The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-07-23
Miscellaneous.
STATE OF MARYLAND.
- EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the Constitution Of Maryland, ar
tiele IL, section ]. providing for amendments to
the Constitution. Il Is made the duty Of the Gov
ernor TO order the publication Of any bill pro-
posing amendments rs therein directed.
And whereas the following act of the General
Assembly, passed nj the January session, 1850,
chapter 3l1, proposes an amendment TO the Con-
stitution, 20 wit:
CHA PIER Az.
AN ACT 10 amend section Eve Of article four OF
the Constitution Of this State.
SECTION ]. he IL enacted BY the GsHsrai As.ehi-
by If Maryland, Three 6fths Of all the members
OF the two Houses concurring, that the following
section be aud the same Il hereby PROPOSED as an
amendment TO the constitution of this State. and
u adopted by the legal and qualified voter, thereof
as herein provided, u shalt supcrscic ani stand
in the place aud instead of section i've Of article
four Of said constitution.
SEcrioS }. After the election for judges NJ here
inbefOrc provided. there shall be held In this State
in every fifteenth year thereafter. 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 disquaiiG-
cation, by reason OF age or otherwise ofany judge
the Governor shall appoint person duly quail
lied 10 ill said Office, who shall hold the same
General As,cmbly, when n successor shall Le
elected, whose term of Office shalt be the same as
hereinbefore provided; and upon the expiration
of the term of fifteen years for which any judge
may oe eicctcu 10 nv vacancy, an election Tor
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 Governor shall appoint a person
duly qualified to hold said Office from the expira.
tion Of such term Of fifteen years until tho elcc.
ton and qualification Of his successor.
SEXTON 3. A"d be fyHr,Ler eSac,.d By The aH-
ihori,y ctorssaid. That the said foregoing section
hereby proposed an amendment 10 the consti.
tuition shal be. Mt the next general election To be
held In this State, submitted 10 the legal and
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or re.
lection. In pursuance Of the directions contained
In article fourteen Of the Of State
and ut the said general election the vote on said
proposed amendment 10 the constitution shall be
BY ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
written printed the words "ior the institution.
al amendment" or against the constitutional
amendment" rs the voter shall elect, and imme-
diatcly after said election due return shall be
made TO the Governor Of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, rs directed by the said
fourteenth article Of the constitution.
Approved April 10. 1880.
Now. therefore, I, WILLIAM T. HAMIL.
TON. Governor Of the State Of Maryland, do here.
by order that the said act Of Assembly proposing
an amendment To the Constitution as aforesaid
be published 10 two newspapers TO DO designated
In each county, where so many may be Published
and where not more than one, In that newspaper
aud IN three sssspapsss paLiishsd is abe city oil
Baltimore, one Of which shall DO In the German
language, once o week for at least three month.
preceding the general election 10 be held on the
sth day Of November next.
Given under my hand aud the great seal of the
State at the city of Annapolis. the 9TH day ol
July. In the year % our Lord one thousand eight
hundred aud eighty :one.
JAMES r. BRIscoI. sec'y Of State.
July l6.-3m.