Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-02

Ssr.tnn h II enacted BY the General
Assembly OF Maryland. three-ntths OF a.
me members Of each Of the two houses
concurr!ng that the following seetlon -
and the same is hereby proposed a. an
Amendment 10 Section 81 ~ = ~ ~ y,
Constitution Of this State. and II ADOPTED
nv the legal qualified voters thereoI as
herein provided. said section snai sup, sup
OF Section 1 of said Article OF the Con-
stitutIon of Maryland.
4 AS soon as may be after the taking
and publishing of the National Census OF
nineteen hundred and ten, or after tns
enumeration OF the population OF talis
State under the authority thereot, me
shall h. an airport comment of repTe senta-
ton In the House OF Delegates, 10 Oe
made on the following basis. 10 wit;
+ Each OF the several counties OF the
State having 4 population or elsnteeh
thousand souls or less. shau ne ehIlIed
to two DeleCates: and every county nav
a population OF over eighteen thousanSs
and less than twcnty-etght thousand
souls shall be entitled 70 three Dee
gates; and every county having popu-
iatlon OF twcnty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls, shan De enu-
tied TO four Delegates; ana every couhtS
having a population of forty thousand
and less than hfty-five thousand souls
shall be entitled 10 FIVE Delegates and
i,fty.hve thousand souls and upwards.
shall be entitled to six Delegates ana 10
more; and each q the four Leslsls sSsii
be entitled TO one Delegate for each one
sixth OF the population OF the largest
county I'm the State: provided. however,
mat the representation of Baltimore City
in the House OF Delegates shall never eX-
coed one-thlrd OF the membership OF the
that the REPRESENTATION OF Baltimore City
sn the House OF Delegates shall never De
less than thirty-five in number OF the
membership of said House of DelegTes;
and the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law, from time 10
time. for altering and ehanging, I'M. me
districts OF the City of Baltimore. so as
70 make them as near as may be OF
equal population, but said districts shaH
always consist of contiguous territory.
Section . And be IL further enacted
by the authority aforesaid. that the sald
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution, shall at
the next election for members OF 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 (l9lD, be sub
United to the legal and qualified voters
thereof. for their adoption or rejection;
in pursuance of the directions contained
I'm Article Ii OF the Constitution of this
State; and az the said election the vote
on the said proposed Amendment 70 the
Constitution shall be by ballot. and upon
each ballot shall be written or printed
amendment and Against the Constitu-
fional Amendment" as the voter shall
tion, due returns shah be made to the
kiovernor of the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment Us directed BY
the said Article IA OF the said Constitu-
tion.
Approved Apr Z. 1910
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,
A p. GoRMAN. JR., % Nv
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
pdnu, IN pursuance of the provisions OF
Section ! OF Article IL OF the ConstItu-
ltion of Maryland. do hereby order and
direct that a copy OF each OF said Acts
proposing said Amendments be publish
ed IN at least two newspapers 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 newspa-
per. and in three newspapers published
shall be in the German language once
"a week for at least three months preced-
Ing the election of 1911, at which said
election said proposed amendments shall
Ibe 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
Great Seal0 Annapolis. this first day
OF July. in the year OF
our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and eleven
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
Governor of Maryland.