Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-10-14
PROCLAMATION
Proposing Amendments the Constitution of the State

| .
WHEREAS, at the January Session o. tns
| General Assembly of Maryland held IN tne
year 1922, five Acts were passed, proposiins
addition, and amendments to the , Goms an
amendment to Section 2 Of Article ), title
Legislative Department; Chapter 20, pr9pos-
| ing an amendment to Section OF Afueie .
title, Legislative Department SnaP'eI A.
| proposing an amendment to Section j OF ar
| ticle 6, title Treasury Department; Snaptei
227, proposing an additional Article to the Con
stitution, to be known as Article XVII tnefeoi,
title, "Quadrennial Elections; and Ihapte.
avs, proposing an amendment to Section 10 q
Article is, title, "Miscelaneous"; and wni ei
| said five Acts are in the words and hgures ioi'
| lowing:
CHAPTER 7.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to seeuon
2 of Article III, of the Constitution OF the
State of Maryland, title Legislative depart
ment," increasing the number OF legislative
districts of Baltimore City, and providing
for the submission Of said amendment 10 the
qualified voters of the State OF Maryland i0r
adoption or rejection:
Section /. BE it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, three. hfths OF al me
members of each of the two House eoncuIIihk,
that the following Section be and the sanle .
hereby proposed as an-amendment 20 a .. S,.,s
of Article III Of the Constitution OF me olat );
| of MARYLAND, title Legislative Department.
the same if adopted by the legally 9uallfisd uo..
ers of the State, as herein PROVIDED 70 neeoi,t
Section 2 Of Article III OF the ConstituU0" Vi
the State Of Maryland ,-.,,
| O. The City Of Baltimore shall be divided
into six legislative districts as near ~ may ue
of equal population and Of contiguous teff Ro,t
| and each of said legislative districts OF Bait
more City, as they may from time to Tune os
laid out, in accordance with the provisions
| hereof, and each county in the state snal pc
| entitled to one Senator, who shall pc eieeteu
| by the qualified voters Of the said legislative
districts Of Baltimore City and OF the eountles
of the State, respectively and shali serve 10.
four years from the date of his election, sunlect
to the Classification of Senators hereafter pro-
| vided for.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That said aforegoins secGon'
hereby proposed as an amendment 10 's eI.eton
for Members of the House of Representauves
of Congress held in this State submitted 10 me
legal and qualified voters of the State tor adop-
contained cont in Artcie XIV Of the Constitution Of
this State, and at the said general election the
vote on the said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon . esen
ballot there shall be printed the words For
the Constitutional Amendment and Against
the Constitutional Amendment" as now pro
| vidcd by law, and Immediately after said cleo
| ton 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 furthe! pro
ceedings had in accordance with said Article
| Fourteen.
Approved March 1, 1922
ARTICLE 20.
| AN ACT to propose an amendmen. to Section
| of Article III Of the Constitution OF the
State of Maryland, title Legislative Depart
ment," regulating the representation OF the
CITY of Baltimore In the House of Delegates;
and providing for the submission OF said
amendment to the qualified voters OF the
State for adoption rejection.
Section l. BE it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, three-hfths OF all the mem
bers of each of the two Houses concurring,
| that the following Section be and the same Is
| hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
| of Article III of the Constitution OF the State
Of Maryland, title Legislative Department
the same Il adopted by the legally quaIhheo
come Section Of Article III of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Maryland.
T. As soon as may be- after the taxing ana
publishing of the National Census Of 1900, or
| after the enumeration of the population OF this
State, under the authority thereof, there shall
be an apportionment Of representation IN the
! House of DELEGATES. to be made on the follow.
| ing basis to wit: Each of the several counties
| Of the State having a population Of eighteen
thousand souls or less, shall be entitled to two
| delegates; and every county having popula
| ton of over eighteen thousand and less than
twenty-eght thousand souls, shall be- entitled
| to three delegates; and every county having
| population of twenty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls, shall be entitled to
| four delegates; and every county having
| population of forty thousand and less than nifty
| FIVE thousand souls, shall be. entitled to five
| delegates; and every county having popula
ton of ffty-fve thousand souls and upwards
| -, hs antitIad In civ DELEGATES and
! and each of the six legislative districts OF the
City Of Baltimore shall be entitled to the num-
Der of delegates to which the largest county
| shall may be entitled under the atoregoing
| apportionment, and the General Assembly shall
have the power to provide by law, FROM. time
| to time, for altering and changing the boun
City of Baltimore, so as to make them as near
as may, be of equal population; but said district
shall always consist Of contiguous territory In
case the General Assembly, at the regular ses-
to FIX the boundaries Of the six legislative dis;
| tricts of the City Of Baltimore, the Board Of
Supervisors of Elections of said city shall fix
the boundaries of the six legislative districts,
subject 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 Q. And be it further enacted by the att
| thority aforesaid, That said aforegoing section,
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con-
| stitution, shall be at the next general election
| Tor members OF the flouSc OF hcpIcScntdtfeS
of Congress held in this State submitted to the
legal and qualified voters of the State for adop-
tion or rejection, in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article XIV of the Constitution
of this State and at the said general election
the vote on the said proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall be by ballot. and upon
each ballot there shall be printed the words
".For the Constitutional Amendment" and
Against the Constitutional Amendment" as
now provided by law, and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by said -Four.
teenth Article Of the Constitution, and further
proceedings had in accordance with said Article
| Fourteen.
Approved March 1, 1922.
CHAPTER 14.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
of Article s, title "Treasury Department"
of the Constitution of Maryland, prescribing
the salary of the Comptroller and the terms
of Office of the Comptroller and the Treas