Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-08-30
CHAPTER 90.

AN ACT TO propose an amendment 10 Sec
ton, OF Article Ill of the Constitu.
ton of the State OF Maryland, title
Legislative Department. regulating
the representation, of the City of Bal,
timore In the House of Delegates; and
providing for the submission Of said
amendment to the qualified voters OF
the State for adoption or rejection.
Section /. be II enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland, three-fifths OF all
the members of each. of the two Houses
concurring, that the following Section be
and the same is hereby proposed az al
amendment TO Section of Article Ill OF
the Constitution Of the State OF Maryland
Title Legislative Department the same
IL adopted by the legally qualified voters
OF the State as herein provided, to become
Secuon 4 OF Article III of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Maryland.
4. As soon as may be. after the taking
and publishing of the National Census OF
1900, or after the enumeration of the popu-
lati0n OF this State, under the authority
thereof. there shall be an apportionment
OF representation in the House of Dele
gates, to be made on the following basis,
TO wit: Each of the several counties OF
the State. having a population of eighteen
thousand souls or less. shall be entitled to
a population of over eighteen thousand
and less than twenty eight thousand
souls. shall be entitled to three delegates
and every county having population OF
thousand souls. shall be entitled to four
delegates; and every county having q
population of forty thousand and less
than. nifty live thousand souls, shall be
entitled to five delegates; and every coun-
ty having population of fifty five thous-
snd souls and upwards shall be entitled to
six delegates aud no more; and each of
the six Legislative districts of the City Of
Baltimore shall be entitled 10 the number OF
delegates to which the largest county shall
or may be entitled under the aforegoing ap-
tortionment. and the General Assembly
shall have the power to provide by law,
from time to time. for altering and chang.
Ing the boundaries OF the existing legis-
tative districts of the City of Baltimore.
so as TO make them as near as may be of
equal population: but said. district shall
In case the General Assembly. at the regu-
Tar session of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, fails to fix. the boundaries of
the six legislative districts of the City of
Baltimore, the Board of Supervisors Of
Elections of said city shall fix the bound
aries OF the six legislative districts, sub
iect TO the limitations contained herein.
and shall give adequate notice of the
same: and the boundaries so fixed shall
remain until altered or changed by the
General Assembly.
Sec. . And be IL further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That said aforegoing
ment to the Constitution. shall be at the
next general election for Members of the
House Of Representatives of Congress held
in this State submitted to the legal and
qualified voters Of the State for adoption
or rejection In. pursuance of the direc-
lions contained In Article XIV OF the Con-
Intuition of this State. and at the said
general election the vote on the said pro.
posed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall he printed the words For the Con-
stitutional Amendment and Against the
Amendment" as now pro-
vided by law. and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made to the
Governor OF the vote for and against said
proposed amendment, as directed by said
Fourteenth. Article of the Constitution.
and further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article Fourteen
: Anproved March 1900