The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-14
| PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
STATE OF MARYLAND

ENECUTINE DEPARTMENT.
WHEARAs, Section one of article Iourt. en-
OF the Constitution of Maryland malSeS il the
duty of the Governor to order the publication
IN certain newspapers to be designated hV
him, of any Bill or Bills. passed proposing
any amendment to the said Constitution.
And whereas at the January session lSgO of
the General Assembly of Maryland six sep
arate Bills were passed proposing that num-
Der ofamendmentS to the Constitution; which
several amendments are described rs follows:
sChapter .l9i which for convenience or de-
scriptiOn. hereby designate Us amendment
number one Chapter 1875 designated aS
Iamendment number two; Chapter ~ dcSig-
mated as amendment number three: CHAPTER
30. designated as amendment number four:
chapter 362, designated as amendment num-
Der five and Chapter i26, designated as amend
ment number six.
N All which proposed amendments follow in
the order described to wit:
NUMBERl
SsseCE a PTEIl 1914. .ss.s..~,- 5s-sE-s- ..
AN ACT to amend section seventeen. ofarti-
Gle two of the constitution OF this State
SECTION l. BE il eHdctcd bY he General is
SenlOiB Of MdTYiuHd, Three-ffthS of all the
members of the two Houses cOncurriug that
the following section he and the same is hrre-
by proposed as an amendment to the conSti-
tuition of this State, and If adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thcroufuS herein
provided, it shall supcrccde and stand in the
place and instead of section seventeen orarti-
Gle two OF said constitution.
SECTION II. To guard against haSty or par
tlal legislation, and cncrOachmcnts or the
Legislative department upon the co ordinate
Executive and Judicial departments every
bill which shall have passed the House Of
Delegates and the Senate shall before II be-
comes Il law. be presented to the Governor of
the state; if he approve he shall sign il !; but
If not he shall return it, with his objections
to the House in which it originated, which
house shall enter the objections at large on
its journal, and proceed To reconsider the bill:
If after such reconsideration, thrce-tifthS OF
the members elected tothat House shall pass
the bill il shall be sent with the objections to
the other House, by which ii shall likewise
be recOnsidered, and if it passed by three
tifthS of the members elected to that House
it shall become a law, but in all such cases
the votes of both Houses shall be determined
by yeas and nays, and the names of the per
sons voting for and against the bill Shall be
entered on the journal # each House rcSpec-
lively, ifany bill shall nOy be returned bythc
Governor within six days SUNDAY excepted
after ii shall have been presented to him, the
same shall be 4 law in like manner as if he
had signed il; unless the General Assembly
snail, by adjournment prevent its return, in
which case 1t shall not be law, the Governor
Shall have power to diSapprove otany item
or items oiany bills making appropriations
OF money. embracing distinct items, and the
part or parts of the bill approved shall be the
law, and the item or items of appropriations
diSapprOved shall be void unless rcpaSSrd ac-
cOrding to the rules of limitation prescribed
for the passage OF other bills over The CXucu-
tive veto.
SECTToN2. And be H.f,utbcr caactrG by tie
0UfdOrHY sIfOreSuid, That the said foregoing
5 ction hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution shall be at the next gem
eral election hcldin this state. submitted 20
the legal and qualified voter thereof ior their
adoption or rejection. in pursuance of tn" di-
rections contained in article fourteen of the
constitution Of the 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 or printed the words ''f0r the cunSti-
tutional amendment or against the conSti.