Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-09-03
Proclamation BY the Governor
STATE OF MARYLAND.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

WHEKEAS, section one OF article fourteen
ofthe Constitution Of Maryland makes Il the
duty OF the Governor 70 order the publication
IL certain newspapers TO be designated BY him.
ofany Bill, or Bills, passed proposing auv
amendment 10 the said Constitution
And whereas at the January session 1850 Of
the General Assembly Of Maryland six separ-
ate Bills were passed proposing that number
OF amendments to the Constitution; which
several amendments are described rs follows:
Chapter 1e4 which, for convenience Of de-
scription, hereby designate as amendment
number one; Chapter 1876, designated as
amendment number two; Chapter 242, des;g.
mated as amendment number three; Chapter
255, designated as amendment number four;
chapter 562; designated m amendment num-
Der I'VE; and Chapter 426, designated 90
amendment number six.
All which proposed amendments follow in
the order described. to wit:
NUMBER 1.
CHAPTER 1914
AN ACT 20 amend section seventeen. Of axti.
Gle two Of the constitution Of this State.
SgcToE /. Be Il enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, Three-ffths Of all the
members Of the two Houses coneurring, that
the following section be and the same is here
By proposed as an amendment to the constitu.
ton Of this State, and IL adopted by the legal
and qualified voters thereof as herein proyid.
and instead Of section seventeen Of article two
OF said constitution.
SECTIos IL. To guard against hasty or
partial legislation, and encroachments Of the
Legislative Department upon the coordinate,
Executive and judicial departments, every bill
which shall have passed the House Of Dele
gates and the Senate, shall before II becomes
law, be presented TO the Governor of the
State; II he approve, he shall sign IL; but If
not he shall return it, with his objections, 10
the Housein which 1t originated, which House
shall enter the objections at large on its jour-
ma, and proceed TO reconsider the bill; If after
such reconsideration, three-fifths Of the MEM
bers elected 10 that House shall pass the bill,
u shall be sent With the objections tothe other
House, BY which il shall likewise be reconsid-
cred, and II passed by three-fifths of the men,
oers elected to that House, IL shall become .
law, but IN all such cases the votes OF both
Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and names Ofthe 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 exeeptedl after il shall have been
presented TO hiEl, the same shall be law in
like manner as if he signed il; unless the Gen
eral Assembly shall, by adjournment prevent
ats return, in which case il shall not be a lew
the Governor shall have power 70 disapproye
OF any item or items of any bills making ap-
preparations of money, embracing distinct
Items, and the part or parts OF the bill approved
shall be the law, and item or items or appro-
pTiabons dtsapproved shall be void unless re-
passed according 10 the rules or limitations
prescribed for the passage of other bills over
the executive veto.
SECTION 2. And be IL further enacted by
the authority GJOreSdid, That the said forego.
ing section hereby proposed as an amendment
TO the Constitution shall be at the next gem
eral election held in this State, submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance Of the d.
Tections contained in article fourteen of the
constitution ofthis State, and at the said gem
eral election the vote on said proposed amend
ment TO the constitution shalt be by ballot.
and upon each ballot there shall be written or
printed the words "for the constitutional
amendment" or against the constitutional
amendment" rs the voter shall elect, and i'm.
mediately after said election due return shall
be made to the Governor or the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as directed
by the said fourteenth article of the cOnstitu-
ton.
Approved March 9th. 1890.
We hereby certify, That the aforercing in q
correct copy Of an act Of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland, passed January session, 1880.
w. @. PURNELL,
Secretary Of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER.
Chief Clerk Of the House Of Delegates.