Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-08-20
CTATE OF MARYLAND.
y EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
PROCLAMATION.


Whereas by the Constitution of Maryland,
article IA, section l. providing for amend
ments to the Constitution, il is made the
duty of the Governor to order the publica-
ton of any hill proposing amendments as
therein directed.
And whereas the following act of the Gen.
eral Assembly. passed AT the January ses-
sion. 1880, chapter All, proposes a: amend
ment TO the Constitution, to wit:
CHAPTER Alt.
AN ACT to amend section i've of article four
of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION l. Be IL enacted Jy tie General
Assembly of NdTylGnd three-fifths of all the
members of the two Houses concurring. That
the following section be, and the same is
b ereby, proposed as an amendment to the
con stitutio Of this State, and if adopted by
the legal ard qualified voters thereof as
herein provided, it shall supersede and stand
in the place aRd instead of section five Of
article four Of said constitution.
Sec 5. After the election for judges as
hel elm before provided, there shall be held in
this State in every fifteenth year thereafter,
on the Tuesday after she first Monday in
November of such year, an election tor judges
as herein provided, and in case Of death,
resignation, removal or disqualification, By
reason OF age or otherwise, of any Judge, the
Governor shall appoint person duly quail
fed TO fll said Office, who shall mold the
same until the next general election for
members OF the General Assembly, when q
successor shall be elected. whose term of
Office shall be the same as hereinbefore pro-
vided, and upon the expiration of the term
OF fifteen ears for which any Judge may be
elected 10 fill a vacancy, an election for his
successor shall take place al the next. general
al IL,
to occur upon or after the expiration OF The
| seid term, and the Governor shall appoint .
person Gully qualified to hold said Office from
| the expiration of such term of fifteen years
until the election and qualification OF his
| successor.
Sec. 2 lind be Il fRrther enacted Jy the Gu-
| thorify aforesaid, That the said foregoing Sec
| ton hereby proposed as an amendmentto the
| constitution shall be, at the next general cl.
| tciion TO e held in this State, submitted 10
| the legal and qualified voters thereof for
| heir adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF
the directions contained in article fourteen of
| the constitution OF this State, a I'd at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment TO the constitution shall be by
| ballot. and upon each ballot there hall be
written or printed the words ''for the con-
sriu,cnal om"n3men,," or "ag inst the
| constitutional amendment" as the voter
| siail elect, and Immediately after said cleo
ton due return shall be made to the Cover
nor OF the vote for and against id proposed
amendment as directed 10y the said FOUR
tenth article o: the constitution.
| Approved April To- 1880.
| Now, therefore, |. WILLIAM T. HAM,
| ILT0N, Governor of tie State of Mary land,
| 10 he ely order that the said act of A ssem-
/ bly, proposing AN amendment to the .consti-
tuition as aforesaid he published in two
newspapers 10 be designated i'll each county,
where 50 many NAV he published and where
| act mole inan one, IL that newspaper. and
in three newspapers published in the CITY OF
Baltimore. Que OF which shall be in the Ger
man language, once II week tor ut least three
months preceding the general election to be
held on The Sih day of November next.
Given under my hand and the great seal
of the State at the ity of Annapolis, this
7lh day OF July. in the year OF our Lord
o ne thousand eight hundred aud eigty-one.
WILLIAM 7. HAMILTON.
By The Governor:
JAS. r. BRISCoE, Sec'y of State.