Democratic messenger., 1881-10-15
10 the 7th District, at Bounds.

10 the 9th District, at Berlin,
And the election to be held is for the
purpose of eecting
One person TO be Comptroller of tue
Treasury Department OF the State Of
Maryland.
Que 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 Comms-
sioners of Worcester county.
Que person to be County Surveyor.
One person to be Wreck IN aster If
Worcester county.
The polls for said election will be
opened in esch aud every election dis
trict at 0 o'clock A NJ, and closed at 6
o'clock P. NJ , when the ballots Shall be
publicly counted.
Voters will also east their ballots
For The Constitutional Amendment, 4"
or IA gaiust the Constitutional Amend
ment," in accordance with the following
Act Of the General Assembly, passed at
January Session, 1880, for aueudi, Q
the Constitution of The State
CHAPTER All.
AN ACT to amend section five cf ar
ticle four of the Constitution of this
State.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly Of Mary land, three
iths OF all Ibe members ui the House
coucurriug, that the following section
be and the same is hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Con stitutiou OF
this State, and if adopted by the legal
aud qualified voters thereof as herein
provided. it shall supercede aud stand
in the place and instead Of section five
of article four of said Constitution.
SEC. 3. After the election for jaiges
as hereinbefore provided. there shall be
held in the State, in every e teenlb year
thereafter. on the Tuesday after the
6rst Monday in November of such year,
an election for judges as herein provid-
ed; and III case OF death. resignation,
rem oval or disqualification. by reason
of age or otherwise. OF any Judge, the
Governor shall appoint person duly
qualified to fill said office, who shall
hold the same until the next general
election for members of the General
Assembly, when successor shall tie
elected, whose term OF Office shall be the
same as hereinbefore provided and
upon the expiration of the tern Of fifteen
years for which any judge may be eie:t
ed to fll vacancy, an election for his
successor shall take place at the next
general election for members of the
General Assembly to occur upon or Of, e.
the expiration OF the said term aud the
Governor shall appoint person duly
qualified to hold saia Office from the X
piration Of such term Uf fifteen years un-
I'll the election aud qualification of his
successor.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid. That the
said foregoing section hereby proposed
as ah amendment to the Constitution
shall be. at the next general election to
be held 10 this STATE, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption OF rejection, in pursuance
of the directions contained in article
fourteen of the Constitution of this
State aud at the said general election
the vote on said proposed amendment, TO
the Constitution shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed the words Tor the coustiiu-
tional amendment" or "agaiust the
constitutional amendment" as the voter
shall elect. aGd Immediately af'er said
election due return shall be made 20 the
Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, as directed
by the said fourteenth article of the
Constitution
Approved April 10 1880.