Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-10-27

Approved April 7, 1910.
(Great Seal) Governor.
A. P. GoRMAN, JR.,
President Of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
CHAPTER 3lS.
An Act to amend Section 4 of Article 8,
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 il enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, three-fifths of all
the members Of each Of the two houses con-
curing that the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an Amend
ment to Section Of Article 3, title Leg
islative Department" of the Constitution
of this State, and If adopted by the legal
qualified voters thereof as herein provided,
said section shall supersede and stand in
the place and instead of Section 4 of said
Article of the Constitution of Maryland.
4. 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 apporti0nment of representation in the
House Of Delegates, to be made on the fol-
lowing basis, to-wit
Each of the several counties of the State
having population of eighteen thousand
souls or less, shall be entitled to two Dele
Gates and every county having a popula-
ton Of over eighteen thousand and less
than twentyeight thousand souls, shall be
entitled to three Delegates and every
county having n 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 fifty
five thousand souls, shall be entitled to
five Delegates; and every county having
population of iifty-flve thousand souls and
upwards. shall be entitled to six Delegates
and no more and each Of the four Legis-
lative 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 be
less than thirty-five 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
time, for altering and changing the boun-
daries OF the existing legislative districts
of the City OF Baltimore, so as TO make
them as near as may be Of equal popula-
ton, but said districts shall always consist
of contiguous territory.
SECTION 2. And be IL 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.
eral Assembly of this State, to be held
on the Tuesday next after the first Mon
day in the month of November, nineteen
hundred and eleven Q9lD, be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof,
for their adoption or rejection, in p1r-
suance Of the directions contained in Ar
ticle Ia Of the Constitution of this State;
ana at the said election the vote on the
/ SAID proposed Amendment TO the COnstitu-
| ton shat DO by ballot. and upon each bal
I lot h0li be- written % printed the words.
| For ia, Constitutional Amendment" and
"Agalnst the Constitutional Amendment"
as the vJlor hall elect 40 immediately
after said eleC,.1n hue retisns shan be-
made TO the Governor VI the vote a. ra
|
rected by the said Article Ia Of tbs said
Constitution
Approved April 4 1910.
AUSTIN L. CR0THERS.
Great SeaD Governor.
4. P. GORMAN. JR,
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker Of the House of Delegates
The polls for said election will be opened
in each and every election district of said
county at the usual places Of holding the
polls at \ O'Clock, A. M, and will be closed
at 6 O'Clock, p. NJ, when the ballots shall
be counted according TO law.
For the information Of all persons con-
cerned the following Act Of the Legislature
passed March Gath, 1865 is published:
CHAPTER l8l
An Act prohibiting the sale of spurious or
fermented liquors in the several counties
Of the State on the day Of election.
Section I. BE il enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland. That IL shall not be
lawful for the keeper Of any hotel, tavern,
store, drinking establishment or any other
place where liquors are sold, or for any
person or persons, directly or indirectly. to
sell, barter. give or dispose Of any spiritu-
toxicating drinks of any kind, on the day
OF the election hereafter to be held in the
several counties of the State
Section 3. And be II enacted. That any
person violating the provisions of this Act
shall be liable 10 indictment by the grand
jury Of the county where the Oifense is
committed and shall upon conviction by
d Judge Of any Circuit Court Of the State
be fined a sum not less than fifty nor more
than one hundred dollars for each and
every oifense--one- half the fine shall be
paid 10 the nf0rmeT, the other half TO the
County Commissioners for the use Of pub
lie roads
The polls will be held at the following
places:
Laytonsville- house of Geo Mob
ley, in LaytOnsvile.
Clarksburg- dwelling Of X. $. Hilton
In Clarksbur9.
acknowledgements old house. in Pooles-
Vile.
Rockville First precinct, Old National
Bank building. In Rockville. Second pre-
cinct, Grand Jury room, Court House, in
Rockville.
Colesville--Cissells wareroom, In Coles
vile.
Jamestown -GrifIiths store. in barnes
town.
Bethesda Wouhmiller Hall. now Perrys
store, In Bethesda.
Olney--First precinct Grange Hall. in
0lney. Second precinct, Odd Fellows Hall,
in BroOkevilc
Gathersburg Masonic Hall. in Gathers
burg.
Potomac Knights of Pythias Hail. in
Potomac.
GAINESVILLE - Grange Hall in GAINESVILLE.
Damascus -Jr, o. u. A. NJ. Hall, in Da-
mascus.
Wheaton First precinct, G. 0. u. Cis
sells store In Wheaton. Second precinct,
Cissell's store, in Silver Spring.
BY order Of Board Of Supervisors Of Elec-
tons for Montgomery county. Md,
VIM. II. WADE,
VIM. II. GRIFFITH.
TH0S. VINS0N