Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-08-05
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JTATE OF MARYLAND,
, Executive Department
PROCLAMATION.

IuoObhmailON.
Whereas by the Constitution OF Maryland,
Article Ia, section /, providing for amend
ments to the Constitution IL is made the duty
OF the Governor 10 order the publication Of
any bill proposing amendments as therein d.
recied
And whereas the following act OF the Gem
eral Assembly, passed at the January Session,
1880, chapter AIT, proposes an amendment to
the Constitution, to-wit:
CHAPTER AT.
SECTION |. BE Il enacted by he Generai ds
semtly Of Maryidrd, Threc-fif,hs of all the
members concurriDg, that the following sec
ton be and the same is hereby proposed ~ an
amendment TO the Constitution OF this State
and IL adopted by the legal and qualified v0t-
ers thereof, as herein provided, IL shall super
sede and stand 10 tho place and instead OF Sec
ton five OF article four OF said Constitution
SIC. o. Aiter the election for judges as here
inbefore provided, there shall be held In this
State, 10 every fifteenth year thereafter on the
Tuesday after the first Monday in November
OF such year, an election for judges as herein
provided and 10 case Of DEATH resignation,
removal or disqualification, by reason Of age
or otherwise, OF any Judge, the Governor shall
appoint person duly qualified to Gil said
Office, who shall hold the same until the next
general election for members OF the General
Assembly, when successor shall be elected,
whose term OF Office shall be the same rs here
inbefore provided and upon the expiration
Of the term OF fifteen years for which any
judge may be elected 10 ill n vacancy, an cleo
ton for his successor shall take place al the
next general election for members Of the Cen
oral Assembly 10 occur upon or after the ex-
piralion OF the said term and the Governor
shall appoint person duly qualified to hold
aaid mica frnm tha niratinn NJ auch fart,, Of
fifteen years until the election and qualifca-
ton Of his successor.
SEc. Q. And be Il further enacted by he au-
Mority aforssaid, That the said foregoing sec
ton hereby proposed as M amendment 10 the
Constitution shall be, at the next general cleo
ton 10 be held 10 this State, submitted 10 the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, In pursuance OF the d.
rectioDs contained In article fourteen of the
Constitution Of this State and at the said gem
eral election the vote on said proposed amend
meni 10 the Consultation shall be by ballot
and upon each ballot there shall be written or
printed the words, "For the constitutional
amendment or against the constitutional
amendment, as the voter shall elect, and i'm.
mediately after said election due return shall be
made 10 the Governor OF the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, az directed
BY the said fourteenth article OF the Consti-
tuition.
Approved April TO- 1880.
Now, therefore, T. WILLIAM T. HAMII.-
TON, Governor Of the State of Maryland, do
hereby order that the said Act Of Assembly
proposing nm amendment TO the Constitution
as Aforesaid be published 10 two newspapers
70 be designated IN each county where so
many may be published, and where not more
than one, In that newspaper, and In three
newspapers published In the city Of Baltimore,
one Of which shall DO 10 the German lam
guage, once u week for at least three months
preceding the general election to be held on
the 9Th day OF November next.
Given under my hand and the great seal OF
the State at the city Of Annapolis, this 7th day
o. July, IN the year OF our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.
WILLIAM T. HAMILTON.
By the Governor:
JAMES I. BRISCOE,
July lo-3m Secretary Of State