The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-08-11
CHAPTER ais.

An Act to amend Section of Art,ca p,
title Legislative Department of tha T,S
stltut1on or this State, and To provide ",
qualified voters of this State for ado ~ !as
or rejection. p'"a
Section !. Be it enacted by the Cana,
Assembly Of Maryland, three-ifths " M
the members of each of the two hopss,
concurring, that the following section 4
and the same is hereby proposed as N
Amendment to Section Of Article d Hi
Legislative Department OF the CoRstj
tuition OF this State, and if adopted by M
legal qualified voters thereof as harJr
provided, said section shall suppressed sT5
stand in the place instead Of Section N
said Article 3 OF the Constitution NJ
Maryland. y
4; As soon as may be after the taking
and publishing of the National Census n
nineteen hundred and ten. or after M
enumeration OF the population Of tbis
State under the authority thereof thar
shall be an apportionment of represntS.
ton IN the House Of Delegates. to Be
Each OF the several counties of NM
State having population Of eighteen
thousand souls or less, shall be entitled
to two Delegates; and every county haT.
sand and less than twenty mt THOUSAND
souls, shall be entitled to three Dell.
gates; and every county having q popuh.
ton OF twenty Eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls, shall be en.
titled to four Delegates; and every coun.
ty having a poulation Of forty Thousand
and less than fifty thousand souls, shat
be entitled to five Delegates; and ever
county having q population of ffty-fTe
thousand souls and upward. shall be en-
titled to six Delegates and no more; IND
each Of the four Legislative Districts Of
the City of Baltimore shall be entitled 70
one delegate for each one-sixth of the pop.
ulation of the largest county in the State;
hnVrnvnF hnf hn ptotIn
Of Baltimore City, in the House Of Dele
gates shall never exceed one-third of the
membership Of the House Of Delegates,
and, provided also. that the Representa-
Delegates shall never be less than thirty.
five in number of the membership Of
said House Of Delegates; and the Gener.
al Assembly shall have the power to pro-
vide by law, from time to time. for alter.
ing and changing the boundaries Of the
existing legislative districts of the City
OF Baltimore, so as to make them as
near NJ may be OF equal population but
said districts shall always consist Of con
Section 2. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid. that the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
Amendment 70 the Constitution. shall ct
the next election for members Of the Gen
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 (1911), be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof.
for their adoption or rejection. in pursu.
ance OF the directions contained in Ar.
ticle IL Of the Constitution Of this State;
and nc the said election the vote on the
said proposed Amendment to the Consti-
tuition shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot shall be written or printed the
words. For the Constitutional Amend.
ment" and Against the constitutional
Amendment" as the voter shall elect and
n a q fnI ff4r Il ala lWra 80
turns shall be made to the Governor Of
the vote for and against said proposed
Amendment, as directed by the said Ar
ticle IL OF the said Constitution
Approved April z, 1910.
,c CIV AUSTIN L. CRoTHERS.
a. T.. 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 or the provision OF Section ! q
Article IA 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
county where not more than one newspap-
er may be published. then in that news
paper, ana In three newspapers PUBLISH
81 ~ the city Of Baltimore, one Of which
snaiI De IL Lne IerLndn IanBuaEe' ohsg
week for at least three months preceding
the election of 1911, at which said cleo
ton said proposed amendments shall b
submitted to the legal and qualified vot
ers OF the State, for their adoption or re-
lection.
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal o.
the State OF Maryland.
Done at the City q
Great Seal Annapolis, this frs
day of July, in the veal
of our Lord, one thou
sand nine hundred ant
eleven.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS.
Governor of Maryland
BY the Governor.
NJ. WINSLOW WILLIAMS,
Secretary Of State