The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-24
BY THE
E1hO0nA"1. GOVERNOR.
STATE OF MARYLAND,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

WurerAs. Section one of article fourteen
&c ,ba Constitution of Maryland makes 1t the
J,,tv Of the Governor to order the publca,,
,;on in certain newspapers to be designated
Inv him. of any Bill, or Bills, passed ProPoS'
mo any amendment to the said CONSTITUTION;
And whereas at the January session 1851
IF The General Assembly Of Maryland SIX
senarate Bills were passed proposing tia'
nImber of amendments to the CONSTITUTIONS
which several amendments are described as
Chapter 1874 which, for convenience OF de-
scription, hereby designate as amendment
number one; Chapter 1876, designated as
amendment number two; Chapter az, deslg-
mated as amendment number three, Chapter
255. designated as amendment number louri
Chapter 1862, designated as amendment
number FIVE, and Chapter 426, designated rs
amendment number SIX.
All which proposed amendments ioiio" Ill
the order described, to wit:
NUMBER l.
CHAPTER 1874.
AN ACT to amend section seventeen, OF
article two of the constitution OF lhis
State.
SECTION l. BE it enacted By the General
assembly Of Maryland, Three-htths OF all
that the following section be and the same IS
hereby proposed as an amendment to the
constitution of this State, and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof as here
in provided, it shall supersede and stand IN
the place and instead of section seventeen OF
article two of said constitution.
SECTION II. To guard against hasty or
partial legislation, and encroachments OF the
Legislative Department upon the CO. coordinate,
Executive and Judicial departments, every
bill which shall have passed the House OF
Delegates and the Senate, shall before 1t be-
comes a law, be presented to the Governor
of the State; if he approve, he shall sign 1t !;
but if not he shall return it, with his o1Jec'
tons, to the House in which 1t originated;
which House shall enter the objections at
large on its journal, and proceed to recon
slider the bill; if after such reconsideration,
three-ffths of the members elected to that
House shall pass the bill, it shall be sent with
the objections to the other House, by which
it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if pass
ed by three-ffths of the members elected to
that House, it shall become law, but in all
such cases the votes of both Honses shall be
determined by yeas and nays, and the names
of the persons voting for and against the bill
shall be entered on the journal of each
House respectively; if any bill shall not be
returned by the Governor within six days
Sundays excepted) after it shall have been
presented to him, the same shall be law in
like manner as if he signed it; unless the
General Assembly shall, by adjournment.
prevent its return, in which case it shall not
be Il law, the Governor shall have power to
disapprove of any item or items of any 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 repassed according to the rules
of limitations prescribed for the passage of
other bills over the executive veto.
SECTION =. and be il further enacted By
tile authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution shall be at the next
general election held in this State, submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF
the directions contained in article fourteen of
the constitution of this 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-
tutional amendment or against the con-
stitutional amendment as the voter shall
elect, and Immediately 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 March 9th, 1890.
We hereby certify, That the aforegoing is
a correct copy of an act of the General As
sembly of Maryland, passed January session,
1890. w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.