" as the voter, shall elect, aDd
after d saf % e tse que
the vote for and against said PROPOSED
Amendment, as directed by the said Az
ticle Ia of the said Constitution.
Approved April Z. 1910. ,s
V A. u. GORMAN. Jr.
President OF the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates
Now, Therefore I, Austin I. Crothers
Governor Of the State OF Maryland1n pur
suance Of the provision Of Section ! Y
Article IA Of the Constitution Of Marylanu
do hereby order and direct that copy 9
each Of said Acts proposing said Amend
ments be published in at least two news ns
papers In each OF the counties OF the STATE
where so many may be published IN aIa
nav T ms 9u NH tSen IN that news
paper, and in three newspapers nuDnsslI,
ed in the City Of Baltimore, one Of Wnlcl
shall be IN the German language. once
week for at least three months preceding
the election of 1911, at which said !, eiec
ton said proposed amendments, SHAH 2
submitted to the legal and qualified vol
ers of the State, for their adoption OF ~
lection.
Given under my hanl
and the Great Seal .
the State Of Maryland
Done at the City 9
(Great Seal Annapolis, this nrs
day Of July, in the yea
OF our Lord, one tnou
sand nine hundred an
eleven.
AUSTIN r.. CROTHERS.
Governor of Maryland
N. WTNSLOW WILLIAMS,
Secretary Of STATE