Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-09-15

stitution of this State, and to provide fo
the submission of said Amendment to thu
qualified voters of this State for adoption
or rejection.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Genera
Assembly of Maryland three-fifths of al
the members of each of the two houses con
curing, that the following section be an.
the same is hereby proposed as an Amend
ment to Section A of Article 3, title Leg
islative Department" of the Constitution
of this State, and if adopted by the leea
| qualified voters thereof as herein provided
said section shall supersede and stand il
the place and instead of Section 4 of sale
Article 3 of the Constitution of Maryland
4. AS soon as may be after the takinI
and publishing of the National Census O
nineteen hundred and ten, or after tn,
enumeration of the population of this Stat,
under the authority thereof, there shall b,
an apportionment of representation in thu
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 a popula.
ton of over eighteen thousand and les:
than twenty-eight thousand souls, shall BIZ
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 tc
five Delegates; and every county having q
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-
darles OF the existing legislative districts
of the City of Baltimore, SO as to make
them as near as may be of equal popuIa-
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 Q91D. 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. u
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,
Great SeaD Governor.
A.P. GoRMAN, JR.,
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House of DELEGATES.
Now, Therefore, |, 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 COPY 81
each OF said Acts. proposing said Amend.
mentS 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 newspapeI
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 a 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 10 the Cit -
N9ieat SEAL Annapolis. his fra- d 81
OF July, in the .eaf +
our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and eleven.
" AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
Governor of Maryland
by the Governor,
N WNSLoW WILLIAMS.