The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-30
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
STATE OF MARYLAND,
- EXECUTIVEDE DEP RTMENT
PROCL4NATION,

Il IGOOL<t w II IIOAfs
Whereas by the Constitution of Maryland
article IA, section |, providing foramendment
to the Constitution, 10 is made the duty of tn,
Governor TO order tive publication OF any bill
proposing amendments as therein directed
And whereas the following act of the Gen
eral Assembly, passed at the January session
1880 chapter ALI, proposes an amendment tC
the Constitution, to-wit:
CHAPTER Az.
SECTION l. Be IL enacted by the General As
sembty of Maryland, Three-fifths of all the
members Of the two Houses concurriDg, that
bhe following section be and the same is here
by proposed as an amendment to the consti-
tuition of this State, and If adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof as herein
provided, 1t shall supersede and stand in the
place andinsteaG of section five OSarticle four
of said constitution.
SEC. 5. After the election for judges as here
inbefore provided, there shall be held in this
State. in every fifteenth year thereafter. on
the Tuesday alter the first Monday in Novem-
Der OF such year, an election for Judges as
herein provided and in case OF death, resig
nation, removal or disq IA ification, by reason
of age or otherwise, OF anv Judge the Cover
nor shall appoint person duly qualified to
fill said office, who shal hold the same until
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 'hereinbefOre provided; and upon the ex-
piration of the term of fifteen years Tor 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 Cover
nor shall appoint a person duly qualified to
hold said office from the expiration of such
term of fifteen years until The election and
qualification of his successor
SEC. 2. 4And be IL further enacted byhte author
IHGfoyesaid, That the said foregoing section
ebyproposed as an amendment to the con-
stitutiO@- shall be, at the next general cleo
ton to be held in this state, submitted to the
legal ard qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection in pursuance of the
directions 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 be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
written the words "lor the constitutional
amendment" or against the constitutional
amendment, as the voter shat elect, and ina.
mediately after said election due retasn sh ali.
be made to the Governor of, the vote for and
againsLsaid.proposed amendment, us direct
ed by tfe said fourteenth article ofthe consti-
tuition.
Approved April 10, 1880
Now. therefore, T. WILLIAM T. HAMIL-
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
many may be published, and where not more
than one, III that newspaper and three news
papers published in the city OF Bal ti1aose one
of which shall be in German Language once
week for ut least three moths preceding the
general election to be held on the SIN day of
November next.
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State at the city of Annapolis, this 9TH
day OF July, in the year of our Lord one thous- |
and eight hundred and eighty-one.
WILIIAatT. HAMILTON.
BY the Governor.
Jas. r. BRISCOE,
Jy is, BIN See'y Of STATE.