Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-08-19
CHAPTER All.
AN ACT to amend section hye of article fou

AN ACT to amend section hive Of article four
of the Constitution Of this State.
SECTION /. Be eaacted By tile General As
semby Of NaryIqnd Three lifths Of all the
1 members of the two Houses concurring, that
the following ction be and the same is here
| by proposed as an amendment to the constifu-
ton Of this State, and if adopted by the lcgaI
il sbdIi suoersedo ana sand in ~
instead OF section five Of "T.Is,e four SUI
SEC. - After the election for 1naoes \
| ne.ein be'ore provided, there shall he held in
| this State, in every fifteenth year thereafter
on the Tuesday after the first Monday in Nov
ember of such year, an election for judges rs
herein provided; and in case of death, resig-
nation, removal or disqualification, by reason
of age or otherwise, Of any judge, the Cover
nor shall appoint person duly qualified to
fiji said Office, who shall hold the same un il
the next general election for members of the
General Assembly, when a successor shall be
elected, whose term of Office shall be the same
as herenbefore provided; and upon the expi-
ration of the term OF fifteen years for which
any Judge may be elected to fill vacancy,
an election for his successor shall take place
at the next general election for members OF
the General Assembly to occur upon or after
the expiration Of the said term; and the Gov
ernor shall appoint person duly qualified to
hold said office from the expiration of such
term of fifteen years until the election and
| qualification Of his successor.
$50. G. Aid be it further enacted 5y the au-
! horiy aforesaid, That the said foregoing Sec
ton hereby proposed as an amendment TO the
constitution shall be, at the next general cleo
tioE to be held in this State, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the d.
rectons contained in article fourteen of the
constitution of this State; and at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the constitution shall he by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words 'for the consti-
tutional amendment, or ''against the consti.
tutional amendment, rs the voter shall elect,
and Immediately after said election due return
snail be made TO the Governor of the vote for
ana against said proposed amendment as al
reeted by the said fourteen article of the con
stitution.
Approved April 10, 1880.
Now, therefore, l. WILLIAM T. HAMH.
TON, Governor Of the State of Maryland. do
hereby order that the said act of Assembly
proposing an amendment to the Constitution
as aforesaid be published in two newspapers
to be designated in each county where so ma.
ny may be published, and where not more
than one, in that newspaper and in three
newspapers published in the city of Bal. one
of which shall be in the German language,
once week for at least three months proceed
ing the general election to be held on the 8th
day Of November next.
Given under my hand and the -
great seal of the State at the city of SEAL
Annapolis, this 18th day Of July, in\C0N/
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun, /
dred and eighty-one.
WILLIAM T:HAMILTON.
By the Governor:
JAMES 7. BRISCoE, Sec'y of State.
july l5-3m