The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-10-23
PROCLAMATION BY The GOVERNOR.
STATE OF MARYLAND.

EAECU IINE DEPARTMENT. |.
WHE NRAS, Section one of article iOurt en-
of the Constitution of Maryland makes ii the
duty of the Governor to order The publication
in certain newspapers tO be designated by
him, of any Bill or Bills, passed proposing
any amendment to the said Constitution.
And whereas at he January session lS9O of
the General Assembly of Maryland six sep
arate Bills were pass proposing that mum
Der rofamendmentS to the Constitution; which
several amendments are described aS IoIlOwS:
Chapter l9i which for convenience or de-
scriptiOn | hereby designate as amendment
number one Chapter 1876. designated as
amendment number two; chapter ~, deSg-
mated as amendment number three; Chapter
255 designated as amendment number four
Chapter 362, designated as amendment num-
Der five, and Chapter i26, designated as amend
ment number six.
All which proposed amendments follow in
the order described to wit:
NUMBERl
CHAPTER I9i.
IAN ACT to amend section seventeen, of arti-
acie two of the constitution of this State.
sSEcTIoN 1. BE 10 endcted By the General As
SeIibLy OF 1fdrYtdnd, Three ffiftiis af Il . 'lhs
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 thereofaS herein
provided. it shall suDercede 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 departing every
bill which shalt have passed the House of
Delegates and the Senate shall before it be-
comes law. be presented to the Governor of
the state; If he approve he shall sign it; but
if not he shall return ii, 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 bin.
if after such reconsideration, three titthS of
the members elected to 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
tifthS 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 reSpec-
lively, ifany bill shall noy be returned by the
Governor within six days Sunday eXcepted)
after it shall have been presented to him, the
same shall he a law in like manner as if he
had signed il; unless the General Assembly
shall, by adjournment prevent its return, i'll
which case II shall not be 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 ofthe bill approved shall be the
law, and the item or items of appropriations
diSapprOVed shall be void unless repaSScd ac-
cOrding to the rules of limitation prescribed
for the passage OF other bills over the eXecu-
tive veto.
SECTION 3 And be Hf,u'ttcr enucfcd By The
dWhOrjty aforesaid, That the said foregoing
$ ctlOn ncreDy proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution shall be at the next gem
eral election hedin this State, submitted to
the legal and qualified voter thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance ofthc di
rcctiOnS contained in article fourteen of the
constitution of the State. and at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words for the consti-
tutiOnal amendment or against the cOnsti.
tutiOnal amendment" as the voter 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 9th, 1890.
We hereby certify. That the aforegoing is
correct copy of an act of the General Assem-
by of Maryland, passed January session, 1890.
w. q. PURNELL,
Secretary OF the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.