Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-17

Section !. BE It enacted by the General
Assembly of Mary land. thrce-nfths OF all
the members of each OF the two houses
eonenrrInr. that the following section be
and the sane is hereby proposed as an
Amendment TO Section OF Article :
title. Legislative Department, OF the
Constitution of this state, and II adopted
by the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided. said section shai super
eede and stand In the place and instead
OF Section OF said Article OF the Con
sfitution OF Maryland.
4 As soon as may be after the taxing
and publishing OF the National Census or
nineteen hundred and ten, or after the
enumeration Of the population or TINS
State under the authority Thereon, the
shall be an apnortionment of representa-
ton I'm the House OF Delegates, 10 be
made on she following basis. TO Wit;
Each OF the several counties or the
State having a population OF eighteen
Thousand souls or less. shall be entitled
10 two Delegates; and every county nav
a population of over eighteen thousand
and loss than fwenty-eight thousand
souls. shall be entitled to three Dele
gates. and every county having popu-
iation OF twenty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls, shall be emit
tied TO four Delegates; and every county
having a population. OF forty thousand
and less than hfty-1ve thousand souls.
shall be entitled TO five Delegates; and
every county having population or
1fty-iive thousand souls and upwards,
shall be entitled 10 six Delegates and no
more. and each of the four Legislative
Districts of the City of Baltimore shall
be entitled TO one AletSsstte toS S1-A oA-o
sixth OF the population OF the largest
county ia the State. provided. however,
that the renreSent atiQn or baltimore 0ity
in the House of Delegates shall never eN-
coed 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 Do
less than thirty-fiVe in number or the
membership of said House of Delegtrte s;
and the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law. from time TO
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 shai
always consist OF contiguous territory.
| Section 2 And be IL further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that the said
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment To the Constitution. shan at
the next election for members of the
General Assembly OF this State, to be
held on the Tuesday next after the nrst
Monday in the month of November, nine
teen hundred and eleven U9ill, be sub
mitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection.
in pursuance OF the directions contained
in Article II of the Constitution OF this
State and at the said election the vote
ion the said proposed Amendment TO the
CONSTITUTION shah be by ballot, and upon
each ballot shall be written or printed
hhe words For the Constitutional
| amendment and Against the Constitu-
kional Amendment" as the voter shall
ltion. due returns shall be made to the
Fiovernor of the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment az directed by
the said Article IA OF the said Constitu-
ton.
Approved Apr. Z. 1910
60, AUSTIN L. CRoTHERS
A. P. GoRIIAN, JR., ''O