Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-08-06

CHAPTER is4.

AN ACT 10 amend section seventeen, Of arti.
Gle two Of the constitution of this State.
SECTION I. Be 20 enacted BIZ fAe General
zssenbty Of Maryland, Three-fiffhs Of all the
members Of the two Houses concurring that
the following section be and the same il here
by proposed as an amendment to the constitu-
ton Of this State, and IL adopted By the legal
and qualified voters thereof e. herein provid-
Cd it shall supeFsede and stand in the place
md instead Of section seventeen Of article two
Of said constitution.
SECTION IL. To guard against hasty or
partial legislation, and encroachments Of the
Legislative Department upon the coordinate,
Exxscnt,ve and judicial Departments. every bill
which shall have passed the House Of Dele
g.tes and the Senate, shall before IL becomes
law, be presented to the Governor Of the
state; IL he approve, he shall sign IL; but IL
not ne shall return II, with his objections, to
the Housein which it originated, which House
ma, and proceed 20 reconsider the bill; If after
such reconsideration, three-fifths Of the mem.
bers elected TO that House shall pass the bill,
tt shall be sent with the objections 10 the other
House, by which il shall likewise be reconsid-
cred, and Il passed BY three-fiffhs Of the men,
bers elected to that House, Il shall become q
law, but In all such cases the votes of both
Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and names ofthe persons voting for and against
the bill shall be entered ON the journal OF each
House respectively, If any bill shall not be
returned by the governor within six days
lSundays excepted) after IL shall have been
presented TO him, the same shall be o law In
like manner a. ii he signed il; unless the Gen.
eral Assembly shall, By adjournment prevent
its return, in which case IL shall not be law,
the Governor shall have power TO disapproye
OF any item or items of any bills making ap-
preparations OF money, embracing distinct
item, and the part or parts ofthe bill approved
alaII be the law and ffara mr.
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.
SRCTIoN 2. And be it further enacted bp
the authority aforesaid, That the said forego.
ing section hereby proposed as an amendment
70 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 di-
rections contained In article fourteen Of the
constitution ofthis State, and at the said gen.
erai election the voteon said proposed amend
ment to the constitution shalt be by ballot,
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 10 the Governor Of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, az directed
by the said fourteenth article Of the constitu.
ton.
Approved March 9th. 1890.
We hereby certify, That the aforecoinc IL a
correct copy Of an act Of the General Assem-.
bly, OF Maryland, passed January session, 1890.
w. @. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
CHIEF Clerk OF the House Of Delegates.