Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-09-02
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rTATE OF MARYLAND,
, Executive Department.
PROCLAMATION.


Whereas by The Constitution OF Maryland,
Article Ia, section providing for amend
ments to the Constitution, 1t is made the duty
Of the Governor to order the publication of
any bill proposing amendments as therein d.
rected. WA
And whereas the following act OF the Cen
era Assembly, passed at the January Session,
1880, chapter AIT, proposes an amendment 10
the Constitution, to-wit.
CHAPTER AT.
SrcrIos /. BE IL enacted By The General As
semJiy Of Maryland, Three-fifihs OF all the
members concurring that the following Sec
ton be and the same Is hereby proposed rs an
amendment TO the Constitution OF this State,
and II adopted by the legal and qualified vot-
ers thereof MS herein provided, II shall super
sede and stand in the place and instead Of Sec
ton five OF article four Of said Constitution
SEC. g.. After the election for judges ~ here
inbefore provided there shall be held In this
State, in every fifteenth year therea fter on the
Tuesday after the first Monday in November
OF such year, an election for judges rs herein
provided and In case OF death, resignation,
removal or disqualification, by reason OF age
or otherwise, ofany judge, the Governor shall
appoint person duly qualified to ill said
Office, who shall hold the same until the next
general election for members Of the General
Assembly, when u successor shall be elected,
whose term Of office shall be the same as here
inbefore provided; and upon the expiration
of the term of fifteen years for which any
judge may be elected TO ill u vacancy, AN cleo
ton for his successor shall take place at the
next general election for members OF the Gen
eral Assembly 10 occur upon or after the ex-
piration OF the said term and the Governor
shall appoint person duly qualified to hold
said Office from the expiration Of such term of
fifteen years until the election and quAlifca-
lion of his successor
SEo. 2. And be IL further enacted by tie au-
horify aforesaid, That the said foregoing Sec
ton hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution shall be- at the next general cleo
ton to be held in this State, submitted 10 the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF the d.
rections contained in article fourteen OF the
Constitution of this State and at the said gen
eral election the vote on said proposed amend
ment TO the Constitution 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.
medately after said election due return shall be
made TO the Governor Of the vote for and
agains, said proposed amendment, ms directed
by the said fourteenth article OF the Consti-
tuition
Approved April 10, 1890
Now, therefore, |, WILLIAM T. HAMIL-
TON, Governor Of the State OF Mary land, do
hereby order that the said Act OF Assembly
proposing nm amendment to the Constitution
as aforesaid be published in two newspapers
to 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 be In the German Ian
Ruage, once 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
of July, in the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty -one.
WILLIAM T. HAMILTON.
BY the Governor:
JAMES r. BRISCOE,
july l5-3m Secretary of State.