Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-26
CHAPTER Sis.

ADAM PEBBLES.
Speaker OF the House OF DeleSsts@
CHAPTER SIS
An Act to amend Ssction I OF Article Z
titis Legislative Department OF the Con-
Stitution OF this State. and to provide for
the submission OF said Amendment 70 the
qualified voters OF this state for ad0ptaoA
or rejection
Section L Be It enacted By the General
Assembly OF Maryland, three-nfths 81 al
the members OF each OF the two houses con.
curing, that tbs following section be and
tia same IL hereby proposed as an Amend
meat to Section OF Article 5. ttls "Legis-
latiYe Department" OF the Constitution OF
this State, and II adopted BY the legal
qualified voters thereof as herein provided.
said section shall suppressed and stand in the
place instead OF Section OF said Article
OF the Constitution OF Maryland.
As soon as may be after the taking
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, there shall Do
an apportionment of representation in the
House OF Delegates. TO be made on the fol-
lowing basis, to wit;
Each Of the several counties OF the state
haytng q population OF eighteen thousand
souls or less. shall be entitled TO two Dele
gates; and every county having popula-
than twenty eight thousand souls, shall bS
entitled TO three DelegAtesi and every
county having 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 atty
Ave thousand souls, shall be entitled TO
i've Delegatesi and every county having
population Of nfty-hvs thousand souls and
upwards. shall be entitled to SIX Delegates
and no more; and each OF the four Legis-
lativs Districts Of the City OF Baltimore
shaIl 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 cne-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 oa
less than thirty-nvs in number OF the
membership Of said House Of Delegatest
and the General Assembly shall have tha
power to provide by law, from time 60
time for altering and changing the houn-
daries Of the existing Legislative districts
OF the City Of Baltimore, 30 as TO make
them as near as may be Of equal popula-
ton but said districts shall always con-
sist OF contiguous territory.
Section 4 And be it further enacted By
the authority aforesaid, that the said fore
Amendment to the Constitution, shall az
the next election for members of the Gens
eraI Assembly of this State, TO be held
on the Tuesday next after the nrst Mon
day in the month of November. nineteen
hundred and eleven Q911), be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof
for their adoption or rejection, In pur-
suance of the directions contained In Ar
ticia IA OF the Constitution OF this StateG
and at the said election the vote on the
- - ~ 1T ww-
ton shall be by ballot, and upon each bal
lot shall be written or printed the words,
Fer 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 d.
rected by the the said Article IA OF the
! said Constitution.
Approved April 7. 1910.
AUSTIN L. CRoTHERs,
(Great SeaD Governor.
A. Z. 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 Il Of the Constitution OF Maryland.
do hereby order and direct that a copy Of
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 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 a week for
at least three months preceding the cleo
ton Of 1911, at which said election said
proposed amendments shall be submitted
% 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 SeaD Annapolis, this first
day Of July. in the
year Of cur Lord. one
thousand nine hundred
and eleven.
AUSTIN l. CROTHERS,
Governor of Maryland
BY the Governor
n. WINSLOW WILLIAMS,
Secretary Of State
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