Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-19
CTATE or MARYLAap.
~ ExscUx1ss DxPAxSmuux.
Proclamation.

WHxREAs. The Conssitution = Ne
State Of Msrylsnd. By Articls ~ Bee
tian l, directs amendments 70 IL Con-
stitation. to be made - follows
"The General Assembly may propooo anend-
menfs 10 the Constitution, provided tEna each
amendment shall be embraced In sepaeoos btli.
embcdy ling the Article Or SecfIoa, as1he sane
win stand when amended and passed - ahree-
two HOUSES. BY yeas and nays 70 - entered
on the Journals. with the proposed am6ndment
The bin or bills, proposing. smesdment o.
amendments, shall be published BY osder Of do
Governor, in At last tao newspapers, Ii each
county, where 30 many mar Be pnbiished. and
where not more than one may be puhlished,
then in that newspaper, aad IN three newspa-
which shall be in the German Language, once
. week, for at least three months, precrding the
next ensuing general election, at which the
said proposed amendment shall Be onbuit,ed.
In form TO be prescribed by the 0eaefnl A.
srmbly, 10 the qualified voters Of the State.
for adoption or rejection. The vofss est f0r
or against said proposed amendment - amend
ernor, in the manner prescribed in 9TH eases,
aud 4 IL shall appear 70 the Governor hat :
majority Of the votes cast 1t sid eiseai6a o.
said amendment or ameudmenfs. 11ger ~. 5cxe
cast in hssor thereof, the Goveruoe - byhn
proclamation, declare the said -an,cndment or
amendmenis. having received said majority Of
votes. to have been adopted by the people Of
Maryland, as part Of The Constitution theseoi,
and, thenceforth, said amendment or amend
ments shall be part Of the said Constiau ton
When two or more amendments shall be sub
mitted, in manner aforesa 0, TO the voters of
this State. at the same Aec..on, they shall be 50
submitted, as that eacf amendment shall be
voted on SEPARATELY"
AND, WHEREAS, An Act Of the General
Assembly. at January Session, 1874,
Chapter 264. was passed, for amending
the Constitution Of the State, a. fol-
lows:
"An Acf TO Gmend Section 8, Of Article 4, Of the
Constitution Of The State Of Maryland
''SEcTIoS l. Be IL enacted BY the General As
senstiy Of Maryland, tiree.Gftks af all the mem-
6ers Of tie ttro Houses eoneurriag, That the
following section be and the same Is hereby
proposed, as an amendment to the Constitute
of this Stale, and if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, 40 provided, it may
be the same to supercede and stand in the place
of Section 8, Of Article 4, Of said Consti:u-
ton"
s'SEcrIoS 8. The parties to any cause NAV
submit the same TO the court for discrimination
without the aid Of jury, and in all suits or e
tons at law. issued from the Orphans Court,
or from any court, sitting in equity, and all
cases of presentments or indictments Tor offences,
which are or may be punishable by death,
pending in any of the courts OF law, In this
State, having jurisdiction thereof, upon sug-
gestion, in writing under oath, OF either OF the
parties 10 said proceedings, that such party can
not have fair and impartial trial in the court
in which the same may be pending, the said
court shall OIL der and direct the record of pro.
ceedines in such suit or action, issue, pre-
sentiment or Indictment TO be transmitted 10
some other court, having jurisdiction i'm such
case, tor trial; bat, in all other cases of pre-
sentiment or indictment, pending in any of the
courts of law in this State, having jurisdiction
thereof, in addition TO the suggestion, in wri-
ting, of either of the parties TO such present.
ment or indictment, that such party cannot
have fair and impartial trial in the court in
which the same may be pending, II shall be ne
cessary for the party making such suggestion,
to make il satisfactorily appear TO the court
that such suggestion is true, or that there is
reasonable ground for the same; anddhereupou,
the said court shall order and direct the record
OF Proceedings, in such presentmcnt or indicl-
ment, 10 be transmitted to some other court
having jurisdiction in such cases for trial, aud
such right OF removal shall exist upon sugges-
tioa, IN cases when all the judges of said court
may he disqualified, under the provisions Of
this Constitution, TO sit in any such case, and
said court, TO which the record of proceedings
in such suit or action, issue, presentment or in
dicment may he transmitted, shall hear and
determine the same in like manner, as if such
suit or action, issue, presen,ment or indictment,
had been originally instituted therein, and the
General ssembly shall make such modific.i-
ton of existing law as may be necessary TO reg
ulaie and give force to this provision
"SHcTIoS 2. And be IL .furtker enacted by the
authority G'Oresaid, That said foregoing section
hereby proposed As an amendment TO the Con-
sliiution, shall be, nj the next general election
10 be held in this State, submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their adoption
or rejection, in pursuance OF the direc lions
tanned in Article IA of the Constitution of this
State. and at the said general election, the vote
on said proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall he written or printed these words, '.For
the Constitutional Am endment," or "Agaius,
the Constitutional Amendment" rs the voter
shall elect, ard Immediately after said election,
due returns shall be made TO the Governor oil
the vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said l4th Article of the
Constitution
Now. THEREFORE, I, JAMES BLACK
GROOME, Governor of the State oil
Maryland, in compliance with the require
ments of the provisions Of the Cons.i,u.
ton. do order and direct the foregoing
proposed amendment to the Constitution
Of the State OF Mary land. to be published
in two newspapers in each county, where
so many may be published. and where no,
more than one may be published. then 10
that newspaper, aud in three newspapers
published in the City of Baltimore. one
Of which shall be in the German language,
once a week, for at least three months,
preceding the next general election, to be
held in November next. the said newspa.
pers to be BY me designated.
Given under my hand and the Great
(") Seal Of the State. at the CITY
sEaL of Annapolis, this 2sth day Of
~ July. in the year Of our Lord
eighteen hundred and seventy
Eve