Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-04


seaioh ! BE Il enacted by the GensIsG
Assembly OF Maryland. throe-hfths OF all
The members OF each of the two houses
cnncllrring. that the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
Amendment to section Of Article s.
title. Legislative Department OF the
Constitution OF THIS state. ana ~ ADOPTED
by the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided, said section snail super
eede and stand In the place and instead
OF Section 4 of said Article ) or the Con
stitution of Maryland.
and publishing Of the National Census Of
nineteen hundred and ten, or after the
enumeration Of the population OF tIiS
State under the authority thereof. the
shall be AN apporuonnent OF tepteseht,t-
zion in the House of Delegates. 10 De
made on the following basis. 10 wit;
i Each OF the several counties or the
State having population OF 9shteea
Thousand souls or less. shall be entitled
10 two DELEGATES: and every county hav-
a population OF over eighteen tnousan9
and less than twenty-eisht tnoI T.eia
gates: and every county having popu-
lation of twcntN-eiEht thousand ana less
than forty thousand souls, SHAH be emit
having a population OF forty thousand
and less than tifty-hve thousand sous;
shall be entitled 10 i've Delegates; and
every county having a population OF
ffty-five thousand souls and upwards,
shall be entitled To six Delegates ana no
more. and each Of the four LeBlSlatlNe
nistricts OF the City OF Baltimore shall
be entitled to one Delegate for each one
sixth Of the population or the largest
cOunty I'm the State, provided, however,
that the representation OF Baltimore Clty
in the House of Delegates shall never eN-
coed one-third of the membership or the
House of Delegates, and proNldeu also,
that the representation of Baltimore City
in the House Of Delegates snail never ba
hess than thirty-dve in number OF the
Smembersbin Of said House of Delega> es;
and the General Assembly SHAH have the
bower to provide by law. from time TO
boundaries of the existing legislative
districts OF the city of Baltimore, so as
10 make them as near as may De OF
equal population, but SAID districts shaI
ALWAYS consist Of contiguous territory.
| Section > And be II further enacted
nv tbe authority aforesaid. that the said
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution, shall at
the next election for members OF the
General Assembly of this state 10 De
held on the Tuesday next aLter the HtsI
Monday I'm the month of November. nine
teen hundred and eleven (lSll, oe SUD
rnitted to the legal and qualified voters
IN pursuance of the directions contalned
in Article Is OF the Constitution or TINS
State; and nj the said election the vote
on the said proposed Amendment TO the
Constitution shall be by ballot and upon
each ballot snail be written or printed
fhe words, For the constitutional
amendment and Against the Constitu-
tional Amendment as the voter shall
kIect and immediately after said cleo
kfovernor of the vote FOR and against
said proposed Amendment as directed by
the said Article IA OF the said Constitu-
kion
Approved Apr. Z. 1910.
AUSTIN /. CROTHERS,
A. ?. GoRIIAN, JR.,
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House OF Delegates.
Now. Therefore. I. AUSTIN L. CRorH-
pand in pursuance of the provisions OF
Section ! of Article II of the Constitu-
ltion of Maryland. do hereby order and
pirect that copy Of each of said Acts
proposing said Amendments be publish
ed in at least two newspapers in each
of the counties of the state, where so
many may be published, IN any county
where not more than one newsplper
may be published. then in that neWspa-
per, and in three newspapers published
hn the City OF Baltimore. one of which
shall be in the German language once
a week for at least three months preCed-
ing the election OF 1911. at which said
election said proposed amendments SHAH
Pc 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 Seal) Annapolis this first day
OF July, in the year OF
our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and eleven.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
Governor of Maryland.
t<s'C sT WILLIAMS