The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-11

WHEREAS, at the January Session Of tn
General Assembly of Maryland, held in th'
year 1922, five Acts were passed, proposins
additions and amendments to the Constitution
of the State, to-wit: Chapter = proposing :, a.
amendment to Section 2 of Article ), title
Legislative Department; Chapter 20, Propos
ing amendment to Section Of Article !,
title, Legislative Department Chapter
ticle 6, title Treasury Department; ChaPtei
227, proposing an additional Article to the Non
stitution, to be known as Article XVII fnereoi
title, "Quadrennial Elections; and Nnap'e, {,
275, proposing an amendment to Section ~ o,
Article IS, title, "Miscellaneous' and wnicf
said five Acts are in the words and hgures 1oi
lowing:
CHAPTER 7.
AN ACT to propose an amendment TO oecuoi
of Article III, of the Constitution OF Inc
State of Maryland, title Legislative Depart
ment," increasing the number OF legisiat'e
districts of Baltimore City, and provioins
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
..mbIv of MARYLAND, three-ffths of all the
members of each of the two House concurring,
that the following Section be and the same Is
hereby proposed as amendment to Secuon
of Article III of the Constitution OF the otats
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 divideo
into six legislative districts as near as may De
of equal population and of contiguous tefrItoIy'
ard each Of said legislative districts of Balti-
more CITY, as they NAV from time to time be
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 lot
four years from the date of his election. subject
to the classification of Senators hereafter pro-
vided for.
Sec. O. And be it further enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That said aforegoing section'
hereby proposed as an amendment to the ION
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 .e 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-
ceedines had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Approyed March l. 1922