Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-09-30
Approved March 1, 1922.
ARTICLE 20.

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
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 or rejection.
Section l. Re it enacted by the General As
emily of Maryland. three-fifths of all the mem
Ners of each of the two Houses concurrng,
hat the following Section be and the same is
hereby proposed as amendment to Section
" Article III OF the Constitution of the State
If Maryland, title Legislative Department, !"
he same if adopted bv the legally qualified
voters of the State, as herein provided, to be-
come Section of Article III of the Constitu
ton of the State of Maryland
4. As 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
he an apportonment of representation in the
House of DELEGATES. to be made on the follow
ing basis. to wit: Each Of the several counties
of the State, having a population of eighteen
thousand souls less, shall be entitled to tive
delegates; and every county having popula
ton of over eighteen thousand and less than
twentyeight thousand souls, shall be entitled
% three delegates; and every county having a
"oDulation of twenty-eight thousand and less
than forty thousand souls, shall be entitled to
delegates.
population of forty thousand and less than fifty
FIVE thousand souls, shall be entitled to FIVE
delegates; and every county having popula-
ton of fifty-hve thousand 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 to the num-
Der Of delegates to which the largest county
shall or may be entitled under the aforegoing
apportionment, and the General Assembly shall
have the power to provide by law, from time
to time, for altering and changing the boun-
daries Of 5he existing legislative districts of the
City of Baltimore, so as to make them as near
as may be of equal population; but said district
shallsalways consist of contiguous territory. In
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
or changed by the General Assembly.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That said aforegoing section,
hereby proposed as an 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 Of the directions
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
Against the. Constitutional Amendment" as
now provided by law, and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said pro-
teenth Article Of the Constitution, and further
proceedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Approved March /, 1922.