Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-14

section T. De Z enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland. three htthS OF All
fhe members Of each of the two houses
eoncurring. that the following section be
and the same Is hereby proposed as an
Amendment 20 Section 1 OF Article g.
title. Legislative Department.; Of the
Constitution OF this State. and IL adopted
by the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided. said section Shati super
eede and stand in the place and instead
OF Section Of said Article OF the Con-
stitutlon OF Maryland,
As soon as may be after the taking
and publishing of the National census or
nineteen hundred and ten or after the
enumeration Of the population OF tniS
State under the authority Thereon, ne
ton I'm the House of Delegates, to be
made on the following basis. - wit;
Each Of the several counties or INC
Thousand souls or less. shall be entitled
10 two Delegates; and every county nav,
p poplilation of over eighteen thousand
and less than twenty-elght thousand
souls shall be entitled TO three Dele
gates. and every county having a popu-
lation Of twenty-eiCht thousand ana less
than forty thousand souls. SHAH be enn-
tied to four Delegates; and every county
having a population of forty thousand
and less than fifty-ffve thousand souls.
shall be entitled 10 five Delegates; and
every county having popuIauon OF
ffty-five thousand souls and upwards,
shan he entitled 20 six Delegates and mo
more: and each OF the four Legislative
Districts OF the City OF Baltimore shah
be entitled 10 one Delegate Tor each one
sixth OF the population OF the largesV
county in the State; provided. however.
that the representation OF Baltimore City
IN the House OF Delegates shall never eN-
caad ona-third OF the membership OF the
House of Delegates. and. PROVIDED a!so,
that the representation or Baltimore CltS
in the House OF Delegates shall never De
less than thirty-fve in number OF tne
membership of said House OF Delegt'SS
and the General Assembly shan nave the
power to provide by law, from time 20
time for altering and changing the
boundaries of the existing legislative
districts OF the city OF Baltimore. so as
10 make them as near as may be OF
equal population but said districts shall
always consist of contiguous territory.
Section > And be II further enacted
by the authority aforesaid. that the said
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment TO the Constitution. shall AZ
the next election for members OF TIE
held on the Tuesday next after the trsI
| Monday in the month OF November, nine
teen hundred and eleven Q9lll. be sub
united TO the legal and qualihed voters
thereof. for their adoption or rejection,
in pursuance Of the directions contained
in Article II Of the Constitution of this
State; and at the said election the vote
ON the said proposed Amendment 10 the
CONSTITUTION shall be by ballot, and upon
the words For the Constitutional
amendment and Against the COnstitu-
klect and Immediately after said cleo
| zion. due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against
| said proposed Amendment as directed by
| the said Article IA OF the said Constitu-
zion.
Approved Apr 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. l. AUSTIN l.. CROTH-
ERS, Governor Of the State OF Mary
pand, in pursuance of the provisions oi
Section of Article II OF the Cons itu-
tion OF Maryland do hereby order ana
plrect that a 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 Sc
many may be published, in any county
where not more than one newspaper
may be published. then ia that newspa.
per, ana IN three newspapers published
| pm the City of Baltimore. one of which
shall be I'm the German language. once
| "a week for NJ least three months preced-
ing the election Of 1911, at which said
election said proposed amendments shall
| Ibe submitted 10 the legal and qualified
voters of the state, for their adoption OF
rejection.
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal of this
State Of Maryland.
Done at the City OF
Great Seal0 Annapolis, this first dag
OF July In the year OF
our Lord. one thousand
= nine hundred and eleven
AUSTIN i. CROTHERS,
Governor of Maryland
WILLIAMS