Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-27

Saseton / Be Il enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland. three-hfths OF all
the members Of each OF the two houses
concurrinc. that the following section be
and the san.e Is hereby proposed as an
Amendment 10 Section OF Article 5,
tide. Legislative Department, OF the
Constitution OF this state, and II adopted
nv the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided. said section shall super
Keie and stand In the place and instead
OF section 1 of said Article Of the Con
stlttltion OF Mary land.
4 As soon as may be after the tahlhE
an5 T,l}bIishira of the National Census OF
nineteen hundred and ten, or after the
enumeration of the population or thlS
state under the authority thereof. the''
San bs mn apportfonment of representa-
ton I'm the House OF Delegates, 10 De
made on the following basis, 10 wit;
Each Of the several coNoUes OF tue
Stste beviue n populatioD OF eighteen
Thousand souls or less, shall he entltied
10 two DeleSates; and every county nav
end less than tWenty-eight thousand
souls shall be entitled 70 three bele-
gates; and every county haNlhg a Po ,pou-
iation OF twenty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls, SHAH De entl-
tied to four Delegates; and every county
ana loss than iftv-five thousand souls
shall be entitled to 1--WE Delegates; and
every county having a population or
ffty-five thousand souls and upwards
shall be entitled to six Delegates and no
more; and each of the four Legislative
Districts of the City OF Baltimore shali
be entitled 10 one AtCiSSdNS ANA ~
sixth of the population OF the largest
county in the state; provided, however
that the representation OF Baltimore CAty
in the House OF Delegates shall never eN-
ceed one-third OF the membership or the
House of Delegates. and. proNldeo also
Thar the REPRESENTATION of Baltimore City
in the House of Delegates SHAH never D.
less than tbirty-iive in number OF the
membership OF said House OF Delegates;
and the General Assembly shall nave tne
power TO provide by law, from time 70
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 it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that the said
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution, shall at
the next election for members Of the
Eeneral Assembly of this state. to be
held on the Tuesday next after the first
teen hundred and eleven u9ln, be sub
mitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection,
in pursuance OF the directions contained
in Article "a of The Constitution OF this
State; and at the said election the vote
on the said proposed Amendment to the
CONSTITUTION shall be by ballot. and upon
each ballot shah be written or print ed
hhe words For the Constitutional
amendment and Against the Conslitu-
ELECT. and Immediately after said elec-
tion. due returns shall Ice made TO the
Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment as directed BY
the said Article II of the said Constitu-
zion.
Approved Apr. :. 1910
Great Seal.) Governor.