Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-18

section l. BE Il enacted by the Geners!
Assembly Of Maryland. three-nfths or al
the members ot eseh 81 s9e two 49,, hoos ~
and the same Is hereby proposed as an
amendment 10 Section 4 of Article 3,
title Legislative. Department, or ths
bv the legal qualified voters thgreot as
herein provided. said section shali super
se5e and stand in the place and instead
~ section of said Article OF the Con-
stitution OF Maryland, -, .,s
As soon as may be attet ttle 1aAiilss
.rs 1,s1blisbing of the National Census Of
nineteen hundred and ten, or AFTER tne
enumeration Of the population OF tniS
state under the authority therSoa. -
shall be an apportlonment OF represehta-
lion In the House of Delegates, TO De
made on the following basis. 70 VIII
Each OF the seNern SoUuOSS tIh.ea,,
State having a population 81 elsn .,.yIs
thousand souls or less Shah bs Sht 49,
ia two Delegates; and every county nav
q population Of over eighteen thousaa9s
enA less than twenty-eight thousand
gouls shall be entitled 10 three Deis-
gates: and every county having y Po,pS .
lotion Of twenty-eight thousand ana less
fban forty thousand souls. shall be emit
tied to four Delegates; ana every couhtS
having population or forty "a Oe iS.,Is
shall be entitled 10 five Delegates ana
every county having q popuiauon OF
iifty-five thousand souls ana upMs s as
shall be entitled to six Delegates ana no
more. and each OF the four Legislative
Districts Of the City of Baltimore shAl
be entitled TO one lelegate LOT edS 4, 80 :
sixth of the population or the latSes'
county in the State; provided, however.
that the representation OF BalIlnore SltS
in the House OF Delegates shali never -
caed one-third of the membership or the
House of Delegates, and, PROVIDED aiso,
that the representation or BalIinore 10y
in the House of Delegates shelu never %
less than thirty-6Vc in number or the
membership OF said House OF i)elesatSs
and the General Assembly shall have tt y.
power to provide by law, from time ~
time, for altering and ehanging, tne
houndariPs 0f the existing legislative
districts af the City of Baltimore. so as
20 mtt}Se them rs near as may be OF
EQUAL populatior. but said districts shalI
always consist OF contiguous territory,
| Section . And he IL further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that the sac
foregoing section hereby proposed as u.
Amendment 10 the Constitution, shss4l ~
| the next election for members OF ne
i EeneraI Assembly of this State. to be
held on the Tuesday next after the urs'
Monday in the month of November. nine
teen hundred and eleven O9lD. be sub
mitted 10 the legal and qualified voters
khereof for their adoption or reJeclloh
i'm Article h az the Constitution of this
| State: and m the said election the vote
| ION the said proposed Amendment 70 IN,
CONSTITUTION shall be by ballot. and upoI
| each ballot shalt he written or printed
| the words For the Constitutions
| amendment" and Against the C6nstitu
| kional Amendment rs the voter shat
| blect and Immediately after said cleo
| Fion, due returns shall be nude to tbs
L FTONRruOF or the vote LOT ana aEtlttS
| said proposed Amendment as directed bS
| the said Article Ia OF the said Consutu
Approved Apr. :. 1910.
| - AUSTIN L. cRoTHERS.
A. p. GoRIdAN. JR.,
President of the Senate.
1 ADAM PEOPLES.
Speaker OF the House OF Delegates.
Now, Therefore, I. AUSTIN l. CROTH
| ERS, Governor of the State of Mary
/ land, in pursuant e of the provisions d
1 Section l of Article il OF the Cuustitu
| ntrect that copy Of each of said Act
1 proposing said Amendments be publish
i ed in at least TWO newspapers in CaCl
of the counties OF the state, where 81
| many may be published, IN any COUNTY
| where not more than one newspape
| may be published, then in that newspa
| per, and in three newspapers publishe.
Il hn the City Of Baltimore. one of whicl
/ shall be in the German language, ono
| IA week for at least three months preeed
/ Ing the election of 1871, at which sat
election said proposed amendments shai
/ be submitted 10 the legal and qualiie,
/ voters of the state, for their adoption o
| rejection.
| Given under my han,
| and the Great Seal of tn
state of Maryland.
Done at the City o
| Great Seal) Annapolis. this first da,
OF july in the year o
| our Lord one thousan,
| nine hundred and eleven
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
1 Governor of Maryland