Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-10-30
Proclamation bytheGOVeTROr
State Of Maryland,
Executive DEPARTMENT

Executive department
WHrRrAs, Section one Of article fourteen OF
the Constitution OF Maryland makes u the duty
Of the Goveruqg. - g..s.r NV Publication m GER
tain newspapers 10 bsti.isl ated by Rim, ofany
Bill, OF Bus. passed proposing any amendment
to the said Constitution.
And whereas at the January session l-g0 Of the
General Assembly Of Mary laud SIX separate
Bills were passed proposing that number Of
amendments to the Constitution: " hich several
amendments are described a. follows:
chapter lst which, for convenience OF desertp-
ton, hereby dcsiEna,e as amendment number
one, chapter 1875, designated ~ amendment num-
Der w. o; chapter 242. designated ~ amendment
number tsree; chapter 3j5, designated as amend
meat number four: chapter 3G1, designated as
amendment number five and chapter 496, des-
ignated Us amendment number six.
All which proposed amendments follow in the
order described, to Wit
SUNnEn /.
AN ACT TO amend section sevtn teeu, OF article
two OF the constitution of this state.
SErrtoN J. " enacted bg the General assembly
II Maryland, Three-fifths of all the members OF
the two Houses concurring. that the following
section be aud the same Is hereby proposed a.
an amendment 70 the constitution Of this state,
and II adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided, It shall supersede
aud 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 eucroachme Of lhe Legislative
department upon the coordinate, Executive
and Judicial departments. every bill which shall
ate. shall before IL becomes q law, be presented
to the Governor of the state; II he approve, he
shall sign il; but II not he shall return IL, with
his objections. to the House in which II gina
ted, which house shall enter the objections al
large on It's Journal, and proceed to reconsider
the bill; II after such reconsideration, three
hfthS Of the members elected TO that House shall
pass the bill, 1t shall be sent with the objections
TO the other House, by which il shall likewise
be fecOnsidered. and II passed by three-tfths Of
the members elected to that House, it shall be-
law hut in "A of
both Houses shall he determined by yeas and
nays, and the names Of the persons voting for
and against the dill shall be entered The Jour
nal OF each House respectively, ii any bill shall
not be returned by the Governor within six
days tSundays excrptedl after il shall havJ
been presented to him, the same shall be u law
IN ltk' manner as If he sign ed IL; unless the Gen
erAl Assembly shall, by Adjournment prevent
its return; in which case it shall not he law,
theGoVeruor shall have power to disapproye Of
any item or items of any bills making appropri-
ations OF money, embracing distinct items, and
the part parts of the bill approved shn N be the
law, and the item or items OF appropriations
diSapproVed shall be void unless repassed ac-
cording TO the rules or limitations prescribed
fof the passage OF other bills over the executive
veto
see. ,. And be il further enacted by me authority
aforesaid, That the said foregoing section here
byproposed rs Anamen dmentto the Constitution
shall be at the next general election held in this
state, submitted to the legal and qualified
tiers thereof for their adoption or rejection, in
pursuance of the directions contaiu5d in article
fourteen Of the constitution Of this 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 amendmeLtn or against she constitu-
tional 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 fourteenth article OF the constitution
Approved March 9th. 1cgO.
We hereby certify. That the afor going i
correct copy of an act Of the General Assembly
Of Maryland, passed January session. 1880
VIC. PURNELI..
Secretary Of the Senate
CAR~1ON SIlAFER
Chief Clerk of the House Of Delegates