Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-21
Proclamation bvtheGOVeInOr
State of Maryland,
Executive nenartment

EAESubANO DC POI bhAC-~s
wuKRsAs. Section one Of article fourteen Of
the Constitution Of Maryland makes II the duty
Of the Governor TO order the publication IN GER
tain newspapers 10 hedesignated by him, OF any
Bill, or Bills, passed proposing any amendment
to the 81 id Constitution.
And whereas ut the January session l-s0 OF the
General Assembly Of Maryland six separate
Bills were passed proposing that number Of
amendments TO the Constitution; which several
amendments are described as follows;
Chapter 1874 which, for convenience Of descTip-
ton, hereby designa.e as amendment number
one, chapter l9j, designated rs amendment num-
Der tw o; chapter 2I2, designated as amendment
number three; chapter 255, designa ted as amend
ment number four; chapter ;B2, designated as
amendment number five. and chapter 426, des-
ignated rs amendment number siN
All which proposed amendments follow IN the
order described, to wit:
NUNBER
AN ACT to amend section seventeen, Of article
two Of the constitution of this State.
SECTION J. BE u enacted BIZ the General Asssmbtg
of Haryidnd, Three-ffths Of all the members OF
the twQ Houses concurring. that the following
section be and the same Is hereby proposed as
an amendment TO the constitution OF this State,
and II adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided, it shall supersede
and stand in the place and instead OF section
seventeen Of article two of said constitution,
Sec. II. To guard against hasty or partial leg
islatiOn, and encroachments Of the Legislative
department upon the coordinate, Executive
and judicial departments. every bill which shall
have passed the House of Delegates and the SEN
/ ate. shall before 1t becomes law, be presented
to the Governor Of the State " he approve, he
shall sign IL; but II not he shall return II, with
his objections, to the House in which II origina
ted, which house shall enter the objections al
/ large on its journal, and proceed TO reconsider
the bill; If after such reconsideration, three
ifths Of the members elected TO that House shall
pass the bill, st shall be sent with the objections
| to the other House, by which il shall likewise
| be rrconsidsred. and il passed by threefifths Of
/ the members elected to that House, il shall be
/ come law, but in all such cases the votes oil
/ both Houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of the persons voting FOL
and against the bill shall be entered on the jour
nal Of each House respectively, II any bill shall
not be returned by the Governor within SIX
days Sundays exeeptedl after IL shall have
been presented to him, the same shall be a.
| in lik. manner as IL he signed II; unless the Gen
eral Assembly shall, by adjournment prevent
| Its return; In which case IL shall not be law
! the Governor shall have power to disapproye Of
any item or items of any bills making apprOpri
atoms Of money, embracing distinct items, and
the part or parts of the bill approved shall be tn,
law, and the item or items OF appropriation,
| disapproyed shall be void unless repassed &C
| cording to the rules or limitations prescribed
for the passage Of other bills over the executive
veto
Sec 2 And be II further enacted By The authority
aforesaid That the said foregoing section here
| byprOposed asanamendmenttoth The Constitution
shall be at the next general election held IN thi
State, submitted to the legal and qual11ed Vo
tiers thereof for their adoption or rejection, IL
pursuance of the directions contained IN artcl'
fourteen of the constitution of this State, ant
at the said general election the vote on sac
proposed amendment to the constitution shal
| BE- BY ballot, and upon each ballot there shal
be written or printed the words "for the consti
i tutional amendment" or against the constitu
i tional amendment MS the voter shall elect, ant
| Immediately after said election due return shall
be made to the Governor of the vote for anC
against said proposed amendment as directed
by the said fourteenth article OF the constitution
| Approved March 27tb, 1870.
| We hereby certify, That the afor going Is
correct copy of an act of the General ASsembl!
of Maryland, passed January session. lssO.
| VIC. PURNELI.
| Secretary of the Senate
cARSTON SNAPPER.
| Chief Clerk ofthe House Of Delegates