The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14

AN ACT to propose an amendment TO section
4 of Article Ill of the Constitution Of the
State of Maryland, TILE 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 vot-rs OF
the State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, three-tifths Of all the
members of each of the two Houses concurr-
ing, 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 De-
partment" the same if adopted by the legally
qualified voters of the State. herein pro-
vided, to become Section 4 of Article III of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland.
A. As soon 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 an appOrtionment of representa- on
in the House of Delegates, 10 be made on the
following basis, to-wit: Each of the several
counties of the State, having a population of
eighteen thousand souls less. shall be en-
titled to two delegates; and every county hav-
ing a population of over eighteen thousand
and less than twenty-et2ht 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 GelegateS and every
county having a population of forty thousand
and less than ffty-fve thousand souls, shall
be entitled to five delegate; and every coun-
ty 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 70 tire number Of delegates
TO which the largest county shall or may be
entitled under the afOrcgOing apportionment,
and the General Assembly shall have the
power to provide by law, from time to time,
for altering or changing the boundaries of
the existing districts of the City Of Baltimore,
to make them as near 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
Supervisors of Elections or 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 IN
til altered or changed by the General Assem-
bly,.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That said aforegoing sec
ton, hereby proposed amendment to the
Constitution, shall be at the next general cleo
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
for adoption rejection, 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" now provided by law, and
Immediately after said election due returns
shall be made to the Governor of the vote
directed by said Fourteenth Article of the
Constitution, and further proceedings had in
accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved March l, 1922.