Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-10-27
Proclamation BY the Governor.
TATE OF MARYLAND,

CtTATE OF MARYLAND,
= FxEcurivE DEPARTMENT.
Whereas. section one OF Article fourteen Of
the Constitution Of MARYLAND lakes IL the du-
~ of the Governor TO order the publication in
certain newspapers to be designated by him
Of anv bill, or hills, passed proposing any
amendments 10 the said Con titu;ion. and
Whereas, at the January Session, 1892, Of
the General Assembly Of Maryland, a hill was
passed proposing al amendment TO the Con-
stituiion, which amendment is Chapter 3l5 Of
the Acts Of 1902, and is as follows, to wit:
CHAPTER 3l3.
AN ACT TO add an additional section to Ar
ticle fonrof the Constitution of this State.
Section |. Be il enacted BY the General As
sep,blg II Maryland, Threeiifihs Of all the
members OF the two houses coneurring that the
following section he, and tie same is hereby
proposed, as an amendment TO the CvEsiitu-
tinn of this State; aud If adopted by the legal
and qualified voters thereof, rs herein provid-
"a. the same shall snpercede and stand in the
place of Sector thirty-nine of Article four Of
said Constitution
Sec 80. The General Assembly shall as Of
tan as it may tlink the same proper and ex-
ptdient. provide by law for the election of an
additional Judge Of the Supreme Bench Of Bal
tiuiore civ, and, whenever provision is so
made by the General Assembly, there shall be
elected by the voters Of said city another Judge
az the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city, who
shall be subject to the same constitutional
provisions, hol his OF ce for the same term oil
/ Years receive the same compensation, and have
the same powers as are, or shall be provided
| by the Constitution or laws OF this State, fol
the Judges of said Supreme Bench o. Bsti
more city, and the General Assembly mal
provide BY laws, or the Supreme Bench " ii
rules, for requiring causes in any of the couFt
of Baltimore city TO be tried before the cour
withouta ju Y. unless the litigants or som
one Of them shall within such reasonable tim
or times, as may be prescribed, elect to hav
their causes tried before jury, and ;1e Gen
eral Assembly may re-apportion, change or en-
large the Jurisdiction of the several courts il
said city.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted By the aai
tIorify aforesaid, That the foregoing sectio
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitution shall be, at the next general eleciio
ID be held in this State, submitted 10 the Il
gal and qualified voters thereoffor their adoE
lion or rejection in pursuance OF the directio
contained in Article fourteen of the Constitr
lion of this State; and at the said general ele'
ten the vote on said proposed amendment
the Constitution shall be by bollot, and upo
earh ballot there shall be written or printe
the words "For the Constitutional AmenC
ment." or against the Constitutional Amen
ment," as the voter may elect. and immed
steIy after said election due return shall
made to the Governor Of the amendment, 8
directed by said fourteenth Article of IL
Constitution
Approved April Alb, 1892.
Ee hreby certify that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly OF Maryland, passed January Session, 1885,
W. C. PURNELL,