Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-08-04

CHAP TER 3Is.
An Act to amend Section Of Article
;, title Legislative Department, Of
the Constitution Of this State, and to
provide for the Tub mission OF said
Amendment to the qualified voters of
this State for adoption or rejection.
SECrIO-J /. BE it enacted BY the
General Assembly 81 Maryland, three
iiihs Of all the NJ mbers Of each OF the
two houses coneurfl.s, that the follow
ing Sc, tion be and the same Is Lereby
proposed as an Amendment TO Section
! Of Article ., title, Legislative
Department, Of The I constitution #
tins State and il adopted by the legal
qualified voters thereof as Il, rein pro-
yijed, said section shall suppressed and
stand Ia the place and instead Of
section 4 OF SAID Article of the
Constitute n of Maryland.
AS soon as may he after the
taking and publishing Of the National
Census of nineteen hundred and ter,
or after the e umeration Of the popula
ton of this Stat under the nulhor,ty
thereof, there 81 all u. an apportion-
ment OF representation in the House of
delegates, to be maize Un the following
basis, to wit:
zach Of the several counties of the
State having II population 81 eighteen
thousand souls less. hall he entitled
to two Delegates and ", ~ county
having population of over eighteen
thousand and less than went eight
thousand souls, shall lie entitled to
three Delegates and every county
having population of tive ty-eig hit
thousand and e than forty thousand
souls, shall be tntitlsd 10 ,ur Heh
gates and every county having a
population of forty thousand a IS
than fifty-fve thousand u 5, shall lie
en- tiled to five lleleg rs; and every
county having population OF fl ty-five
thousand souls AID upwards, 5 all be
entitled to six Delegates and no more
and each of the tour ! gislative
Distric of the ity o kaltimo sha
be entitled ~ one delegate for each
one-sixth of the population OF the
largest county in the state provided
however, that he repre- sehtat on Of
Ba timoPe CITY il the House OF Dele
gates, shall n, vrr xce-d une tiirh of
the mem bership OF III House Of Dee
gates, and, provided so, that the
representation Of baltimore City IL
the House of Delegates sha never be
less than thirty five IL number of the
membership of said House of Del, :
ga es and the General Assembly shall
have the power tn provide law, from
time to time, for altering anuchanging
the boundaries OF the eAisiiig eeisla-
tive districts Of the ity OF lial ilnore,
so AS to make Them a. n ar as may be
of equal populati but said districts
shall always consist Of contiguous
territory.
SECTION ?. And be it furth.r en-
acted by the authority afoi esaid, that
the said foregoing set on her. by
proposed as an menGment 10 the
constitution, shall at the next election
for members Of the tie eral Assembl,
If this state, to be held on the 1u $
day next after the first Monday in tn.
month of November, rineteen hundred
and eleven tlplltle submitted u thu
Legal and qualified voters thereof, ior
their Adoption or rejection, in pursu-
ance OF the directions contained IL
Art Gle IA Of the constitution of this
state and at the laid elect on the
vote on the said propos. d Anendn ent
to he Con titution shall be BY ballet,
and upon each ballot shall be VIZ tten
or printed the woid For the
Const tutional Amendment and
. gainst the Co stitntional Amend
ment, as the yoier shall elect, and
Immediately after sad lection, due
returns shall be made to the s.overnor
OF the vote for and against said propo.-
ed Amendment, MS directed by the
said Article II OF lie said orstitu ion
Approved Apo. Z, 1910.
AUSTIN l.. 1 ROfhERS,
tGreai Sesl.) Governor |
A. p. COLEMAN. in.
Presidei of the S tate.
ADAM PtEPLFS.
Speaker of the House of delegates
Now, Therefore, |, ArslIx Ii
CRUTHERS, Governor of the State OF |
Maryland, in pursuance Of the FRO |
visions of Section l of = rtlcl IA o. the |
Constitution OF Maryland, do hereby |
order and direct that g ~ OF each |
OF said Acts proposing said Amend |
ments be published in AT least two |
newspapers in each Of the unit es OF |
the State, where so m ny may be |
published, in any county where not |
more than one newspal or may be |
published, then in that new spaper, ano |
in three newspapers published in tie
City OF Baltimore, one OF which sha..
be in the German language, once q |
week for at least thlse months pre-
ceding the election of 1911, at which l
said election said proposed amendnh nts
shall be submitted 10 the legal a, d |
qualified voters OF the Stale, for th.ii
adoption or rejection
Given under my hand
and the Gr,at seal o.
the State of MARY land.
pore at the ity 81 /
Great Seal. Annapolis, tins first day
of July, in the ear OF |
our Lord, oI e thousand
nine humid ed and elev n.
AUSTIN l.. JRO1 HrhS,
Governor Of MARYLAND
BY the Governor
n. WINSI1pw VILLA S,
Secretary II State.
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