Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-08-18

Az Asi % .ament section u Article l.
Ute legislative Department. of ,he
Soastitulor u this State and 10 pra.
woe iof tae submission II said Amend
meni e ihe qualified voters of this State
| Tor adoption 0t rejection
SeetitE Be u enacted By the General
Assemt.f % Maryland. three-ffths o. a.,
eoHeurrine ;hat me following seetion se
sne i1s same ls hereby proposed as an
Amendment 70 Section { OF Article B.
ni.e l..egislative Department" Of the
Constitution o. this State. and II adopsl a
by the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided. said section shall super-
sede and stand IN the place and instead
81 oi,,.s,i seft.on : q said Article Of the Con-
g. As soon az may be after the taking
ara pNtlshirE Of the National Census uf
nineteen hundred and ten. or after the
enuneration Of the population Of this
state Under the authority thereof. there
sfaH he an aprcrtiormcnt OF representa-
tloh in me House OF Delegates. to be
mgds on The following basis. TO wit:
kaah Of the several counties Of the
stats having a population Of eighteen
th9rsard souls or less. shall be entitled
&c two Nclecates; and every county hav-
O population Of over eighteen thousand
and legs than fwenty-eieht thousand
souls. SHAH be entitled to three Dele
gates. and every county having a popu-
iation Of twcutf-eighf thuusand and less
than forty thousand souls. shall be enti-
tied 20 four Delegates. and every county
has lns a population Of forty thousand
ana less than itty-hye thousand sou s.
shaii be entitled % five Delegates: and
every county having population Of
hffN-nve thousand souls and upwards.
shnll be entitled 20 six Delegates and no
more and each Of the four legislative
Districts OF the city OF Baltimore shall
be entitled 10 one Delegate for each one
sixth Of the population Of the largest
county In the State. provided. however
that the Representations Of Baltimore City
IN the House Of Delegates shall never ex-
eeed one-thlrd Of the membership Of the
House Of Delegates and provided also
that the representation Of Baltimore CITY
IN the House Of Delegates shall never b.
less than thirty in number OF the
meinDersnip 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
10 make them as near as may be ct
equal population. but said districts shall
always consist Of contiguous territory
Section 2 And be II further 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
he'd on the Tuesday next after the first
Murday in the month OF November ninf-
teen hundred and eleven CelD, be sub.
mtted To- the legal and qualified voters
tEoreof for their adoption or rejection
IN pursuance OF the directions Containe
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
ne words, For the Constitution /
Amendment' and Against the Cons;itu-
tioral Amendment as the voter stau
elect and Immediately after said cleo
ton due returns shah he made to the
said proposed Amendment as directed by
lhe sa!d Afiiqle u Of the said constltu.
Arffoted Anr Z. 1910
c., AUSTIN L cRoTHERs.
a. GORMAN. JR'' ''s' "0'
President OF tie Senate
ADAM PEEPLES,
srf@kef Of the House Of Delegates
Heew. Therefore. I. AUSTIN L. cRorH.
FITS eoVernor Of the State Of Mary
land, Ia pursuance Of the provisions ~
section 7 Of Article Il Of the Cons III.
I1 iioh oi Matyland. do hereby order and
ulreet tuet copy OF each OF said Acts
proposing said Amendments be publish.
ca N al least Two newspapers in each
OF the counties Of the Staie where "a
many may be published. in any count,
where not more than one newspap
may be published. then In that news pa
per, and in three newspapers published
m the city Of Baltimore. one of when
shat pc IN the German language one
week Tor 81 least three months pfe cd
Ing the election of 1911 al which sail
election said proposed amendments shs
be submitted TO the legal and qualified
voters 81 ih' Stale. for their adoption a.
Rejection
Given under my nand
and the Grt.lt Seal Of the
state Of Maryland
Done at the City OF
oiiea. se"L) Annapolis. this first day
OF July in the year Of
our Lord. one thousand
nine hundred ana eleven
AUSTIN l.. CROTiiERS
Governat OF Maryland
n WlNSLOw WILLIAMS
Secretary sf : .,fe