Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-11-03

the Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1910.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS.
(Great Seal) Governor,
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House of DELEGATES.
CHAPTER 318.
An Act to amend Section 4 of Article 8,
title Legislative Department" of the Con-
stitution of this State, and to provide for
the submission Of said Amendment to the
qualified voters of this State for adoption
or rejection.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, three-fifths of all
the members of each of the two houses con-
curing, that the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an Amend
ment to Section of Article 3, title Leg
islative Department" of the Constitution
OF this State, and if adopted by the legal
qualified voters thereof as herein provided,
said section shall Supersede and stand in
the place and instead of Section of said
Article 3 of the Constitution of Maryland.
a, 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 fol-
lowing basis. to-wit:
Each Of the several counties of the State
having population of eighteen thousand
souls or less. shall be entitled to two Dele
gates; and every county having popula-
finn 0f Asdhfaon fhn..aa.I
than twenty-eight thousand souls, shall be
entitled to three Delegates and every
county having a population of twenty
eight thousand and less than forty thou
sand souls, shall be entitled to four Dele
gates; and every county having a popula-
ton 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 and
upwards, shall be entitled to six Delegates
and no more and each of the four Leeis-
lative Districts of the City of Baltimore
shall be entitled to one DELEGATE for each
One-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 ex-
coed One-third of the membership of the
House of Delegates. and, provided also,
that the representation of Baltimore City
in the House of Delegates shall never be
less than thirty-five 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 boun-
daries of the existing legislative districts
of the City Of Baltimore, so as to make
them as near as may be of equal popula-
ton. but said districts shall always consist
of contiguous territory.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution, shall at
the next election for members of the Cen
eral Assembly of this State. to be held
on the Tuesday next after the first Mon
day in the month of November, nineteen
hundred and eleven Q911). be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof,
for their adoption or rejection, in pur-
suance of the directions contained in Ar
ticle 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 bal
lot shall be written or printed the words,
For the Constitutional Amendment" and
Against the Constitutional Amendment,
as the votor shall elect and Immediately
after said election due returns shall be
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed Amendment, as di-
rected by the said Article Ia of the said
Constitution
Approved April 7, 1910
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS,
CGreat SeaD Governor.
A. P. GORMAN. JR.,
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
The polls for said election will be opened
in each and every election district of said
county at the usual places of holding the
polls at O'Clock, A. M, and will be closed
at O'Clock, P. M, when the ballots shall
be counted according to law
For the information of all persons con-
cerned the following Act of the Legislature
passed March Gath. 1865. is published:
CHAPTER 1871.
An Act prohibiting the sale of spurious or
fermented liquors in the several counties
OF the State on the day of election
Section l. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That it shall not be
lawful for the keeper of any hotel, tavern,
store. drinking establishment, or any other
place where liquors are sold, or for any
person or persons. directly or indirectly, to
sell. barter, give or dispose of any spiritu-
Gus or fermented liquors, ale, beer, or in
toxlcatine drinks of any kind, on the day
OF the election hereafter to be held in the
several counties of the State.
Section 3. And be il enacted, That any
person violating the provisions of this Act
shall be liable to indictment by the grand
jury OF the couHty where the Offense is
committed, and shall upon conviction by
Judge of any Circuit Court of the State
be fined sum not less than fifty nor more
than one hundred dollars for each and
every ofense-One- half the fine shall be
paid TO the infOrmer, the other half to the
County Commissioners for the use of pub
lie roads.
The polls will be held at the following
places:
Laytonsville-Store house of Geo. Mob
ley, in Laytonsville
Clarksburg-0ld dwelling of r. S. Hilton.
in Clarksburg.
Poolesvlle-Cruitt's old house, in Pooles-
vile.
Rockville precinct, Old National
Bank building. in Rockville. Second pre-
cinct. Grand Jury room, Court House, in
Rockville.
Colesville-Cissell's wareroom, in Coles
Vile
Jamestown Griffiths store. in Darnes-
town.
Bethesda Worthmiller Hall, now Perry's
store. in Bethesda.
Olney-First precinct, Grange Hall, in
Olney. Second precinct. Odd Fellows Hall,
in BroOkeville.
Gaithersbure Masonic Hall. in Gathers
burg.
Potomac Knights of Pythias Hall, in
Potomac.
GAINESVILLE Grange Hall, in GAINESVILLE
Damascus-Jr. o. U. A. M. Hall, in Da-
mascus.
Wheaton First precinct. G. o. B. Cis-
sells store, in Wheaton. Second precinct
Cissell's store, in Silver Spring
BY order of Board of Supervisors of Flee
tons for Montgomery county. Md,
VIM. II. WADE.
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