Democratic messenger., 1881-11-05

10 the 9th District, at Berlin,-
Aud the election to be held is for the
purpose of electiDg
OOe person to be Comptroller of the
Treasury Department of the State ol
Maryland,
Ooe person to represent Worcester
county in the State Senate,
Three persons to represent Worcester
county 10 the House of Delegates of the
State Of Maryland,
One person to be Sheriff OF Worcester
county,
Five persons to be County Commits
sioners of Worcester county.
One person to be County Surveyor.
One person to be Wreck aster OF
Worcester county.
The polls for said election will be
opened 10 each and every election dis
trict at O'Clock NJ, and closed at
o'clock P. NJ when the ballots shall be
publicly counted.
Voters will also cast their ballots
I" For the Constitutional Ame, dun sui, "
or "AgaiDst the Constitutional A mend
ment," in accordance with the tollo wiag
Act of the General Assembly. passed a.
January Session, 1880, for amending
the Constitution of the State:
CHAPTER Alt.
AN ACT TO amend section Eve of ar
ticle four of the Constitution of this
State.
SECTION /. Be it enacted BY the
General Assembly OF Maryland, three
fiftbs Of all the members OF the House
co0curriug, tbst the .olio~ing section
be aud the same is hereby proposed as
40 amendment to the Coo s,iiu,ion oi
this State. aud il adopted BY .he legal
aud qualified voters thereof ss herein
provided. il shall supercede and stand
10 the place and iDstesd of section five
of article four Of said Constitution.
SEC. 5. After the election for judges
as hereinbefore provided. there shall be
held in the State, 10 every fifteenth year
thereafter. on the Tuesday after the
frst Monday in November OF such year,
an election for judges as herein provid-
ed; and 10 case Of death. resignation
removal or Disqualification. by reason
Of age or Otherwise, of any Judge, the
Governor shall appoint a person duly
qualified to gil said Office, who shall
bold the same until the next general
electioo for members of the General
Assembly when a successor shall be
elected, whose term Of Office eball be the
same as bereinbefore provided and
upon the expiration of the tern OF fifteen
gears for which aUy judge may be cleo.
ed to Gil vacancy, au election for his
successor shall take place at the uexl
general election for members of the
General Assembly to occur upon or after
the expiration OF the said term: and the
Governor shall appoint person duly
qualified to bold ssid Office from the K
piration Of such term OF fifteen years un
Ill the election and qualification Of bis
successor.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid. That The
said foregoing section hereby proposed
as au amendment to the Constitution
shall be. at the next general election tC
be held 10 this State, submitted to The
legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection, in pursuance
of the directions contained in article
fourteen of the Constitution of thi,
State; and at the said general election
the vote on said proposed amendment tC
the Constitution shall be BY ballot, aud
upon each ballot there shall be writer
or printed the words for the coustitu
tioual amendment" or "sgainst tb'
constitutional amendment" as the votel
shall elect, aGd Immediately after sale
election due return shall be made 60 th,
Governor of the vote for and agains
said proposed amendment, as directed
by the said fourteenth article of th,
Constitution.
Approved April 10. 1880.