The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-31
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR
STATE OF MARYLAND.


EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
WHEARAs. Section one OF article Iourtf eI
OF the Constitution OF Maryland makes it TIL,
M. i . or Ian any Bill or Bills. passed proposing
ANY amendment to the said Constitution.
And whereas at the January session 1890 o.
the General Assembly of Maryland six sep
arate Bills were passed proposing that mum.
Der erofamendments TO the eConstitution;which
several amendments are described as follows:
Chapter 1874 which for convenience or de.
scriptiOn. hereby designate as amendment
number one Chapter 1875. designated as
amendment number two; Chapter 242. desig
mated as amendment number three Chapter
2l5. designated as amendment number four
Chapter 362. designated as amendment num-
Der five. and Chapter 49s. designated as amend
All which proposed amendments follow in
the order described. to wit:
NUMBRRI
CHAPTER 1914.
AN ACT TO amend section seventeen. efarti-
Gle two OF the constitution OF this State.
SECTION !. Be IL enacted by the General AZ
ses'bty o. Mdrphaad, Thres.nfths Of all the
members OF the two Houses cOncurring, that
the following section be and the same is here.
tuition Of this State, and if8dopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof as herein
provided, 1t shall suDsrcede and stand in the
place and instead OF section seventeen or arti-
Gle two OF said constitution.
SECTION IL. To guard against hasty or par
tial legislation, and encroachments or the
Legislative Department upon the coordinate
Executive and Judicial departments. every
BILL which shall have passed the House of
Delegates ana the Senate. shall before ii be-
comes law. be presented to the Governor OF
IL not he shall return 1t. with his objections.
to the House in which II originated, which
house shall enter the objections at large on
IT'S journal. and proceed TO reconsider the sill::
II after such reconsideration, thrse.fifths Of
the members elected to that House shall pass
the bill. II shall be sent with the objections TO
the other House. by which 1t shall likewise
hfths of the members elected to that House,
1t shall become q law, but IN all such cases
the votes of both Houses shall be determined
sons voting for and against the bill shall be
entered on the journal of each House respec
lively, Nany bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within 81 days Sunday sexcepted)
after 1t shall have been presented to him, the
same shall be law in like manner as II he
had signed IL; unless the General Assembly
shall. by adjournment prevent Its return, in
which case 1t shalt not be law, the Governor
shall have power to disapprove of any item
or items OF any 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-
cordiRg to the rules Of Limitation prescribed
for the passage Of other bills over the execu-
tive veto.
SECTION 2. And b.. .it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution shall be at the next gen.
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 tho 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 consti-
tutional amendment as the voier 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 27th, 1890.
We hereby certify. That the aforeSoing is q
correct copy of an act of the General Assem-
by of Maryland. passed January session, 1890.
w. G, PURNELL,
secretary OF the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.