Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-08-01
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 TO 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. at the January session
1890 of the General Assembly of Mary
land six separate Bills were passed pro
Dosing thai number of amendments 10
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 ly5, deslg-
mated as amendment number two; Chap
ter 242. designated as amendment number
three Chapter 90, designated as amend
ment number four; Chapter 362, desig-
mated as amendment number five, and
Chapter 426, designated as amendment
number six.
All which proposed amendments follow
i'm the order described, TO wit
NUMBER /.
CHAPTER 1874
AN ACT TO amend section seventeen, OF
article two of the constitution OF this
State.
SECTION l. BE Il enacted By The General
| assembly Of 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
| if adopted by the legal and qualified voters
| thereof as herein provided, IL shall super
sede and stand in the place and instead OF
| section seventeen of article two of said
| constitution.
SECTION IL. To guard against hasty OF
| partial legislation, and encroachments OF
| the Legislative Department upon the CO
| ordinate. Executive and Judicial depart.
ments. every bill which shall have passed
| the House of Delegates and the Senate
| shall before il becomes a law, be present
ed TO the Governor of the State II he APP
| prove, he shall sign it but if not he shall
| return il, with his objections, to the House
| in which ii originated, which house shall
enter the objection at large on its journal
| and proceed to reconsider the bill II
| after such reconsideration, three-fifths OF
| the members elected to that House shall
| pass the bill, il shall be sent with the oh
jections to the other House, by which j
| Shall likewise be reconsidered, and II
passed bv three fifths of the members
| elected TO that House, ii shall become {
law. but in 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 b'
entered on the journal of each House res
| pectively If any bill shall not be returned
| by the Governor within six days (Sundayi
| excepted after it shall have been pre-
scented to him, the same shall be law
In like manner as if he signed it unless
the General Assembly shall, by adjourn
ment prevent its return, in which case l
shall not be a law, the Governor shall
have power to disapprove of any item o.
items of any bills making appropriation
of money, embracing distinct items, ane
the part or parts of the bill approved shall
be the law, and the item or items of ap
| preparations disapproved shall be voiC
| unless repassed according to the rules o.
limitations prescribed for the passage o
other bills over the executive veto.
SECTION 2. Aad be 10 further enacted b!
the authority aforesaid, That the sale
foregoing section hereby proposed as al
amendment to the Constitution shall b.
at the next general election held in thi
State, submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or rejec
ton, in pursuance of the directions con
tanned in article fourteen of the constitu
ton of this State, and at the said genera
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 Governo
of the vote for and against said proposed
amendment, as directed by the said four
tenth article of the constitution,
| Approved March 27th. 1890,
| We hereby certify, That the aforegoinl
is correct copy of an act of the Genera
Assembly of Maryland, passed Januar.
session, 1890
w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate