The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-10-02
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
STATE OF MARYLAND.

"A
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
WHEARAs, Section one of article fourt en-
of the Constitution of Maryland makes it the
duty ofthe Governor TO order the publication
in certain newspapers to be designated by
him, OF any Bill or Bills, passed proposing
any amendment to the said Constitution.
And whereas at the January session 1890 OF
the General Assembly of Maryland six sep
arate Bills were passed proposing that num-
Der of amendments to the Constitution; which
several amendments are described as follows:
Chapter 1874 which for convenience or de-
scription hereby designate as amendment
number one Chapter 1885, designated as
amendment number two; Chapter 2I2, desig-
mated as amendment number three CHAPTER
255. designated as amendment number four !:
Chapter 1852. designated as amendment num-
ber five and Chapter 426, designated as amend
ment number six.
All which proposed amendments follow in
the order described, to wit:
NUMBERl
CHAPTER 1874.
= AN ACT to amend section seventeen, of arti-
Gle two0fths sconstitntions of this State.s--.
SECTION |. Be ii enacted by The General as
sembly Of Maryland, Three -fifths of all the
members of the two Houses cOncurring, that
the following section be and the same is here
by proposed as an amendment to the conSti-
tuition of this State, and if adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereofaS herein
provided it shall supercede and stand in the
place and instead of section seventeen Orarti-
Gle two OF Said constitution.
SECTION II. TO guard against hasty or par
tial legislation, and encroachments or the
Legislative department upon the coordinate
Evecuuve and Judicial departments, every
bill which shall have passed the House Of
Delegates and the Senate shall before IT be-
comes law. be presented to the Governor of
the State; if he approve he shall sign it; but
if not he shall return it, with his objections
to the House i'll which ii originated, which
house shall enter the objections at large on
its journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill,;
if after such reconsideration. three-fifthS OF
npmbR'S elected that HOnSp shall
the bill il shall be sent with the objections to
the other House, by which it shall likewise
be reeonsidered and if it passed by three
fifths of the members elected to that House,
it shall become a law, but in all such cases
the votes ofboth 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 jOurnn Of each House reSpec.
lively, ifany bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within six days Sunday eXcepted)
after it shall have been presented to bin, the
same shall be a law in like manner aS if he
had signed il; unless the General Assembly
shall by adjournment prevent its return, in
which case 1t shall not be Il law, the Governor
shall have power to disapprove ofany item
or items ofany bills making appropriations
ofmoney. 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 repaSSed ac-
cordng to the rules of limitation prescribed
for the passage of other bills over the eXecu-
SECTION 9. And be IL further e1tuctcd bY the
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution sha!! be ct the next gem
eral election held in this State, submitted to
the legal and qualified voter thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the 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 "for the consti
tIltinnnl amendment pOnStl.
tutional amendment as the voter shall elect,
and Immediately after said election due re-
turn shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said fourteenth arti-
Gle OF the constitution.
Approved March 9th, Is;w.
We hereby certify, That the aforegong is II
correct copy ofan act of the General Assem-
biy of Maryland. passed January session, 1890.
w. q. PURNELL,
Secretary OF the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER.
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.