Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-09-14
Proclamation by the Governor.
STATE or MARYLAND.
Executive DEPARTMENT..

teen Of the Constitution Of Maryland makes
il the duty Of the Governor 10 arier the
publication in certain newspapers - be
designated by him of any bill, or bills,
passed proposing any amendments 10 the
said Constitution and
WHEREAS. az the January Session, 1899,
of the General Assembly of Maryland,
bill was passed proposing an amendment
to the Constitution, which amendment is
Chapter 3l3 Of the Acts OF 1892. and is as
follows, TO wit:
CHAPTER sIs.
AN ACT TO add an additional section to
Article four Of the Constitution of this
State.
SECTION I. Be IL enacted Jy the General
AsseHs5(yo Of WdrylaHd, Three fifths Of all
the members of the two houses concurring,
that the following section BE-, and the same
is hereby proposed, as an amendment To
the Constitution of this State; and If adopt
ed by the legal and qualified voters thereof,
as herein provided, the same shall super
cede and stand in the place Of Section
thirty nine of Article four of said Constitu-
ton.
SEC. 30. The General Assembly shall,
as often as il may think the same proper
aud expedient, provide by law for the elec
ton of an additional Judge of the Su-
preme Bench of Baltimore city, and when
ever provision is So made by the General
Assembly, there shall be elected by the vo.
tiers OF said city another Judge OF the Su-
Preme Bench of Baltimore city, who shall
be subject o. the same constitutional pro-
visions, hold his Office for the same tern, 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
I Bench Of Biltimpre city, an the General
Assembly may provide by laws, or the Su-
prene Bench by its rules, for requiring
causes in any of the courts Of baltimore
city 10 be tried before the Court without a
jury, unless the liiiyants or some of them
shall within such reasonable time or times
as may be prescribed. elect "a have their
| causes tried before jury. And the Gen
eral Assembly NAV reappOrtiOD, change or
enlarge the jurisdiction of the several
courts in said city.
SEC. 2. ARd be 1t further enacted, Jy the
authority aforesaid, That the foregoing sec.
ton hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution, shall b., at the next gen
eral election 10 be held in this State, sub
mitted To the lega! and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection in
pursuance Of the direction contained in
Article fourteen of the Constitution of this
State; and at the said general election the
voc on said proposed amendment To the
Constitution shall be by ballot, aud upon
each ballot there shall be- written or print
ed the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" or against the Constitu-
tional Amendment" as the voter NAV
elect, and Immediately after said election
due return shall be made to the Governor
Of the votes for and against said proposed
Amendment, rs directed by said fourteenth
Article of the Constitution.
Approved, April 4, 1892
We hereby certify that the aforegoinp is
correct copy of an Act Of the General
Assembly OF Maryland, passed January
Session, 1892.
w G. PURNELT.,
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
Now, therefore, l, Frank Brown, Gov
ernor 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 a week for
at least three months in two newspapers
published in each county in this State, if
81 many are therein published, and in
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, 1893; at which
said election the proposed amendment
aforesaid will be submitted 10 the legal and
qualified voters of Maryland for adoption
or rejection.
Given under nv 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 our
/ or Lord, eighteen hundred
| MARYLAND. and ninety three, and of
! the Independence of the
| --- United States, the one
hundred and seventeenth.
FRANK BROWN.
1 BY the Governor,
WIN. L. BRANTLY,
Secretary Of State.
CnFSHxAr MAINTAIN