The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-08-13
= TATE OF NJ ARYLA Nd,
~ Executive Department.
PROCLAM-AT ION-

WHEREAS The Constitution of the State
of Maryland, by Article ID, Section l, directs
amendments TO the Constitution, 10 be made
as follows:
THE General Assembly may propose amendments to
the Constitution provided that each amendment shall
he embraced in separate bill, embodyiug the Article
or Section, the same will stand when amended and
passed hy three tItis of all the members elected To
each OF the two Houses by yeas and nays, to Ice enter
ed ON the Journals, with the proposed amendment The
bill or bills, proposing amendment or amendments,
shall lie published by order of the Governor in at least
two newspapers, in each county where many may be
published, and where not more than may DO pub
sed than in that newspaper, and in three newspapers
published in the City OF Baltimore, of which shall
be in the German language, once week, for at least
three MONTHS preceding the next ensuing general cleo
ton, at which the said proposed amendment shall be
submitted, in form to he prescribed by the General
Assembly, to the qualified voters of the State for adop-
tion rejection The votes cast for against said pro-
posed amendment or amendments, severaly, shall be
returned to the Governor in the manner prescribed in
other cases. and If it shall appear the Governor that
majority of the votes cast Mt said election said
amendment or amendments severaly, were cast in ia
V0r thereof, the Governor SHALL by his alton,
declare the said amendment or amendments having re-
ceived said majority of votes to have been adopted by
the people of Maryland as part of the Constitution
thereof, and, thenceforth, said amendment amend
ments shall be part of the said Constitution. When two
or more amendments shall lie submitted, in manner
aforesaid to the voters OF this State at the cleo
ton, they shall be so submitted that each amend
nlent shall be voted separately"
AND, WHEREAS, An Act of the General AS
sembly, at January Session, 1874 Chapter
264, was passed, for amending the Constitu-
tion of the State, as follows:
"-1N act TO amend Section s, Of 1irticie 4, Of tho
Constitution Of the State Of Wdryl,utd.
"SEcrIcS l. BE enacted Jy the General Assen,blyot
Mdryidad, Huee S Of all tie members the hOo HOus-
eS coRcultng, That the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed amendment to the Con-
stiuton of this State and adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof as provided, it may be the
I! and stand in the place of Section s. of
ticlc !, OF said Constitution"
SECTION s. The parties to any cause may submit the
same to the court for determination without the aid of
Jury aud in all suits actions at law, issued from the
Orphans Court or from any court sitting in equity aud
all cses OF pesentmentS or indictments for offences
which are or may he punishable by death. pending in
any of the courts oflaw in this State having urisdic
ton thereof upon suggestion, in writing, under oah
OF either OF the parties to said proceedings that such
party cannot have fair and impartial trial in the court
in which the same may be pending, the said shall
order and direct the record of proceedings in such suit
or action, issue, presen mcnt Indictment, 10 lie
transmitted to some other court, having jurisdiction in
such case for trial but in all other of present
ment Indictment pending in any of the courts ofaw
in this State, having jurisdiction thereof in addition
to the suggestion in writing of either Of the parties Ia
such presentment Indictment that such party
have fair and impartial trial in the court in which the
same may be pending. it shallbe necessary the par
making such suggestion, to make it satisfactorily ap
pear to the court that such suggestion is true, that
there is reasonable ground Tor the and there
upon the said court shall order and direct the record
proceedings in such presentment indictment, to be
transmitted to some other court having jurisdiction in
such cases for trial. and such right of removal shall
list upon suggestion in when all the judges of said
court may be disqualified under the provisions OF thit
Constitution to sit in any such case, and said court
which the record of proceedings in such suit action
issue, presentment Indictment may be transmitte
shall hear and determine the In like manner as
II such SUIT or action issue, presentment or indictment
had been originally instituted therein, and the Genera
Assembly shall make such modification of existing law
as may be necessary to regulate and give force to h
provision"
SECTION =. And be H. farther enacted By The autorit,
aforesaid, Tint said foregoing section hereby proposed
amendment to the Constitution, shall be Mt the
next general election to be held in this State submit
ted to the legal and qualified voters thereof. iol
theft adoption or rejection. in pursuance of the drec
tous contained in Article H. of the Constitution of th
State and at the said general election the vote sale
proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be b,
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be written
printed these words. "FOr the Constitutional Amend
ment, or against the Constitutional Amendment al
the voter shall elect and Immediately after said cleo
ton, due returns shall he made to the Governor of thu
vote for and against said proposed amendment as di
roeed by the said 18th Article Of the Constitution"
Now, THEREFORE,, l JAMES BLACK
GROOME, Governor of the State of Mary
land, in compliance with the requirements o.
the provisions of the Constitution, do order
and direct the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the State O.
Maryland, 10 published in two newspaper.
in each county, where so many may be pub
lished, and where not more than one may b(
published, then in that newspaper, and il
three newspapers published in the City O
Baltimore, one of which shall be in the Ger
man language, once week, for at least three
months, preceding the next general election
to be held in November next, the said news
papers to be by me designated.
Given under my hand and the Grea
b. ASeal of the State, at the City of An
SsEAL |napols, this 20th day of july il
~ pthe year our Lord eighteen hun
drcd and seventy five.
JAMES BLACK GROOME
BY order OF the Governor,
r. G. HoLLYDAY,