Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-16

section 1 Re u enacted h. The General
Assembly OF Maryland. thrge-nfths OF al
The members of each of the two houses
concurrinE. that the following section oe
and the same is hereby proposed as an
Amendment 10 Section ! OF Article s.
title Legislative Department, OF the
Constitution Of this State. and il adopted
by the legal qualified voters thereot as
herein provided. said section shall super
eede ana stand in the place and instead
Of Section of said Article OF the Con
stitution OF Maryland.
As soon as may he after the tAkihE
and publishing OF the National Census OF
nineteen hundred and ten, or after tne
enumeration Of the population or thls
state under the authority thereof. Their
shall be an QpportiOnment OF represehttt-
ton in the House OF Delegates 10 DC
made on the following oasls, 10 VIZ; ,bo
Each OF the several counties OF tne
State having population OF elshaSeB
thousand souls or less. Shau De enIiteu
TO two Delegates; and every county nav
n ropulation Of over eighteen thousand
and less than twenty-eight thousand
souls, shan be entitled to three Dele
gates: and every county having popu-
iation or twenty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls, shall be enu-
tied TO four Delesates ana every county
having a population OF forty thoosana
and less than fifty-five thousand souls;
shall be entitled 10 five Delegates; and
every county having a population OF
shall be entitled to six Delegates ana no
more: and each of the four Legislative
he entitled to one Delegate for each one
sixth of the population of the largest
county in the State; provided; however.
that the representation or BaltlEnoES 10y
in the House of Delegates shall never eA-
coed one-third of the membership OF the
House of Delegates and, PROVIDED aiso,
that the representation of Baltimore CITY
In the House of Delegates shall never De
less than thirty-fVe in number OF the
and the General Assembly shall have the
bower TO provide by law, from time 70
time. for altering and changing the
districts of the city OF Baltimore. so as
20 make them as near as may be OF
equal population but said districts shall
ALWAYS consist of contiguous territory.
| Section And be 81 further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that the SAID
5oreg0ing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution. shaH AT
the next election for members OF the
GeneraI Assembly of this state 10 be
held on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month Of November. nine
teen hundred and eleven 19l1, be sub
United to the legal and qualified voters
khercof for their adoption or rejection,
in pursuance of the directions contained
in Article Il of the Constitution Of this
State and at the said election the vote
ON the said proposed Amendment TO the
Constitutiou shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot shall be written or printed
hhe words For the Constitutional
amendment" and Against the Consitu-
tional Amendment" as the voter shall
klect, and Immediately after said cleo
IllQl, cue returns &AAn ne BlNuE TO tl4N
fiovernor of the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment as directed by
the said Article il OF the said Constitu-
zion.
Approved Apr Z. 1910
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
A. p. GoRMAN. JR..
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES
Speaker Of the House OF Delegates,
Now, Therefore. I. AUSTIN L. CROTH-
ERS, Governor of the State of Mary
land, in pursuance of the provisions al
tion of Maryland, do hereby order and
direct that a copy OF each of said Acts
propoSipg said Amendments be publish
ed IN at least two newspapers in each
OF the counties OF the state. where So
many may be published. in any county
may be published, then in that neWspa-
per, and in three newspapers published
I'm the City of Baltimore one of which
shall be in the German language once
IA week for at least three months preced-
ing the election of 1911. at which said
election said proposed amendments shall
be submitted TO the legal and qualified
voters of the state. for their adoption or
rejection.
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal of the
state of Maryland
Done at the City OF
Great SealO Annapolis. this first day
81 July. in the year OF
our Lord. one thousand
nine hundred and eleven
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
Governor of Maryland
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