The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-09-29

Quallned v0ter6 OF Ea1d Leg1SlAIlVo LIE
tricts Of Baltimore City, and Of tho coun-,
more City shall be entitled to two addi1
tional Senators, who shall be elected ~
large, by the qualified voters of the said
City, and all of said Senators she'll serve
for four years from the date Of their cleo.
ton, subject to the classification Of sena.
tors hereinafter provided for.
Section 2. And be It further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that the said fors-
going section hereby proposed a. Al
Amendment to the Constitution. snail %
the next election for members Of the Gen-
eral Assembly Of this State. to be held
on the Tuesday next after the nrst Monday
In the month of November. nineteen hum
drsd and eleven (191D, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection In pursuance
Of the directions contained In Article IA o1
the Constitution Of this State; and at satd
election the vote on said proposed Amends
ment to the Constitution shall be By bal~
lot and upon each ballot there 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 cleo
don, due returns shall be made to tn
Governor Of the vote for and against sai6
proposed Amendment, az directed by tho
said Article IA of the Constitution.
Approved Apr. Z. 1910
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS.
(Great ssaD GovernoF
A. P. GORMAN, Jr. =
President Of the SenAtel
ADAM REEPLES.
Speaker Of the House of Delegates
CHAPTER sls.
An Act to amend Section Of Article 4
title Legislative Department" Of the Cons
etttution of this State, and to provide fof
the submission of said Amendment to the
qualified voters Of this State for adoption
or rejection.
Section l. Be It 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 4 Of Article 3. title 'Legis.
lative Department" Of the Constitution OF
this State, and II adopted by the legal
qualified voters thereof as herein provided
said section shall suppressed and stand In the
place instead of Section Of said Article
Of the Constitution Of Maryland.
4. As soon as may be after the taking
and publishing of the National Census %
nineteen hundred and ten. or after the
enumeration of the population Of this State
under the authority thereof, there shall be
an apportionment Of representation In the
House Of Delegates, to be made ON the foi'
lowing basis, to wit:
Each of the several counties Of the StHfA
having a population of eighteen thousand
souls or less, shall be entitled to two Dele.
gates; and every county having popula-
tton Of over eighteen Thousand and less
than twenty eight thousand souls, shall Be
entitled to three Delegates; and every
county having population OF twenty.
fhor fNYfN
sand souls, shall be entitled to four Dele
gates; and every county having popula.
ton Of forty thousand and less than dfty-
i've thousand souls, shall be entitled to
I'VE Delegates; and every county having
population of fifty five Thousand souls and
upwards, shall be entitled to six Delegated
and no more; and each Of the four EegiA
latfve Districts Of the City Of BaltimorV
shall be entitled to one delegate for each
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.
ceed 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 b
less than thirty five in number OF the
mem mbership of said House Of DelegGtest
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 popuia-
tion but said districts shall always COM
sist of contiguous territory.
Section 2. And be 1t further enacted oy
the authority aforesaid, that the said fore
going section hereby proposed as N
Amendment to the Constitution, shall a
the next election for members OF the Gen.
eraI Assembly Of this State, to be held
on the Tuesday next after the frst Mon.
day in the month Of November. nineteet
hundred and eleven (191D, be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof
for their adoption or rejection, in purs
suance of the directions contained In Ar.
ttcle IA of the Constitution Of this Statet
and at the said election the vote ON the
said proposed Amendment to the Constitu.
tion shall be by ballot, and upon each ball
lot shall be written or printed the WordA
"For the Constitutional Amendment" and
against the Constitutional Amendment"
"a the voter shall elect, and Immediately
after said election. due returns shall b
made to the Governor Of the vote for and
against said proposed Amendment. a. de
rected BY the the said Article IA Of the
said Constitution.
Approved April Z, 1910.
AUSTIN L. cRoIHERS
(Great SeaD Governor
A. P. GoRMAN, Jr.,
President of the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES.
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Now, Therefore, Austin L. CrotherA
Governor of the State of Maryland. In pur
suance of the provisions of Section a
Article IA Of the Constitution of Maryland
l..hu .ranr and dfroct fhaf ~ conv n
each of said Acts proposing said Amends
ments be published In at least two news
papers in each Of the counties of the Stat4
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 week Tor
at least three months preceding the elecs
ton of 1911, at which said election said
proposed amendments shall be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters of III
State. for their adoption or reJection.
Given under my hant
and the Great Seal ol
the State Of Maryland
Done at the City Of
(Great SeaD Annapolis, this nrst
day of July. in tha
year of our Lord. one
thousand nine hundred
and eleven.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
Governor of Maryland.
N wINSLOW WILLIAMS,
Secretary Of Stata