The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-09-04
CHAPTER l9i.


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SECTION |. Be il enacted by the General As
Senebty 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 fadopted by the
legal amt qualified voters thereOfas herein
| provided 1t shall Supercede and stand in the
| place ndinstead of section seventeen orarti-
| Gle two OF said constitution.
SECTION Y. TO guard against hasty or par
tla legislation, and encroachments or the
| legislative department upon the -Ordnate
EVecutve and judicial departments, every
bill which shall have passed the House of
! Delegates and the Senate shall before ii be-
| comes law. be presented to the Governor of
| the state If he approve he shall sign it; but
! ifnot he shall return it, with his obiectionS
| TO the House in which it originated, which
| house shall enter the objections at large on
| tsJ0lrnal, and proceed to reconsider the hili
| If after such reconsideration. three -ffthS Of
| the members elected to that House shall pass
the bi!l it shall be sent with the objections to
| the oher House, by which ii Shall likewise
| he reconsidered, and if it passed by three
| hfths Of the members elected to that IIouS"
| II Shan 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 N01ng for and against the bill shall be
| enteredon the journal of each House rc.pec.
| lively, Tany bill shall nov be returned by the
| Governtr within six days Sunday CXceHted)
| afterit snail have been presented to him, the
| same slnll be a law in like manner as il he
! had sigLed it; unless the General Assembly
| snail, by adjournment prevent its return, in
| which case 1t shall not be a law the Governor
shall have power to disapprove ofany item
or items iany 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
dSapprOved shall be void unless rcpaSsCd ac-
cording 10 the rules elimination pre- sCrihrl
for the passage of other bills over the eXccu-
tive veto.
SECTION. Aad be H6ui1er enacted Ju H,o
authority GfOrcsdid, That the said f,Ie@Din"
section hereby proposed as an amCndmcnt
TO the Constitution shall be at the next gCp-
cral election hcdin this State, submitted to
the legal and qualified voter thereof ior their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the di-
rectiOnS contained in article fourteen Of the
constitution ofthe State. and ut the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the constitution shall hn Hy
ballot, and unOn each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words 'fur the cUusti-
tutional amendment" or against the cDu-ti.
tutiOnal amendment sthe voter shall eject,
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 fourteen aTti-
Gle Of the constitution.
Approved March 9th, 1890.
We hereby certify, That the afoscg0iug is q
correct copy of an act Of the General ASSEM-
bIy Of Maryland, passed January session, 1880
w. G, PURNETL.
Secretary OF the Senate.
CARLTON SiiAEER,
Chief Clerk Oft the House of Delegates