Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-07-29
ROCKVILLE MARYLAND FRIDAY
o f. ETC IAL
CTATE OF MARYLAND, 1906
~ Executive Department.
pRnCLAMATInN

ilON.
Whereas by the Constitution OF Maryland,
Article IA, section |, providing for amend
ments to the Constitution, II is made the duty
Of the Governor To order the publication Of
any bill proposing amendments as therein d.
rected
And whereas the following act OF the Gen.
eral Assembly, passed at the January Session,
1880, chapter All, proposes an amendment to
the Constitution, to-wit
CHAPTER All.
SECTION /. BE IL enacted Jy the General As
sen6ty Of Maryland, Three-fifths 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, as herein provided, 1t shall super-
sede and stand In the place and instead OF Sec
ton five OF article four of said Consultation
SEC o. Amer the election for judges as hare
inbefore provided, there shall be heid IN this
State, in every fifteenth year thereafl fer, on the
Tuesday after the first Monday in November
OF such year, aI 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 qualified to Gil said
Office, who shall hold the same until the next
general election for members Of the General
Assembly, when successor shall be elected
whose term of office shall be the same as here
inbelore provided; and upon the expiration
OF the term of fifteen years for which any
Judge may be elected to fill II vacancy, an cleo
ton for his successor shall take place ut the
next general election for members OF the Gem
eral Assembly TO occur up0n or after the ex-
pirntion OF the said term and the Governor
shall appoint person duly qualified to hold
SuiH nil E,,,,
fifteen years until the election aud quali6cn-
lion OF his successor
SEU. 2. Anm be IL further enacted bv The an.
Moruy aforesaid, That the said foregoing Sec
ton hereby proposed as an amendment 10 tho
Constitution shall be, at the next general elec-
ton to be held in this State, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF the di-
rtctions contained in article fourteen OF the
Constitution Of this State and at the said gen
ernl election The vote on said proposed amend
men, Ia "a" Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written or
printed the words, "For the constitutional
amendnrnl ur Against the constitutional
amendncuii H. the voter shall elect, and i'm.
mednt"p ~ 81 said election due return shall be
made u" II" Governor Of the vote for and
against snid proposed amendment, as directed
~ 'ht bfih uTllCle Oh tie GOnStl-
tuition
Approved April TO- 1880.
Now, therefore, /, WILLIAM T. HAMII,-
TON, GOv'iuur OF the State Of Maryland, do
hereby order that The said Act of Assembly
proposing 81 amendment to the Constitution
as afor, SAID be- published in two newspapers
to be DISCOUNTED IN each county, where so
many M, nr Published aud where not more
than one. n that newspaper, and in three
newsP"lHts rnhlisheI in the city OF baltimore
one Ui "hl'h shall be in the German Ian
gurge, once week for Al 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.