The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-09-22
ARTICLE 20

~ ACf T." propose m amendment to section
. of Ntu,lr III nj th" Constitution 81 ia"
Hi,t" "i Maryland. ~" 'L@gislHtN" b"lhri'
W'Li, regulating the representation ni ia"
ar Di baltimore IN the HIusT oi brl"yHier {.
aud Ilvyidtng Tor ~" snbins-'Dn al th'd
amendment 6" No" uuaiiii-i voter "i the
state fur adoption ~ rejection.
.5t'tiDn /. Bs 1t enacted by the General A.
fcmbiy 1T Maryland. thTee.hithE Of all the fnsin-
bsta of 'Hrh ui the two H1uses r"h'urfing.
that th" iOllpving S"rii"H h." and the sam" -
ipfriB pIYtH-si Hu amendment 10 Section
at Atfislu ~ pt the Constitution ni The state
81 Maryland. tilr Legislative department.
the ssnc Il adopted by the legally qualified
NDisfa pf tine state. ~ herein provided 10 be-
TUuc Section 1f Article III OF the C0Tstitu.
non nt the state al Maryland
As kppn ~ may be. after the taking and
Publishing al the Rational tsnzus III 1900 ~
after ~" enumeration ri u" population al the
state. under the authority thereof. there AhAll
lee M hppDniOnmrnt Of representation IN the
llnua. uf DrsYHt's. 10 he niAde On the follow
lar huzts, ~ Wit Each Of III" E"t"rhl c"untirs
NJ lhs state. having - population II eighteen
thnuthnd souls 81 lcsH, shall be entitled To two
drlrvhiuh nud every county having pnpulh-
iiuu ui aver eighteen thousand and less than
iwrHlg eight Thousand sDus, shall be- entitled
~ three delegates aud 'yeiy county having
population ot iw"nty-olEht thousand aud less
than i"rty thousand snuls. stall bc entitled To
four DELEGATES and every county having
I.puiuiipH Of futty thousand and less than NIFTY.
five ih"usnuh souls. shall be entitled "a five
delegate and every county having popul4.
tlnli bo entitled 10 siS d"rvntef and no more
uHd ru'h ni the sN legislative districts Of the
IIfy ut Baltimore shall he entitled Ia the num-
h'r al d,lnpHtFs Ia which the largest county
stall uf Tuuy b" entitled under the Rf1reRoinR
iutttuumrnt. and the General Assembly shall
have the power Ia provide by law. from time
"a time Tor altering and changing the bnun-
daIi"s ~ the existing legislative districts ~ the
tity uf Baltimore, ~ ~ Va make them near
may he al enuAl population hut shid district
fhHll always consist ~ contiguous territory. In
on-" the GpnorBi Assembly, 1T tn. regular se.-
tinn nj nineteen hundred and twcuiy-twD. fails
- o. the h1undArirs al the - legislative DIS
irrts 0t the CITY 81 baltimore, the Board Of
aup'TNtHuiH IT Elections 0i SAID city shHil Ia
iho boundaries II the sS Legislative districts
luhJrrt 10 the limitations contained herein and
shall give adequate notice at the Aane and the
boundaries - fixed shall remain until altered
nr changed by the General Assembly,
Sec. g NHd he II further enacted by the Au-
thority afpirrad That said hfOregoing section.
hereby proposed ~ an amendment To the Com
Yltutlpu. shall be- IT the next general elect an
fur Moub'rs 0f the House nf Representative.
~ tuugfoss held In this State submitted To the
l"yHi and qualified voter Of the State for AdOp-
tinu ur rejection, IN purtuHnc" "f the directions
contained ~ AriirlN XIV ~ the ronstitut on
Of this state aud at tho said general election
~" yuir un ~" said proposed amendment "a
the Constitution shall he by ballot. and upon
'prh ballot thor" shall he printed the word-
Tor tho Constitutional Amendment" and
Against the Constitutional Amendment" A.
nos pfuy dsd hy Law. and Immediately after
rnid 'lrrtluu dur returns shall b. made To the
Gu,'Inur ~ the vote for and sgAinst said pr,.
t"tth Article Of the Constitution and furihr,
,Iru''rdings had in accordance with said Arirl"
D puItvDu.
n Nrur"Nrd March !. 1879,