Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-18

section /. Be It enacted BY the General
Assembly Of Mar land. three-hfths. or all
the members OF each Of the two houses
and the same is hereby proposed as an
Amendment 70 Section 4 OF Article 3.
title Legislative Department, OF the
Constitution Of this State. and II adopted
by the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided. said section shall super
eede and stand in the place and instead
OF Section OF said Article of the Con
stitutlon Of Maryland.
As soon as may be after the taking
and puoishiaS OF the N al az sfts tSs
enumeration OF the population OF TINS
State under the authority thereof. the
shall be an apportionnent OF repfesehtst-
tfon III the House Of Delegates. 70 be
made on the following basis, 10 Wit;
Each Of the several counties OF the
State having q population or elghteen
Thousand souls or less. shall be entitled
10 two DELEGATES: and every county haN-
a population or over eighteen tnousal9
and less than twenty-eight thouSai,0
souls shall be entitled 10 three Dele
gates, and every county having popu-
iatIou of tyventN-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls, shall be emit
tied TO four DELEGATES; and every county
having a population OF forty thousand
and less than fifty-tlve thousand souls
shall be entitled to FIVE Delegates; and
every county having a population OF
nfty-five thousand souls and upwards,
shall be entitled TO six Delegates ana no
more: and each of the four Legislative
Districts OF the City of Baltimore shall
be entitled 70 one Delegate for each one
sixth of the population or the largest
county in the State; provided, however,
that the representation of Baltimore City
IN the House OF Delegates snail never eN-
coed one-thtrd of the membership or the
House of DELEGATES. and, provided also,
that the representation OF Baltimore City
in the House Of Delegates shall never be
less than thirty-fiNe in number OF the
membership of said House OF DelegG+es $;
and the General Assembly shall have the
power TO provide by law, from time 70
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 ne OF
equal population, but said districts shaii
ALWAYS consist of contiguous territory.
| Section . And be IL further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that the sall
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment 90 the Constitution. shall Al
the next election Tor members or The
Eeneral Assembly OF this State, TO be
held on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month of November, nine
teen hundred and eleven Oslll, be sub
United to the legal and qualified voters
thereof. for their adoption or rejection;
In pursuance OF the directions contained
in Article II OF the Constitution OF this
State; and az the said election the vote
on the said proposed Amendment TO the
CONSTITUTION SHAH be by ballot. and upon
each ballot shall be written or printed
amendment and against the Constitu-
tional Amendment" as the voter shall
ELECT, and immediately after said eieC-
kion due returns shall be made 10 the
Governor OF the vote Tor and against
Eaid proposed Amendment as directed by
the said Article IA OF the said Constitu-
Approved AR; 1910 aon.-,,
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,
A. p. 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 oil
Section OF Article II of the Constitil.
zion OF Maryland. do hereby order and
direct that copy OF each OF said Acts
proposing said Amendments be publish
of the counties of the State, where Sc
many may te published, in any county
where not more than one newspaper
may be published, then in that neWspa-
per, and il three newspapers published
pm the City OF BALTIMORE one of which
shall be in the German language once
IA week for at least three months proceed.
ing the election of 1911, at which said
election said proposed amendments shall
lbe submitted 10 the legal and qualified
voters of the state, for their adoption OF
rejection.
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal of ths
State of Maryland.
Done at the City OF
Great Seal) Annapolis, this first daS
OF july. in the year OF
our Lord. one thousand
nine hundred and eleven
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
Governor of Maryland.
%Sf6FT WILLIAMS