Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-03

secs1gn : pe II enacted By the SeneTai
Assembly az Maryland. three-nIlh o. -
fhe members Of each 81 the two houses
roucurring that the following seeuoh -
and the same Is hereby proposeo a. -
Amendment - section -, o. - ~ thu
Constitution OF this state ana n aooP'Se
bv the legal qualified voters thsreol -
herein provided. said section shali SUPER
OF Section OF said Article ) OF the SOh-
stItution OF Maryland. .,,
As soon as may be after the taklhs
and pubiishins OF the National Census OF
nineteen hundred and tent or after ~. ~
enumeration Of the pgpg'3,bSl sraot % the ,.
shall be an airport ionment OF represents
ton In the House OF Delegates l" "S
made on the following basis TO VII;
Each OF the several counues o, -
State having 4 population OF elghtn.Stea
Thousand souls or less. shah De ent -,
20 two Delegates; and every county nav,
a population Of over el&hteeh t tso'.,S
and less than twenty-eight thousand
souls shall be entitled 20 ihree Leie-
gates. and every cOEatv having pour
istion OF tweuty-eiEEt thousand and less
than forty Thousand souls, shall be entl-
tied 10 four Delegates; and every county
having a populatIou OF forty thousand
and less than ffty-nve thousand souls
shall be entitled 10 five Delegates sn9
fifty-fve thousand souls and upwards
shall be entitled 10 six Delegates ana no
more and each q the TOUR LeglslsSSi NE
Districts OF the City OF Baltimore shai
be entitled to one Delegate for each one
sixth OF the population or the laEsts'
rounty in the State provided, however.
Fhst the representation OF Baltimore City
an the House Of Delegates shali never eN-
coed one-thrd of the membership or the
that the representation OF Baltimore city
sn the House OF Delegates SHAH never Da
less than thirty-tiye In number OF tne
membership Of said House Of De!eg;rzes'
and the General Assembly SHAH nave the
power to provide BY law, from time 70
time. for altering and changing tne
bon, do vi nj twisting ApEAElnNtNn
districts OF the City of Baltimore. so as
10 make them as near as may De OF
equal population. but said districts shaH
always consist of contiguous territory.
| Section ? And be II further enacted
by the authority aforesaid. that me sala
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution, shah at
the next election for members OF the
General Assembly of this State. to be
held on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month OF November. nine
teen hundred and eleven l9ll, 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
on the said proposed Amendment 10 the
Constitution SHAH be by ballot. aud upon
each ballot shall be written or printed
khe words For the Constitutional
Amendment' and Against the Constitu-
kional Amendment ms the voter shall
zion. due returns shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against
SAID proposed Amendment as directed D.
the said Article II OF the said Constitu-
zion.
Approved Apr. I, 1910
AUSTIN L. CRoTHERs.
Great Seal) Governor.
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES.
Speaker Of the House of Delegates
Now. Therefore, l. AUSTIN L. CROTF-
ERS, Governor of the State of Mary
land, In pursuance Of the provisions Of
section of Article IA OF the Cousiitu-
tion OF Maryland. do hereby order and
htrect that 4 copy of each of said Acts
proposing said Amendments be publish
ed In at least two newspapers in each
or the counties OF the StaJe, where so
many may be published, in any county
where not more than one nCWspap 4
may be pUblsned, then in that ncwspa-
per. and in three newspapers published
shall be In the German language, once
"a week for at least three months pre- ed
ing the election of 1871 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 SealD Annapolis. this first day
OF July, in the year OF
our Lord. one thousand
nine hundred and eleven
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
Governor of Maryland.
by the Co ,nc..