Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-07-25
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
STATE OF MARYLAND.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

WHEREAS. Section one Of article four
teen of the Constitution OF Maryland
makes Il the duty OF the Governor 20 order
the publication in certain newspapers 70
be designated by him. Of any Bill. or Bills
passed proposing any amendment to the
said Constitution.
And whereas. az the January session
1890 of the General Assembly of Mary
land six separate Bills were passed pro
posing that number Of amendments 70
the Constitution which several amend
ments are described as follows
Chapter 1874. which, for convenience Of
description, hereby designate as amend
mend number one Chapter 1876, desig.
mated as amendment number two Chap.
ter 242, designated as amendment number
three Chapter 255, designated as amend
ment number four Chapter 1862, desig-
mated as amendment number five, and
Chapter 1926 designated as amendment
number six.
All which proposed amendments follow
in the order described, to'wit;
NUMBER l.
CHAPTER 1874.
AN ACT 10 amend section seventeen, of
article two of the constitution Of this
State.
SECTION /. BE Il enacted by he General
assembly If Maryland Three-fifths of
all the members of the two Houses con
curing, that the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an amend
ment TO the constitution of this State. and
il adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided, IL shall super
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section seventeen of article two of said
constitution.
SECTION IL. To guard against hasty or
partial legislation, and encroachments of
the Legislative Department upon the CO.
ordinate, Executive and Judicial depart
ments. every bin which shall have passed
the House of Delegates and the Senate,
shall before Ii becomes a law, be present
ed TO the Governor of the State II he ap.
prove, he shall sign IL but If not he shall
return IL, with his objections, 10 the House
in which II originated, which house shall
enter the objection ut large on its journal,
and proceed To reconsider the bill IL
after such reconsideration, three flfths of
the members elected To that House shall
pass the bill, IL shall be sent with the OBJ
jections TO the other House. by which IL
shall likewise be reconsidered, and II
passed by threc-fifths of the members
elected 10 that House, IL shall become n
law, but i'm all such cases the votes OF
both Houses 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 res
pectively, If any bill shall not be returned
by the Gogernor within six days (Sundays
excepted) after IL shall have been pre-
scented TO him, the same shall be law
in like manner as If he signed IL unless
the General Assembly shall. by adjourn.
ment prevent its return, In which case Il
shall not be 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 APP
preparations disapproved shall be void
unless repassed according 10 the rules or
limitations prescribed for the passage of
other bills over the executive veto.
SECTION 2. Aud be d further enacted 6y
The authority aforesaid, That the said
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment 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 reicc-
tion, in pursuance of the directions con.
tanned in article fourteen of the consttu.
ton of this State, and at the said general
election the vote on said proposed amend.
ment to the constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be writ
ten 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 four
teenth article of the constitution.
Approved March 27th. 1890.
We hereby certify, That the aforegoing
is a correct copy of an act of the General
Assembly Of Maryland, passed January
session, 1890.
w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER.