Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-09-25
CHAPTER 20.

Az act 10 propose an amendment 20 See
ton Of Article III of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Maryland, title
Legislative department" regulating
the representation of the City of Bal.
timore in the House of Delegates; and
providing for the submission Of said
amendment to the qualified voters OF
the State for adoption or rejection.
Section /. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland, three iifths OF all
The members of each Of tile two Houses
concurring, that the following Section be
and the same is hereby proposed as. an
amendment TO section I on Article Ill of
The Constitution of the State of Maryland,
title Legislative Department. the same
i adopted by the legally qualified voters
Of the State, as herein provided, 10 become
Section 1 Of Article III Of the Constitu-
ton Of the State of Maryland.
/. As soon as may be. after the taking
and publishing of the National Census OF
1900, or after the enumeration Of the pOpu-
ation OF this State, under the authority
tlereof there shall be an apportionInent
Of representation in the House of Dele
gates, 10 be made on the following basis,
20 wit: Zach of the several counties of
che State. having population OF eighteen
Thousand souls or less. shall be entitled ia
1wo delegates; ana every county having
population of over eighteen thousand
and less than twenty eight thousand
souls. shall be entitled TO three delegates
ana every county having a population OF
twenty eight thousand and less than forty
thousand souls. shall lie entitled to four
delegates: and every county having a
population OF forty thousand and less
than fftytive thousand souls. shall be
entitled To I've delegatess and every coun-
y having population OF fifty five thous-
and souls and upwards shall be entitled TO
six delegates and no more; and each of
the six legislative districts of the City of
Baltimore shall be entitled 20 the number OF
delegates to which the largest county shall
or may be entitled under the aforegoing APP
IDrfionmpuf no hlxr
shall have the power TO provide by law,
from time to time, for altering and chang
ing the boundaries of the existing legis-
lative districts of the 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 fegIl-
lar session Of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five. fails to fix the boundaries of
the six legislative districts Of the City of
Baltimore, the Board of Supervisors of
Elections of said city shall iX the bound
aries of the six legislative districts sub
iect to the limitations contained herein
1nd shall give adequate notice of the
same; and the boundaries so fixed shall
remain until altered or changed by the
General Assembly.
Sec. 3 And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That said aforegoing
section, hereby proposed as an amend.
ment to the Constitution, 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 for adoption
or rejection. in pursuance Of the diree-
lions contaiued in Article XIV Of the Con-
stitution Of this State. and NJ the said
general election the vote on the SAIL pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot. and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words For the Con-
stitutionai Amendment and Against the
Constitutional Amendment" as now pro-
yided by law, and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said
proposed amendment. rs directed by said
Fourteenth Article or the Constitution
and further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article Fourteen.
Anuroyed March 1000