Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-10-26
Proclamation by the Governor.
STATE OF MARYLAND,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

WHEREAS, Section one Of Article four
teen OF the Constitution Of Maryland makes
IL the duty OF the Governor 10 order the
publication in certain newspapers 10 be
designated by him Of any bill, or bills,
passed proposing any amendments TO the
said Constitution; and
WHEREAS. atthe January Session, 1899,
Of the General Assembly of Maryland. g
bill was passed proposing an amendment
20 the Constitution, which amendment il
Chapter 3l3 Of the Acts of 1892, and IL as
follows, 10 wit:
CHAPTER 3i3.
AN ACT 70 add an additional section to
Arliclc four of the Constitution Of this
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assom5ly0f MdryEanh, 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. 80. The General Assembly shall,
as often as it may think the same proper
and expedienf, 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-
ters OF said city another Judge of the Su-
Preme Bench of Baltimore city, who shall
be subject 10 the same constitutional pro-
visions, hold his Office for 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, ana 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 10 be tried before the Court without a
jury, unless the litigants 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 or
enlarge the jurisdiction of the several
courts in said city.
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted, 6y the
NNssDftsS "gNFSSNeNs hab buC SCI
ton hereby proposed as an amendment to
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 Of the direction contained in
Article fourteen of the Constitution of this
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 print
ed the words "For the Constitutional
Amendment" or Against the Constitu-
tional 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 is
a correct copy of an Act of the General
Assembly OF Maryland, passed January
Session, 1892.
w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary OF the Senate.