Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-02

section l. Sc IL enacted by the, Genera!
Assembly, OF Maryland. three-hfths OF all
the members OF each OF the Two houses
conclrrinE. that the following section DE
enc tae ,,,.:,,t 10 section OF Article 5,
title legislative Department.. or inc
Constitution Of this state, ana II auopleo
bsrs5n rroVided said section shall super
seds and stand in the place ana ihsIe1d
Of section OF said Article of the Con
sti'ut ss s ~ as rs may be after the taking
ora rfIbliShinE Of the National Census or
nineteen hundred and ten or az +Sis
enumeration Of the popuiatloh OF 80
state under the authority Thereon, me
snail be an superintendent OF representa-
ZION i'm the House Of Delegates, 10 De
! Each Of the several counties OF tne
State having a population OF elen.Ses
thousand souls or less shall be ent.Ieu
10 two Delegates; and every county nav
a population OF over eighteen thouSans
and less than twenty -eisht Wy 49,
souls shall be entitled TO three Dsis
gates. and every county having popu-
iatIon of twenty-eight thousand ana IeSs
than forty thousand souls, shan De ehl-
lied 10 four Delegates: and every county
having a population or forty lnousahu
and less than ffty-five thousand SOUS;
shall be entitled 10 five Delegates ana
every county having population or
fifty-five thousand souls ana upWsros,
shall be entitled TO six Delegates ana no
more. and each OF the four Legislative
districts of the City of Baltimore shall
r. entitled TO one Delegate for each one
sixth of the population az me rS, SSS'
that the representation OF Balilmore Ivy
in the House of Delegates shaIl never eA-
reed one-third of the membership OF the
House OF Delegates, and. proyluea @ U.s..
that the representation OF Baltimore Clty
in the House of Delegates shaLl never ps
less than thirty-fve in NUMBER OF VIC
membership of said House of Delegates;
and the General Assembly Sh8il nave tns
power 10 provide by law, from tltne 70
nj .svf changing
boundaries Of the existing legislative
districts OF the city of Baltimore. so as
TO make them as near as may be OF
EQUAL population. but said districts shall
ALWAYS consist of contiguous territory ,
Section .. And be IL further enacte9
by the authority aforesaid that the saIu
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment 10 the Constitution, SHAH AT
the next election for members OF me
held on the Tuesday next after the hrst
Monday in the month of November. nlhe-
teen hundred and eleven tl9lll, be SUD
united 10 the legal and qualihed voters
thereof, for their adoption or rejection;
In pursuance Of the directions contal me-,
in Article II of the Constitution of TINS
State: and at the said election the vote
bn the said proposed Amendment to the
CONSTITUTION shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot shan be written or printed
khe words FOR the constitutional
amendment and Against the Consttu-
| tioual Amendment" as the voter shall
klect and Immediately after said cleo
tion, due returns shall he made to the
kfONCrnOr of the vote Tor ana against
| said proposed Amendment as directed BY
the said Article II OF the said Consutu-
| zion.
Approved Apr Z, 1910
| AUSTIN J.. CROTHERS
Great Seal) Governor.
A. =. GORMAN. JR..
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES.
| Speaker of the House OF Delegates.
Now. Therefore. I. AUSTIN L. CROTH-
| ERS, Governor of the State of Mary
pand, in pursuance of the provisions OF
Section l Of Article II of the Coustftu-
| ltion of Maryland. do hereby order and
| nirect that a copy of each OF said Acts
ed IN at least Two newspapers in each
of the counties of the state, where so
many may be published. I'm any county
where not more than one newspaper
may be published, then in that neWspa-
per, and in three newspapers published
| Pin the City of Baltimore one OF which
shall be in the German language once
/ IA week for az least three months preCed-
ing the election OF 1911, at which said
| election said proposed amendments shall
Ibe submitted 60 the legal and qualified
| koters 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.
BY the Coz eTHor.
SOW WILLIAMS