The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-10-27
CHAPTER 31s


AN ACT to amend Section of Article
3. title "Legislative Department. o!
the Constitution of this State, and To
provide for the submission of said
Amen dment to the qualified voters of
this State for ad ,ption or rejection.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, three
fifths of all the members of each of the
two houses concurring, that the follow
ing section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an Amendment to Section
4 of Article 8, title "Legislative Depart
ment," of the Constitution of this
State, and if adopted by the legal
qualified voters thereof as herein pro-
vded, said section shall supersed and
stand in the place instead OF Section 4
of said Article 3 of the Constitution of
Maryland.
SECTION 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
following basis, to wit:
Each of the several counties of the
State having population OF eighteen
thousand souls or less, shall be entitled
to two Delegates; and every county
having population of over eighteen
thousand and less than twenty-eight
thousand souls, shall DC entitled to
three Delegates; aud every county
having population OF twenty eight
thousand and less than forty thousand
Id n l.
gates; and every county having a
population 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 aud upwards, shall
be entitled to six Delegates and no
more; and each of the four Legislative
Districts of the City of Baltimore shall
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 exceed one third of the member
ship of the House of Delegates, and,
provided also, that the representation
of Baltimore City in the House of Dele
gates shall never be less than thirty
five in pumbar of the membership of
said House of Delegates; and the Gen
eral Assembly shalt 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 to make
them as near as may be of equal popu
lation but said districts shall always
consists # contiguous territory.
SECTION g. And be it fur rlher enacted
by the 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,
to be held on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month of
November, nineteen hundr ed and
eleven 191D. be submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof. for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of
the directions contained in Article 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
ballot shall be written or printed the
words, For the Constitutional Amend
ment" and "A gainst the Constitution nal
Amendment" as the voter shall elect
and Immediately after said election,
due returns shall be made to the Cover
nor Of the vote for and against said
proposed Amendment, as directed by
the said Article IA uf the said Constitu-
| ton.
BY order of the Board:
s. MARVIN PEACH, President
GEO. w HARDY,
WILLIAM d. PYLES,
Supervisors of Election.
Test EVERETT SWEENEY, Clerk k