Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-12
CHAPTER SIS

An Act to amend Section OF Article q
titiA Legislative Department OF the Con-
ss1tution OF this State. and 10 provide for
thA submission OF said Amendment 70 the
qualified voters OF this State fer adoption
or rejection.
Section L Be It enacted By the GensraI
Assembly Of Maryland. thrss-ntths Of all
tia members OF each Of the two houses con-
currang. that the following section be and
the same IL hereby proposed as an Amend.
rasut to Section OF Article s. title "Legts-
lativo Department" Of the Constitution OF
this State. and II adopted by the legei
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.
4 As soon as may be after the takin z
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 be
an apportionmeut OF representation In the
House OF Delegates, to be made on the fol-
lowing basis, TO wits
Each Of the several counties OF the State
having a population Of eighteen thousand
souls or less. shall be entitled to two Dele
gates; and every county having q popula-
ton Of over eighteen thousand and Less
than twenty-eight thousand souls. shall be
entitled to three Delegates and every
county having a population Of twenty
eight thousand and less than forty thou
aAnd souls, shall be entitled to four Dele.
gates, and every county having a popula-
ton OF forty thousand and less than hfty-
ave thousand souls. shall be entitled to
ave Delegates; and every county having {
population OF nfty-hye thousand souls and
upwards, shall be entitled to six Delegates
and no morei and each OF the four Legis-
lAtiye Districts OF the City of Baltimore
shall be entitled to one delegate for each
ons-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-hvs In number OF tha
membership OF said House OF Delegates
and the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law, from time "a
time, for altering and changing the boun-
daries of the existing legislative districts
Of che City of Baltimore, 90 as TO make
them as near as may be OF equal popula'
tion but said districts shall always cons
sist of contiguous territory.
Section q And be II further enacted By
the authority aforesaid. that the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
Amendment 70 the Constitution, shall al
the next election for members OF the Gen.
eral Assembly OF this stAte 20 be held
on the Tuesday next after the first Mon.
day In the month Of November. nineteen
hundred and eleven (lo1D, 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-
tion shall be by ballot, and upon each bal
~ a nFfntAd
''For the constitutional Amendment" and
Against the Constitutional Amendment"
as the voter shall elect, and Immediately
after said election, due returns shall b
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,
(Grsat Seal) Governor
A P. GORMAN, Jr,
President Of the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker OF the House Of Delegates.
Now, Therefore, 1 Austin L. Crothers
Governor OF the State Of Maryland. in pur-
suance of the provisions Of Section l OF
Article IL Of the Constitution Of Maryland
do hereby order and direct that copy OF
SAou OF udlu ACTS proposing Autuu-
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
70 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 Seal) Annapolis, this first
day Of July, In thu
year Of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred
and eleven.
AUSTIN L. CRoTHERs,
Governor Of Maryland
BY the Governor
n. wINSLoW WILLIAMS,
Secretary Of State