Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-08-12
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CHAPTER All.
AN ACT to amend section FIVE Of article 70 III
of the Constitution of this State.
SECroN |. BE a eRGcted dy lie GtHtrIi ASSEM-
big Of Hdryl4Hd, Threc-hiths of all the mem
hers of the two Houses cuncurring, that the fol-
, lowing section he am, the same is hereby pro-
posed rs an amendment 10 the constitution Of
jhiS State and il adopted by the legal aud
qualified voters thereof as herein provided, il
shall supelSede aud stand in the place and
instead OF section five OF article four of said CON
stitution.
SEC. ). After the election for judges as here
inhetoie provid i there shall be held in this
State, in every fifteenth wear thereafter, on the
Tue sd Az after The first Mouiav in November OF
such year. IN election for Judges as herein
provided and in c.iSr OF death, resignation,
removal or dl,quhti.ntion,. by reason ofage or
otherw Use, OF any Judge, the Governor shall
appoint person duly qualified to fill said Of
nee, who shall hold the same until the next
general election for members OF the General
Assembly when i successor shall he elected
whose term OF office shall be the same as here
inbcfure provided; and upon tho expiration
OF the term OF fifteen years for which any Judge
may he elected 10 ill vacancy, an election for
his success shall take place at the next general
election for members of the General Assembly
10 occur upon or after the expiration Of the
said term and the Governor shall appoint d
person duly qualified 10 hold said Office from
the expiration OF such term OF fifteen years
satU the election and qualification OF his success
sor.
SIC = Ind be Il .ttrtAcr enacted BY he
astlyrRy a forssd.d That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment 10
the constitution shall be, at the next general
election to be held in this State. submitted TO
a.. 4 I N,rt hair
adoption or rejection in pursuance OF the direC-
lions conIaiued in article fourteen Of the con-
s;iIuiion OF this State; and Al the said general
election the vote on said proposed amendment
ITO the constitution shall DC by ballot, aud upon
each ballot here shall be written or printed
the ords for the constitutional amendment,
or against the constitutional amendment,
as the voters shall elect, aud Immediately after
said election due return shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment. as directed by the said four
teen article OF the constitution.
Approved April 10. 1850.
Now, therefore |, WILLIAM T. HAMILTON.
Governor of the State Of Maryland, DO hereby
orier that the said act of Assembly proPosing
an amedm to the Constitution as aforesaid
De published 10 two new spapers 10 be desi Entt-
- IA each county y here 50 many may he pub
Nshed, ami whrre not more than one, in that
newspaper aud in three newspapers published in
toe city OF Baltimore, one Of which shall lie in
the German language, once a week for at least
three months preceding the general election TO
be held on the ssh DAY OF November next.
Given gnicr mr. hand and the great seal az
the State 81 the city Of Annapolis. this 5th day
al JuIv, in the YEAR Of our Lord one thousand
Il shg hundred and tishty-ope.
WILLIAM 7. HAMILTON.
b. the Governor
JAS. 7. BgiSCnE. Sex ofS3ate.
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