The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-11-03

General Assembly of Maryland, held in the
year 1922, FIVE Acts were passed, ptopo.;;ns :,
additions and amendments to the Constitu'ion o.
of the State, to-wit: Chapter J, proposing an
amendment to Section Of Article ), utle'
Legislative Department; Chapter 20, pToposs-
ing an amendment to Section OF ATucie J.
title. Legislative Department; Chapter a.
proposing an amendment to Section OF az "
ticle s, title Treasury Department; SnapteF
227, proposing an additional Article to Q the So,f-
sttution, to be known as Article ANil tnereol,
title, "Quadrennial Elections; and NAPIER id ef
z7S, proposing an amendment to Section ~ oI
Article IS title, miscellaneous; and whlch me-
said five Acts are in the words and hgures toi-
lowing:
CHAPTER 7.
AN ACT TO propose amendment to Secuon
2 of Article III, of the Constitution OF 'he
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 Tor
adoption or rejection:
Section /. BE it enacted by the General As.
sembly of Maryland, three-htths OF al inc
members of each OF the two House concurring
that the following Section he and the same same u >
hereby proposed amendment to oection
of Article III OF the Constitution OF the otatS
of Marvlani. title "Lesislative Department.
the same if adopted by the legally quahhed Vot-
ers of the State as herein provided, to become
Section of Article III of the Constitution oi
the State of Maryland ,.-.,,
2. The City of Baltimore shall be divided
into six legislative districts as near as may ne
of equal population and of contiguous terrI,oIy'
and each of said legislative districts OF baiti ~
more City, as they may from time to itne ue
laid cut in accordance with the provisions
hereof and each county in the state shan DC
entitled to one Senator, who shall be eiecteu
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 wears from the date of his election, subJect
to the classification of Senators hereafter pro-
vided for.
Sec g. And be it further enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That said aforegong section'
hereby proposed as an amendment to the lon-
stituton 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 Tor aaop-
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 ,i each
ballot there shall be printed the words FOR
the Constitutional Amendment and Against
the Constitutional Amendment" as now pro-
vided by law, and Immediately after said cleo
ton due returns shall be made to the Governor
of the vote for and against said proposed
amendment, as directed by said Fourteenth
Article of the Constitution, and further pro
eeedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.