Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-20

section l. BE y enacted by the Genera,
Assembly of Mar land. ihree-utths o. al
the members OF esteh ot the TWO houses
concurrlng. that the following section oe
and the sane IS hereby proposed as no
Amendment 20 Section OF Article s,
title Legislative Department. of the
Constitution OF this State. and II adopted
nv the legal qualified voters thereof as
herein provided. said section shall super
Eede and stand In the place and instead
OF Section of said Article or the Con
Etitution OF Maryland .,-...-
and publishing Of the National census or
nineteen hundred and ten. or after ths
enumeration Of the population OF this
State under the authority Thereon, theL
ton IN "a. House OF Delegates. to be
made on the following basis. 70 Wit;
Each Of the several counties OF the
State having population or eiShIeel
thousand soals or less shall be entitled
TO two Delegates; and every county nav
a population OF over eiSnteeh tlousstlllss
souls shall he entitled 20 three Dele
gates: and every county having popu-
iation OF twenty-eiEht thousand ana leSs
than forty thousand souls. shau oe emf
tied TO four Delegates; and every county
having a population of forty thousand
and less than htty-five thousand sous;
shall be entitled 10 five Delegates; and
every county having population OF
Iftv-fve thousand souls and upwards,
shah be entitled TO six Delegates ana ms, NO
more: and each OF the four LeGlsiatlNe
Districts OF the City OF Baltimore shan
be entitled 10 one Delegate for eaCh one.
sixth Of the population OF the iarses'
county in the State: provided, however
that the representation OF Ba4tihote 10y
in the House of Delegates shan never eN-
reed one-third of the membership or the
House OF Delegates and, provided also
that the representation OF Baltimore CITY
in the House of Delegates shall never D.
less than thirty-fiye IN NUMBER OF gu.
membership Of said House OF Delegates
and the General Assembly shall have the
bower to provide by law, from time e
time. for altering and changing ths
boundaries OF the existing legislative
districts of the city Of Baltimore. so a
equal population, but said districts shaI
| ALWAYS consist of contiguous territory.
| | Section - And be IL further enactet
by the authority aforesaid. that the SAL,
| Amendment 20 the Constitution, shoH a
| the next election for members or lh'
| Eeneral Assembly OF this State, to b'
| held on the Tuesday next after the mrs
| Monday i'm the month of November. nine
| teen hundred and eleven u9lll, be sub
4 Snitted TO the legal and qualified voter
| thereof. for their adoption or rcJectiun
4 In pursuance of the directions contained
| in Article Is or the Constitution Of Thu
| State: and at the said election the Vot
on the said proposed Amendment 70 Tn
| Constitution shall be by ballot. and upOl
| each ballot shalt be written or printed
| the words. For the Constitutions
| Amendment and Against the Constiju
| kional Amendment as the voter shat
| bleCt. and Immediately after said eleC
| iton. due returns shalt he made To IN
| Fiovernor of the vote FOR and agatuS
| said proposed Amendment as directed b.
| the said Article Il of the said Constitu
Approved Apr. Z. 1910.
| AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,