Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-30
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A Act to amend Section 4 Of Article q
title Legislative Department" Of the Cor.
stitution Of this State, and 70 provide tpT
the submiaS.on OF said Amendment - tne
qualified voters Of this state fer adopts>o
or rejection.
Assembly Of Maryland, three-Gfths 81 ~
the members Of each Of the two hcusea eoaS
curing, thae the following section % ana
the same II hereby proposed as an Amends
ment TO ssctien OF Article 8, title ~LNgds-
lativs Department" Of the Consultations c9
this statA and II adopted by the legal
qualified voters thereof as herein provided,
said section shall suppressed and stand In toa
place Instead Of Section 4 Of said Are1ele
8 Of the constitution Of Maryland.
A soon a. may be after the taxing
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, theirs. shall be
an apportionment Of representation In the
House OF Delegates, to be made On the fol-
lowing bas!a, to wits
Each OF the several counties OF the Stats
having q population Of eighteen thousand
souls or less, shall be entitled to two Dele
gates and every county having popula-
ton OF over eighteen thousand and less
than twenty eight thousand souls. shall Be
entitled to three DelegatesI and every
county having q population OF twenty
sand souls. shall be entitled to four Dele
gates and every county having a pcpula-
ton Of forty thousand and less than ATTY
i've thousand souls, shall be entitled to
ave Delegates and every county having
population Of ffty-nVs thousand souls ana
upwards, shall be entitled TO six DeleSaesa
and no more and each OF the four Legiss
latiYs Districts Of the City Of Balhmory
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 Baltimers City
In the House Of Delegates shall never ex-
coed ona-third Of the membership OF tha
House Of Delegates, and. provided also
that the representation Of Baltimore City
in the House Of Delegates shall never b
less than thirty-nvs In number OF the
mem beTship Of said House Of DeteGatesi
ana thu General Assembly shall have tbs
power to provide by Law, from time q
dime, for altering and changing the boun4
dariss Of the existing Legislative districts
of che City Of Baltimore, % as to MAKE
them a. near as may be Of equal popular
ton but said districts shall always cons
sist Of contiguous territory.
Section z And be 1t further enacted By
the authority Aforesaid, that the said fore
going section hereby proposed as en-
Amendment to the Constitution, shall 90
the next election for members of the Gems
eral Assembly Of this 5tatA to be heid
on the Tuesday next after ths nrst Non
dag in the month of November. nineteen
hundred and eleven (191D. Be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof
for their adoption or rejection, In pur-
suAncs Of the directions contained in Ar
ticlS IL of the Constitution Of this State Z
and at the said election the vote on the
said proposed Amendment to the Constitu.
ton shall be By ballot, and upon each ball
lot shall be written or printed the words,
"For the constitutional Amendment" and
Against the Constitutional Amendment"
az the voter shall elect, and Immediately
after said election, due returns shall be
made to the Governor Of the vote for and
rected by the the said Article II of the
said Constitution.
Approved April 7, 1910.
AUSTIN L. cRoIHERs.
(Grsat seaD Governor.
A. p. GoRMAN. Jr.,
President Of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker OF the House of Delegates.
Now, Therefore, l Austin L. Crothers.
Governor of the State Of Maryland, in pur.
suance Of the provisions Of Section Of
Article IA Of the Constitution Of Maryland,
do hereby order and direct that a copy Of
each OF said Acts proposing said Amend
msnts be published in at least two news
papers in each Of the counties Of the State,
where so many may be published in any
county where not more than one newspaper
may be published, then in that newspaper,
and In three newspapers published in the
City Of Baltimore, one Of which shall be
in the German language, once q week for
at least three months preceding the cleo
ton of 1911, at which said election said
proposed amendments shall be 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
(Grsat Seal) Annapolis, this FIRST
day Of July, In the
year Of cur Lord. one
thousand nine hundred
and eleven
AUSTIN L CRoTHERS,
Governor Of Maryland.
~ the Governor
~ wINSLoW WILLIAMS,
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