Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-08-25

A Az % amen1 Section ot Ar;l-ie J.
ltie Legislative Department" of The
Constitution u this State. and to pro.
vide for me submission II said Amend.
men; g sae luaiifed voters 81 this state
TOT aQ9rtson or rejection.
sector 3 Be y enacted BY the General
Assent y 't Maryland. three-htths o. .
ias neif9efs ot each Of the two house
eoncurf.ne that the following section be
anc the same Is hereby proposed as a.
Amendment 70 Section I OF Article 3.
title Legislative Department" OF tn
Constitution Of this State, and II adopted
~ the legal qualified voters thereof az
herein provided. said section shall super
seds and stand tn the place and instead
oi sector I Of said Article Of the Con-
stitatior Of Maryland
g. As soon as may be after the taking
and pihilshirg 81 The National Censas Of
nineteen hundred and ten, or after the
enumeration Of the population cf this
stats under the authority thereof there
shaN - IN arportionment OF representa-
uon v the House OF Delegates 70 be
made on the following basis. TO wit.
Ea-h Of the several counties OF the
state having a population Of eighteen
tforsard souls or less shall be entitled
'c two naierates. ard every county hav-
a population Of over eighteen thousand
and less than tWrnfy-eight thousand
souls. shall be entitled to three Dele
gates and every county having a popu-
lation o. tweuty-cieht thousand and less
than faffy thousand souls. shall be enti-
lied 20 four Delegates, and every county
heNirs population Of forty thousand
and less than fifty-flve thousand souls.
shall be entitled 10 fve Delegates and
every county having population OF
Hfty-hve thousand souls and upwards.
shall be entitled 20 six Delegates and no
more and each Of the four Legislative
Districts 81 the City Of Baltimore shall
be entltltd TO one Delegate for each one
sixth OF the population Of the largest
county ~ 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 q Delegates and. provided also.
thai the representation Of Baltimore City
n the House OF Delegates shall never b
less than thirty -fve 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
boundaries Of the existing legislative
districts Of the city OF Baltimore. SO as
70 make them as near as may be Of
equal population, but said districts shall
always consist OF contiguous territory.
Section 2. And be II further enacted
hs the authority aforesaid that the said
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment TO the Constitution. shall at
the next election for members Of tie
General Assembly Of this State, to be
Monday in the month OF November. nine
teen hundred and eleven tis11i. 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. ard upon
each ballot shall be written or printed
the words. For the Constitutlonal
Amendment and Against the Consiitu.
.ionai Amendment. as the voter sha !
ton due returns shah be made to the
Governor cs the vote for are against
said proposed Amendment as directed by
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