Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-08-20
CHAPTER 1o4.
AN AT to amend section seventeen, Of arti.
Gle two OF the constitution Of this State.

AN ACT TO amend section seventeen. Of arti.
Gle two OF the constitution Of this State.
SECTION !. BE IL enacted By the General
AsseEabty Of Maryland, Three-fifths of all the
members OF the two Houses concurring. that
the following section be and the same Is here
" ProP1sed as an amendment 20 the constitu-
uon OF TINS State, and il adopted by the LEGAL
and qualified voters thereof as herein proyid.
Gu, Snail snpersede and stand in the place
anu instead OF section seventeen of article two
Of said constitution.
SECTION ~. To guard against hasty or
partial legislation, aud encroachments Of the
Legislative Department upon the coordinate.
Executive and Judicial Department., every bill
which shall have passed the House Of Dele
gates and the Senate, shall before Il becomes
law, be presented 70 the Governor Of the
state; If ne approve, he shall sign II; but IL
not nc shall return II, with his objections, to
the hOusei In which IL originated. which House
shall enter the objections at large ON its Jour.
ma, and proceed 10 reconsider the bill; If after
such reconsideration, three-tiftks of the saem-
bers elected to that House shall pass the bill,
itshali be sent with the objections 10 the other
House, by which il shall likewise be reconsid-
cred, and if passed by three-ffths of the menu
bers elected 70 taat House, IL shall become
law, but In all such cases the votes OF both
Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
ana names ofthe persons voting for and against
the bill shall be entered on the journal Of each
y, IL Dill snail not De
returned by the governor within six days
lSundays exeepted) after 1t shall have been
presented to him, the same shall be a law in
IKE manner as If he signed il; unless the Gen.
eral Assembly shall by adjournment prevent
lis return, In which case il shall not be law,
the Governor shall have power TO diespproye
OF aAy item or items Of any bills making ap-
preparations OF money, embracing distinct
items, and the part or parts ofthe bill approved
shall be the law, and item or items or appro-
priations disapprOved shall be void unless re-
passed according to the rules or limitations
prescribed for the passage of other bills over
the executive veto.
SEcTIos 2. And be it further eraeted b,
the authority aforesaid, That the said forego-
10 the Constitution shall be mt 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.
rections contained in article fourteen of the
constitution ofthis State, and at the said gen.
eral election the vote on said proposed amend
ment TO the constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be written or
printed the words "for the constitutional
amendment" or against the constitutional
amendment as the voter shall elect, and i'm.
mediately after said election due return shall
be made 20 the Governor of the for and
against said proposed amendment, rs directed
by the said fourteenth article of the constitu.
ton.
Approved March 9th. 1890.
We hereby certify, That the aforegoing il a
correct copy of an act of the General Assem-.
bly, of Maryland, passed January session, 1890.
w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary Of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER.
Chief Clerk ofthe House of Delegates.