The Republican., 1922-11-02
CHAPTER 20.

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
of Article III of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Legislative De-
partment" regulating the representation Of
the City Of Baltimore in the House of Del
egates; and providing for the submission of
said amendment to the qualified voters of
she State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, three-ffths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concurr-
ing, that the following Section be and the
same is hereby proposed amendment to
Section of Article III of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, title Legislative De-
partment," the same if adopted by the legally
qualified voters of the State, herein pro-
vided, to become Section of Article III of
The Constitution of the State of Maryland.
4. AS as may be after the taking and
publishing of the National Census of 1900, or
after the enumeration of the population of
this State, under the authority thereof, there
shall be appOrtionment of representation
in the House Of Delegates, TO he made on the
following basis, to-wit Each of the several
counties of the State, having population of
eighteen thousand souls or less, shall be en-
titled to two delegates and every county hav-
ing a population of over eighteen thousand
and less than twenty-eisht thousand souls,
shall be entitled to three delegates and every
county having a population of twenty-eight
thousand and less than forty thousand souls,
shall be entitled to four delegates and every
county having n population Of forty thousand
and less than fifty-five thousand souls, shall
be entitled to five delegates and every coun-
dy having a population of fifty-fve thousand
souls and upwards shall be entitled to six
delegates and more and each of the six
legislative districts of the City of Baltimore
shall be entitled to the number of delegates
TO which the largest county shall may be
entitled under the aforegoing apportionment,
and the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law, from tine to time,
for altering changing the boundaries of
the existing districts Of the City Of Baltimore,
50 as 20 make them as as may be of
equal population; but said districts shall al
ways consist Of contiguous territory. In case
the General Assembly. at the regular session
of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, fails to
fix the boundaries of the six legislative dis
tricts of the City of Baltimore the Board Of
Supervisors of Elections or said city shall fix
the boundaries of the six legislative districts,
subject 10 the limitations contained herein.
and shall give adequate notice of the same :;
and the boundaries so fixed shall remain I'M
III altered or changed by the General Assem-
bly,
Sec 2. And be 1t further enacted by the
authority aforesaid That said aforegong Sec
ton f"re5y proposed a. an amendment TO the
Constitution, shzii be at the next general elec-
ton for Members of the House of Representa-
tives of Congress held in this State, submitted
to the legal and qualified voters of the State
fOI sdoptiOn .jection. IN pursuance of the
directions contained in Article XIV of the
COust tut;s = this State. and at the said
general election the vote on the said proposed