The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-09-15
.pproved March 1, 1922.
ARTICLE 20.

ARTICLE 20.
AN ACT TO propose an amendment to Section
4 of Article III of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Legislative Depart
ment," regulating the representation of the
City of Baltimore in the House of Delegates;
and providing for the submission of said
amendment TO the qualified voters OF the
State for adoption rejection.
Section 1. Re it enacted by the General As
sembly of MARYLAND. three-hfths of all the mem
bers of each of the two Houses concurring.
that the following Section be and the same IS
hereby proposed as an amendment TO Sectton =
OF Maryland title Legislative Department"
the same if adopted by the legally qualihed
voters of the State. as herein proyided to be
come Section of Article, III of the constitu-
ton of the State of Maryland.
4. 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
House of Delegates, to be made on the follow
ing basis. to wit: Each Of the several counties
Of the State, having population OF eighteen
thousand souls or less, shall be entitled to two
delegates; and every county having popula-
ton of eighteen thousand and less than
twenty-eight 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 a
population of forty thousand and less than fifty
FIVE thousand souls, shall be entitled to FIVE
delegates: and every county having a popula-
ton of hfty-hve thousand souls and upwards
shall be entitled to six delegates and no more;
and each of the six legislative districts of the
Der of delegates to which the largest county
shall or may be entitled under the aforegoine
superintendent. and the General Assembly shall
have the power to provide by law, from time
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daries of the existing legislative districts of the
City of Baltimore. so to make them as near
as may be of equal population; but said district
case the General Assembly, at the regular ses-
sion 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 of 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 until altered
or changed by the General Assembly.
See. .. And be it further enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That said aforegoing section,
hereby proposed amendment to the Con
etitution, 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 adop-
Contained in Article XIV Of the tn nc constituon
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
For the Constitutional Amendment and
against the Constitutional Amendment" as
now provided by law, and immediately after
Governor of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution, and further
proceedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Approved March 1, 1922.
CHAPTER al
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
of Article s, title Treasury Department."
of the Constitution of Maryland, prescribing
the salary of the Comptroller and the terms
of office of the Comptroller and the Treas
urer; and providing for the submission of
said amendment to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection.
Section L. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland, three-ffths of all the mem
bers of each of the two Houses concurring,
that the following be and the same hereby is
Article 6, title Treasury Department" of the
Constitution of Maryland, the same if adopted
by the legally qualified voters of the State, as
herein provided, to become Section l of Article
Section /. There shall be Treasury De-
partment, consisting of Comptroller chosen
by the qualifed electors of the State, at each
general election at which the Governor Is
chosen, who shall receive such salary as may
be fixed by law; and Treasurer, to be ap-
pointed by the two Houses of the Legislature,
at each regular session thereof, in which be-
gins the term of the Governor, joint ballot,
who shall receive annual salary of two
thousand FIVE hundred dollars; and the terms
of office of the said Comptroller and Treasurer
shall be for four years, and until their sue
cessors shall qualify; and neither of the said
officers shall be allowed. or receive any fees,
commissions or perquistes of any kind in addi-
ton to his salary for the performance of any
duty or services whatsoever In case of a
vacancy in either of the Offices by death or
otherwise, the Governor, by and with the ad-
vacancy by appointment, to continue until an
other election or a choice by the Legislature,
the case may be, and until the qualification