Democratic messenger., 1881-10-29
CHAPTER All.
AN ACT to amend section five of article four
Of the Constitution of this State.

AN ACT TO amend section five of article four
OF the Constitution of this State
SECTION l. BE 1t enacted Ly Tie General
AsSsm'j!y Of NoTylond three fifihs Of all the
members OF the two Houses concurring. That
the following section be, and the same is
hereby, proposed as an amendment 10 the
con stiniion Of this State, aud if adopted by
The legal and qualified voters thereof az
herein provided it shall supersede and stand
in the place aud instead of section FIVE of
"rIicle four of said constitution
Sec s. After the election for Judges "a
herein before provided, there shall he held in
this State, in every ifteenth year thereafter,
or the Tuesday after the fist Monday i'm
November OF such year. an election for Judges
~ herein provided, ana in case of death,
resignation removal or disqualification, bv
reason Ol SCe or otherwise. of any Judge the
Governor shall appoint person duly quail
fed 70 Gl said oiiiee, who shall mold the
same until the next general election for
members OF the General Assembly, when II
successor shall be elected whose term of
Office shall he the same as hereinbeiore pro-
vidrd, and upon the expiration Of the term
ot fifteen Years for which any Judge may he
elected 10 fill a vacancy, an election for his
successor shall take place Al the next. general
election for members of the GtSernl Assembly
to occur upon or after The Expiration of the
s"id term. aud .he Governor shall appoint u
person uly qualified TO hold said cffice from
tie expiration OF such term of fifteen wears
until the election and qualification OF his
successor.
Sec. . and b. II furfhe.- enacted Jy the du-
HoTity aforesaid That the said foregoing Sec
ton hereb! proposed as an amendment to the
cons stiiuiion shall be, al the next general el.
rcIion Ia be held in this State, submitted to
the legal aud qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection, in pursuance of
the directions contained in article fourteen Of
the constitution Of this State Il I'd at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment to tile constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there hall be
written or printed the words ''for the con-
situ,i nal Nm-u imeni," or ''as,inst the
corSiiiu ipnnl amendment" as the voter
shall elect. aud immediately after sIid el &C.
iiOA due rrIurn sh,l he IN ,de to the Cover
nor ot the vote for aud against ID proposed
amendment directed by the said four =
tCerth article O" the constitution.
Approved April 10. 1880.
Now, therefore. l. WILLIAM T. HAM
lLTON. Governor 0! Ike State of Maryland,
do hereby order that the said act of ssem-
blA proposing amendment TO the const-
tuliun as aforesaid he published in two
newspapers to be designated IN each county,
where 20 many mas he published, and where
net more ,.ian one, in That uewsp per. and
in three new papers published in tie city OF
BaiiIWore, one Of wh hlch shall be in The Ger
man language, or week ior 1T least three
months preceding the general election To be
held on the Sih d,y # November next.
Given under my hand and the great seal
of the S;air at the { ily OF Annapolis, this
7ih day OF July, in the year OF our Lord
. ne thousand light hundred and eigty-onc.
WILLIAM I. HAMILTON.
BY ihe Goyei nor:
JAS. 7. DRlSCOE, Sec'y Of State.