Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-09-30

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 the State, to-wit: Chapter Z, proposine an
amendment to Section 2 Of Article 3, title
Legislative Department" Chapter 20, propo;-
ing an amendment to Section of Article j.
title, Legislative Department; Chapter lsl'
proposing an amendment to Section OF ar
tic1e s, title Treasury Department; Chaptef
227, proposing an additional Article to the Con
stitution, to be known as Article XVII Thereon,
title, "Quadrennial Elections; and Chaptei
27s, proposing an amerdment to Secuoh ~ y,
Article ls title, 'Miscellaneous"; and wni ei
said five Acts are in the words and figures fol
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 /. BE it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland. three fths OF all the
members of each Of the two House concurring,
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 Department"
the same if adopted by the legally qualified vot-
ers of the State, as herein provided, to become
Section Of Article III of the Constitution OF
the State of Maryland. ,..,
2. The City Of Baltimore shall be DIVIDED
into six legislative districts as near as may be
Of equal population and Of contiguous territory,
and each of said legislative districts OF Balti-
more City, as they may from time to time De
laid out in accordance with the provisions
hereof, and each county in the State, shall be
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-
vded for.
Sec Q. And be it further enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That said aforegoing section,
hereby proposed as amendment to the Con
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 for adop-
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 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" as now pro-
vdcd by law, and Immediately after said cleo
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.