The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-09-22
CHAPTER 31s.

CHAPTER 31S
An Act to amend Section of Article 8,
title Legislative Department" Of the Con-
stitution of this State, and to provide for
the submission of said Amendment to the
qualified voters Of this State for adoption
or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, three ffths of all
the members of each of the two houses con-
curing, that the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an Amend
ment to Section A of Article 3, title "Legis-
lative Department." of the Constitution Of
this State, and If adopted by the legal
qualified voters thereof as herein provided,
said section shall suppressed and stand in the
place instead of Section 4 of said Article
Of the Constitution of Maryland.
4. AS soon as may be after the taking
and publishing of the National Census OF
nineteen hundred and ten, or after the
enumeration of the population of this State
under the authority thereof, there shall be
an apportionment of representation in the
House Of Delegates, to be made on the fol-
lowing basis, to wit:
Each OF the several counties of the State
having a population of eighteen thousand
souls or less, shall be entitled to two Dele
gates; and every county having popula-
ton Of over eighteen thousand and less
than twenty-eight thousand souls, shall be
entitled to three Delegates; and every
county having a population Of twenty
eight thousand and less than forty thou
sand souls, shall be entitled to four Dele
gates; and every county having popula-
ton of forty thousand and less than fifty
five thousand souls, shall be entitled to
five Delegates; and every county having a
population of fifty five thousand souls and
upwards, shall be entitled to six Delegates
and no more; and each of the four Legis-
lative Districts Of the City of Baltimore
shall be entitled to one delegate for each
one-sixth Of the POPULATION of the largest
county in the State; provided. however,
that the representation of Baltimore City
in the House of Delegates shall never ex-
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 be
less than thirty live in number Of the
membership Of said House Of Delegates;
and the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law, from time to
time, for altering and changing the boun-
daries Of the existing legislative districts
of the City of Baltimore, SO as to make
them as near as may be of equal popula-
ton but said districts shall always con-
sist of contiguous territory.
Section 2 And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution, shall at
the next election for members of the Cen
eral Assembly of this State, to be held
on the Tuesday next after the first Mon
day in the month of November, nineteen
hundred and eleven (1911), be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof,
for their adoption or rejection, in pur-
suance of the directions contained In Ar
ticle IA Of the Constitution Of this State:
and at the said election the vote on the
said proposed Amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be by ballot, and upon each bal
lot shall be written or printed the words,
"For the constitutional Amendment and
against the Constitutional Amendment"
as the voter shall elect, and Immediately
after said election, due returns shall be
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed Amendment. as d.
rected by the the said Article IA of the
said Constitution.
Approved April z 1910.
AUSTIN L. CRoTHERs,
(Great Seal) Governor
A. p. GORMAN, Jr
President of the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Now, Therefore, / Austin L. Crothers,
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pur-
suance Of the provisions of Section / Of
Article IA of the Constitution of Maryland,
do hereby order and direct that a copy Of
each Of said Acts proposing said Amend
ments be published in at least two news
papers In each Of the counties Of the State,
where so many may be published, in any
county where not more than one newspaper
may be published, then in that newspaper,
and in three newspapers published in the
City Of Baltimore, one of which shall be
In the German language, once week for
at least three months preceding the cleo
tion 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
tGrsat Sealj Annapolis, this first
day Of July, in the
year Of our Lord. one
thousand nine hundred
and eleven.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
Governor of Maryland.
~ the Governor
n. WINSLoW WILLIAMS.
Secretary Of stats.