The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-09-18

All WHICH proposed amendments follow in
the order described, to wit:
NUMBERl
CHAPTER 1914.
AN ACT to amend section seventeen, of arti-
Gle two of the constitution of this State,
SECTION !. Be IL enacted by the General AS-
| senI6lU Of Maryland, Three-ffths 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 If adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereofa as herein
provided, it shall supercede and stand in the
place and instead of section seventeen orarti-
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 and the Senate. shall before II be-
comes Il law. be presented to tie Governor of
the state; if he approve he shall sign it but
if not he shall return il, with his objections,
TO the House in which il originated, which
house shall enter the objections ut large on
its journ;d, and proceed torcconSdcr the bill:
if after such reconsideration, three fifthS Of
the nemb0s elected to that House shall pass
| the bill il shall be sent with the objections to
! the other House, by which il shall likewise
| be reconstructed, and if ii passed by three
iithS Of the members elected to that House.
| il shall become u 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 1Ourfa Oh eacn House rcSpec-
tiveiy, ifany bill shall not be returned by the
Governor within SIX days Sunday eXcepted)
after it SAall have been presented to him, the
same shall be law in like manner as if he
had signed IL; unless the General Assembly
shall by adjournment prevent its return, in
which case it shalt not be a law, the Governor
shall have power to disapprove Ofany item
or items Ofany bills making appropriations
Ofmoney. embracing distinct items, and the
part or parts of the bill approved shall he the
law, and the item or items of appropriations
disapprovcd shall he void unless rcpasScd ac-
cOrdng to the rules of limitation prescribed
for the passage ofOthcr bills over the eNccu-
tive veto.
SECTION >. Ana b" HJiuihcr cnactcd dy Hc
dWthOrity dfDrc~id, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment
eral election hcldin this state, submitted to
the legal and qualified voter thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the di-
rGctiOnS contained in article fourteen OF the
constitution of the state. and at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
ballot and upon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words for the consti-
tutional amendment or t'againSt the consti.
sng fonai amendment" as thevoter 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 eth, 1880.
We hereby certify, That the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an act of the General Assem-
by of Maryland, passed January session, 1870.
w. G, PURNEIL,
Secretary OF the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER.
Chief Clerk of the Ii HouSe of Delegates.