Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-01
CHAPTER RIA


An Act to amend Section { Of Article g
stitution Of this State, and to provide fos
the submission OF said Amendment TO the
euAiinea voters Of this State fer adopttSA
or reisction.
Section l. BE It enacted b. the General
Assembly 81 Maryland. thrse-1tths Of al
curing. tha4 the following section Be and
the same u hereby proposed as an Amend
meat 70 Section 4 Of Article s. utls "Legts.
lstivS Department" Of the Constitutions Of
this State, and II adopted By the legal
qualified voters thereof as hereln provided,
said section shali suppressed and stand IN The
plaes instead Of Section Of said Article
Of the CenstItution Of Maryland.
Al soon a. may be after the taking
and publishing Of the National Census Of
nineteen hundred and ten, or SttsR the
enumeration Of the population Of this State
under the authority thereof. Tiers shsll be
an apportionmsnt Of representation In the
House Of Delegates, TO be made on the fol-
lowing basis, to witt
Zach Of the several counties Of the State
having . population Of eighteen thousand
souls or less, shall be entitled to two Dele
gatesi and every county having q popula-
ton Of over eighteen thousand aud less
than twenty eight thousand souls, shall Be
entitled to three Delegetesl aud every
county having 3 population Of twenty
eand souls. ahsu be entitled TO four Dele
gatest and every county having q popula-
ton Of forty thousand and less than atty
Eve thousand souls, shall be entitled to
ave Dalegatesi and every county having .
population Of nfty-nve thousand souls and
upwards, shall be entitled to six Delegates
and no more and each Of the four Lsgis-
lativO Districts Of the City OF Baltimore
shall be entitled 10 one delegate for each
enc 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 ona-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-hvs In number Of the
membership Of said House Of Dslegatest
ana the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law, from time te
dine, for altering and changing the boun.
dariss Of the existing legislative districts
Of the City of Baltimore, 30 as 10 make
them az near AZ may be Of equal popula'
ton but said districts shall always con-
stst Of contiguous territory.
Section z And be It further enacted By
the authority aforesaid, that the said fore.
going section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution. shall az
the next election for members Of the Gene
sral Assembly Of this State, to be held
on the Tuesday next after the frst Nom
day in the month OF November. nineteen
hundred and eleven (191l), be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof,
for their adoption or rejection, In puF-
suaneo Of the directions contained in Ar
tiels IL Of the Constitution Of this stateI
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 voter 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 Of.
rected by the the said Article Il OF the
said Constitution.
Approved April I, 1910.
AUSTIN L. CRoTHERs.
(Great Seal) 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-
suAnee Of the provisions Of Section Of
Article IL Of tina Constitution Of Maryland,
do hereby order and direct that 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,
WHARF 90 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 . week for
at least three months preceding the cleo
ton Of 1911, at which said election said
proposed amendments shall be submitted
10 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
(0reat Seal) Annapolis this hrst
day Of July, In tho
year Of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred
and eleven.
AUSTIN L. CRoTHERS,
Governor Of Maryland.
BY the Governor
n WINSLOW WILLIAMS,