The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-08-25
CHAPTER 31S.

An act to amend Section OF Arttcl.,
title Legislative Department Wy tha T,a W
stitution Of this State, and to nrovias !.
the submission of said Amendment n ~
qualified voters Of this State for ado1t5
or rejection. 44'pIl
Section 1. Be it enacted BY tie eeDs-i
Assembly Of Maryland, three-ffths n y
the members Of each of the two bn,: !.
concurring, that the following sectio1 N
and the same y hereby proposed a !,
Legislative Department" of the CoT,s
tuition Of this State, and if adopted bT m
legal qualified voters thereof AZ harss
provided, said section shall supersed M
stand in the place instead of Section n I
said Article Of the Constitution Il
Maryland.
4. A. soon as may be after Tie tak,,
and publishing of the National Census y
nineteen hundred and ten. or after IL
enumeration Of the population Of iii
shall be an apportionment Of repres1t.
ton in the House of Delegates. 10 )
made on the following basis, to wit:
Each Of the several counties Of tn
State having q population Of eightaa
thousand souls or less, shall be enhtla
to two Delegates; and every county haT
ing a population of over eighteen tkou.
sand and less than twenty eight th0usanl
souls, shall be entitled to three DeA
gates; and every county having pOpla
than forty Thousand souls, shall be en-
Y titled to four Delegates; and every c0ur
ty having poulation Of forty thousana
and less than fifty thousand souls, shall
\ be entitled to five Delegates; and ever
county having a population o. hfty-tT
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 be entitled 10
one delegate for each one-sixth Of the pop.
ulation Of the largest county in the Stats;
provided, however. that the representatfl
Of Baltimore City, in the House Of Dele
gates shall never exceed one-third Of The
membership Of the House OF Delegates
ton of Baltimore City in the House Oi
Delegates shall never be less than thirty
five In number OF the membership u
said House Of Delegates; and the GeleE
al Assembly shall have the power to pro
vide by law, from time to time. for alter
ing and changing the boundaries OF tha
existing Legislative districts Of the City
OF Baltimore, so as to make them a
near as may be Of equal population but
said districts shall always consist q ccn'
Section q 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
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 (191D, be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof
ance Of the directions contained IN Ar
ticle H. OF the Constitution OF this State
and at the said election the vote on tht
said proposed Amendment to the Consn'
tuition o4 shall be BY ballot and GRo51 eiss
words. "For the Constitutional Amend
ment" and Against the Constitutions
Amendment" as the voter. shall elect ant
Immediately after said election. due re-
turns shall be made to the Governor or,S n
the vote for and against said proposed
Amendment, as directed by the said Ar
ticle II Of the said Constitution.
Approved April n 1910. ur
A. P. GoRMAN. Jr,
President of the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker OF the House OF Delegates
Now, Therefore; !. Austin I, CF 70 na,
suance RI the provision Of Section 4 IL
Article ia OF the Constitution OF Maryland
do hereby order and direct that copy 9
each of said Acts proposing said Ameno
ments be published in at least two news
papers in each OF the counties q the Stalt
where SO many may be published, IN VI
county where not more than one neWspap
er may be published. then in that news news
ed In the City OF Baltimore, one Of wnlc
shall be in the German language. once
week for at least three months preeedln
the election of 1911, at which said elee
ton said proposed amendments shall !
submitted to the legal and qualified Tol
ers Of the State, for their adoption or N
lection. -
Given under my han
and the Great Seal
the State OF Maryland.
Dome Mt the City
Great Seal Annapolis, this N
aF day OF July, in the yei
or our Lord, one tnol
sand nine hundred an
eleven.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS
Governor or Marylan
BY the Governor.
N. WTNSLOW WILLIAMS.