The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-08-21


Gle two of the constitution of this state.
SECTION /. Be IL enacted by The General is
ScmbtY Of Maryland, Three fifthS of all the
members OF the two Houses cOncurring, that
the following section be and the same is here
by proposed as an amendment to the cOnsti-
tuition of this State, and il adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereOfaS herein
provided, it shall supercede and stand in the
place and instead of section seventeen orarti-
Gle two OF said constitution.
SECTION II. TO guard against haSty or par
tial legislation, and encroachmentS or the
Legislative department upon the coordinate
Executive and Judicia! departments, every
bill which shall have passed the House of
Delegates and the Senate. shall before At be-
comes law: be presented to the Governor of
the state; il he approve he shall sign it; but
if not he shall return it, with his objections,
to the House in which it originated, which
house Shall enter the objections at large on
its journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill.;
if after such reconsideration, three-fifths OF
the members elected 20 that House shall pass
the bill. il shall be sent with the objections to
the other House, by which it shall likewise
be reconsidered and if it passed by three
fifthS of the members elected to that House
it shall become a law, but in all such cases
the votes OF both Houses shall be determined
by yeas and nays, and the names of the per
sons voting for and against the bill shall be
entered on the journal of each House rcSpec-
lively, ifany bill shall nOt be returned by the
Governor within six days Sunday eXcepted)
after 1T shall have been presented to him, the
same shall be a law in like manner as if he
had signed il; unless the General Assembly
shall, by adjournment prevent its return, in
which case it shall not be II law, the Governor
shall have power to disapprOve Ofany item
or items oiany 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 br void Mess repaSspd ac-
cDrtjiug to the rules of limitation prescribed
for the passage of other bills over the eXCcu-
tive veto.
SECTION . AaG bc il Hf'tiihaJ' enacted LY the
0adh0riH !If1rsUd That the said foregoing
$ ctiOn hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution Sh;ti bc mt the next gen.
eral election hCld 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 the STATE. and at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendments to the constitution shall ne by
ballot, and UnOn each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words '.lur the cOnSti-
tutioual am cn,iinc"t" or against thcconsti.
anG Immediately after said election due re
vote for and AGAINST said proposed amcnd-
ment us directed hy til" said fpUrteenth arti-
Gle of the constitutions
Approved March 27th. lS90.
We hereby certify, That the aforegoin" is Il
correct copy ofan act of the General Assem-
by of Maryland, passed January session, 1880.
w. q, PURNELL,
Secretary OF the Senate.
CARLTON SIAFER.
chile! Clerk OF the Ii HOuse of Delegates.