Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-08-17
Proclamation BY The Governor.



WHEREAS Secsson one or Article four-
teen Of the Constitution Of Maryland makes
Il the duty II he Governor 10 order the
publication n certain newspapers to be
designated hy him q any biz, or bills,
passed proposing any amendments to the
said Constitutes; sud
WHEREAS. 81 the January Session. 1899,
OF the General Assembly of Maryland. "a
bill was passed proposing an amendmen,
10 the Constitution, which amendment l.
Chapter 3is Of The Acts Of 1892, and is as
follows, 10 sir<
CHAPTER aia.
AN ACT 70 add an additional section %
Article four of the Constitution Of this
State
SECTION |. b Il enacted BY Tie General
AsseDsctgg MaRBtgad, Three-filths of all
Iile tnsmoersoi the two houses concurring
that me foiicWing section be, and the same
= hereby proposed. rs an amendment "a
the Constitution OF this State; and II adopt.
ed by the legal aud qualified voters thereof
cede and stand ia the place of Section
thirty nineof Article four OF said Constitu.
ton
SEC. 80. The General Assembly shall
as often as u may think the same proper
and expedient, provide by law for the cleo
non Of IN additional Judge of the Su-
preme Bench Of Baltimore city, and when
ever provision i 80 made by the General
Assembly ihegr shall be elected By the yo.
= 80 =. JUICE thes 50,
be subject % the same constitutional pro-
visions, hold bis Office Tor the same term OF
years, receive The same Compensation, and
have the same powers as are or shall be
provided By the Constitution, or laws OF
this State, for the Judges of said Supreme
Bench Of Baltimore city, anu the General
Assembly may provide by laws, or the Su.
preme Bench by its rules, for requiring
causes in any OF the courts OF Baltimore
City TO be tried before the Court without a
jury, unless the htigauts or some of them
shall within such reasonable time or times
as may be prescribed, elect TO have their
causes tried before jury. And the Gen.
eral Assembly may reapportion, change oil
| enlarge the jurisdiction of the several
| courts in said city.
SEC. 2. AAd he Il further enacted, by III.
authority aforesaid, Tint the foregoing sec.
ton hereby proposed as an amendment &c
the Constitution, shall be, at the next gen.
eral election TO be held in this State, sub.
mitted To the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection in
pursuance CT the direction contained ia
Article fourteen Of the Constitution of thi:
State; and at the said general election the
vo.e on said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot there shall be written or print
ed the words "For the Constitutional
Amendment" or against the Constitu
tlonal Amendment, as the voter may
elect, and Immediately after said election
due return shall be made to the Governor
OF the votes for and against said proposed
Amendment, as directed by said fourteenth
Article Of the Constitution.
Approved, April 4, 1892
We hereby certify that the aforegoing i:
| correct copy OF an Act nf the Genera
Assembly OF Maryland, passed January
| Session, 1892.
w G. PURNELI.,
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk OF the House of Delegates
Now, therefore. /, Frank Brown, Gov
error of Maryland, do hereby order and
direct that the said hcreinbefore described
bill, or Act of the General Assembly, pro
posing an amendment to the Constitution
of Maryland, be published once week fol
at least three months in two newspaper.
published ia each county in this State, il
50 many are therein published, and ia
three newspapers in the city of Baltimore
before the next ensuing general election
which will be held on Tuesday, the sew
enth day of November, 1898; at which
said election the proposed amendment
| aforesaid will be submitted To the legal and
/ qualified voters Of Maryland for adoption
or rejection.
Given under my hand
---@ and the Great Seal of Ma
ryland, at the city Of An
THE napOlis, on the 18th day
GREAT SEAL of July, in the year of oul
or Lord, eighteen hundred
MARYLAND and ninety three, and oi
the Indpnpndpnpp nf the