Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-10-28
PROCLAMATION
Proposing Amendments the Constitution of the State,

WHEREAS, at the January Session OF the
General Assembly of Maryland. held IN the
year 1922, five Acts were passed, proposing
additions and amendments to the Constitution
Of ai ss to ,0 SECTION chspar Ar Rs'es
Legislative Department; Chapter ~, propos-
ing an amendment to Section 4 Of Article -
title, Legislative Department; Chapter, Isl
ttieie 8, title Treasury Department; Chapter
227, proposing an additional Article to the NoH-
stitution, to be known as Article XVII thefeoi,
title, "Quadrennial Elections; and Inapte!
Article is, title, "Miscelaneous"; and which
said five Acts are. in the words and hgures tof
lowing:
CHAPTER 7.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
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 to the
qualified voters of the State Of Maryland for
adoption or rejection:
Section l. BE it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, three.ffths OF all the
members of each of the two House eoncurring,
that the following Section be and the same y
hereby proposed as amendment to SECTION .
Of Article III Of the Constitution OF tne olat !.
Of Maryland title Legislative Dep,nfet Ia NJ,
the same il adopted by the legally quaihed vot-
ers Of the State, as herein provided, 70 oeeoms
Section of Article III of the Constitution OF
the State of Maryland: ,-.,,
2. The City Of Baltimore shall be dividso
into six legislative districts as near as may De
of equal population and of contiguous territory
and each Of said legislative districts OF balti-
more City, as they may from time to time oe
laid out, in accordance with the proViMons
hereof, and each county in the State, shall DC
entitled to one Senator, who shall be elected
BY the qualified voters of the said legislative
districts Of Baltimore City and of the counties
of the State, respectively, and shall serve Tor
four years from the date of his election, subject
to the classification of Senators hereafter pro-
vided for.
See. Q. And be it further enacted by the au-
thority Aforesaid, That said aforegoing sectoh'
hereby proposed as an amendment to tine ION
stitution, 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 tor aoop-
ton 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 TIE said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot Their. shall be printed the words For
the Constitutional Amendment" and Against
the Constitutional Amendment" as now pro-
vided 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 further pro
ceedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Approved March 1, 1929.