Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-08-19

OF FL IAL.
SyTATE OF MARYLAND,
~ Executive Department
PROCLAMATION.

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Whereas by the Constitution Of Maryland,
Article IA, section |, providing for amend
mcnts 0the Constitution, II Is made tho duty
OF tho Governor to order the publication OF
any bill proposing amendments as therein d.
rcc,ed.
And whereas the following act OF the Gen.
eral Assembly, passed at the January Session,
1880, chapter AT, proposes an amendment TO
the Constitution, to-wt;
CHAPTER All.
| SECTION !. BE IL enacted 5y tie General As
semJiy Of Maryland, Three-fifths OF all the
members concurring, that the following sec
lion be aud the same Is hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution OF this State,
and u adopted by the legal and qualified vot-
ers thereof as herein provided II shall super
sede and stand in tho place and instead OF sec-
ton five OF article four OF said Constitut ton
SIC. 0. After the election for judges as here
inbetore provided, there shall be held Ia this
State, In every fifteenth year tbereafe on the
Tuesday after the first Monday In November
of such year, AN election for Judges as herein
provided and in case of death, resignation,
removal or disqualification, by reason Of age
or otherwise, OF any Judge, the Governor shal
appoint person duly qualified TO fll said
Office. who shall hold the same until the next
general election Tor members Of the General
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whose term OF Office shall be- the same rs here
inbeiore provided; and upon the expiration
OF the term OF fifteen years Tor which any
| Judge may be elected 10 Gil "A vacancy, an cleo
ton for his successor shall take place AT the
next general election for members OF the Cen
oral Assembly 10 occur upon or after the ex-
pirntion Of the said term and the Governor
shall appoint person duly qualified TO hold
said office from the 6, pindlon Of such term or
fifteen years until the election and qualities
lion Of his successor
SIC, o. Apid be Il further enoeted By ne ap-
Mority aforesaid, That the said foregoing sec
ton hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution shall be, nj the next general cleo
tion 10 be held In this State, submitted 10 the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, Ia pursuance OF the d.
rections contained IN article fourteen OF the
Constitution of this State and az The said gen
ernl election the vote on said proposed auend1s
mcni 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 rs the voter shall elect, and i'm
mediatcly after said election due return shall be
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as directed
by the said fourteenth article OF the Consii-
tuition
Approved April 10, 1880.
Now, therefore, /, WILLIAM T. HAMlI.-
TON, Governor Of the State VI Mary land, do
hereby order that the said Act OF Assembly
proposing nm amendment TO the Constitution
as aforesaid be published ia 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 Lam
gaagc, once n 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 Stale at the city Of Annapolis, this It'll day
Of July, in the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.
WILLIAM T. HAMILTON. -
BY the Governor:
JAMES T. BRISCoE,
july l5-3m Secretary Of State.