Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-11-03
Election Notice.

NJ Office is hereby given to the Judges
~ of Election and to the voters of
Frederick county, that an Election will be
held and take place in the several Election
Districts of Frederick county, Maryland,
On TUESDA Y, November 8h, 1881.
for Comptroller of the Treasury of the
State of Maryland, for Chief Judge of
the Sixth judicial Circuit of the State of
Maryland. for five delegates to represent
Frederick county in the next General AS
sembly of MARYLAND, for five County Com.
missioners OF Frederick county, for Shcr-
tf of Frederick county, and for Surveyor
of Frederick county.
Voters will also cast their ballots For
the Constitutional Amendment or "A,
gainst the Constitutional Amendment,' in
accordance with the following Act of the
General Assembly. passed NJ January Ses
sion. 1880, for amending the Constitution
of the State
CHAPTER AIT.
AN ACT to amend section five Of article
four of the Constitution of this State:
SEC. |. BE 1t en0cted By he General As
scmbly Of Naryhnd, rcc.tifrhs of all the
members of the two Houses concurring,
that the following section be and The same
the Constitution of this State, and it adop
ted by the legal and qualified voters there.
of as herein provided, it shall superccde
and stand in the place and instead of sec
ton five of Article four of said Constitu
ton
SEC. 5. After the election for Judges rs
hcreinbefore provided, there shall be held
in this State IN every fifteenth year there,
after, on the Tuesday after the tlr,t Monday
in November OF such year, an election for
Judges as herein provided; and in case OF
death, resignation, removal or disqnaIltica-
ton. by reason of aye or otherwise, OF any
Judge, the Governor shall appoint "A person
duly qualified to fill said office, who shall
hold the same until the next general elec-
llon for members Of the eGcnclal Assembly,
when succ, ssor shall be elected, whose
term of office shall be the same rs hcrelnbc.
fore provided; aud upon the expiration OF
the term nt fifteen years tor which anN Judge
may be elected to fill a vacancy, al election
for his successor shall take p ace at the
next general election for members of ,heI
General Assembly to occur upon or after
the expiration OF the said term: and the
Governor shall appoint person duly qna
ited to hold said office from the cXpiiation'
of such term OF fifteen years until the elec
ton and qualification of his successor
SEC. 2. md be It further enacted 6y the
authoJity dt0rrujd, That the said torrgo-
ing section herehJ proposed as an amend
nent To the Constitution shall be-, at the
next general election to be held in this
State, submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or rejrc
ton, in pursuance of the directions con
lained in article fourteen Of the Constitu
ton ofihis State; and at the said general
election the vote on said proposed amend.
mcnt to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed the words "fnr the constitutions
amendmcnt,' or against the constitutional
amendment as the voter shall elect; aud
mmcdAl ly 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 Constitution.
Approved April 10, 1890
JOSEPH ). b lARTSOCX,