The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-08-25
CHAPTER 313.
AN ACT to add an additional section to Arti-
Gle of The Constition of this State.

AN ACT to add an additional section to Arti-
Gle of the Constition Oft this State.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
assembly Of Maryland, Thu -tifths OF all the
members OF the two houses concurring, that
the following section be- aud the same Is hsr
BY proposed as An amendment 70 the CoRsH
ution Of this State: and if adopted By the legal
and qualified voters thereof, as herein provide
ed, the same shall supsrcede and stand in the
place of Section thirty Of Article four OF
said Constitution.
SEC. 80. The General Assembly shall, as
often as itmay think the same proper and ex
pedient, provide by law for the election OF
an additional Judge Of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore Bity, and whenever provision is so
made by the General Assembly. the, e shall be
elected by 9he voters of said city another Judge
of the Supreme Bench Of Baltimore City, who
shall be subject to the same constitutional pro
Visions held his office far the same term OF
wears, receive the same compensation, have
the same power as are, or shall be provided
oy the Constitution, or laws Of this State, for
the Judges of SAID Supreme Bench Of Bati
more CITY, aud the General Assembly may
provide by laws, or the Supreme Bench by its
rules, for requiring cauaes III any Of the courts
of Baltimore city to be tried before the Court
witeout jury, unless the litigants or some
one of them shall withio such reasonable time
or times, as may be pre- cribed, elect to have
thei, causes tried before a jury. And the Gen
eral Assembly may leapportion change OF en-
large the jurisdiction of the several courts in
said city.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, q the
authority aforesaid, That the foregoing sec
ton hereby proposed as IN amendment to the
Constitution shall be, at the general election
to be held in this State, submitted to the legal
and qualified voter. ther for their adoption
or rejection in pursuance Of the direction
contained in Article fourteen of the Constltu-
ton of this State; and at the said general cleo.
ton the vote on said proposed amendment: to
the Constitution shall be by ballot and upon
The words "For the Constitutional Amend
| ment," or Against the Constitutional Amend
mont" as the voter may elect, and Immediate
l " after said election due return shall be made
| TO the Governor of the votes for and agains,
said proposed amendment, as directed by said
| fourteenth Article of the Constitution.
l Approved April 4th 1892.
We hereby certify that the aforesoing is q
| correct copy OF an Act of the General Assem-
| bly, of Maryland, passed January Session, 1892
w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate
CARLTON SHAFER,
1 ClleI ClcEk VI CIlc III DCltSSUoo
Now, therefore, l, Frank Brown, Governor
of Maryland. do hereby order and direct thai
the said hereinbefore described bill, or Act o.
the General Assembly, proposing AL amend
ment to the Constitution Of Maryland, be pub
lished once q week for at least three months il
lwo newspapers publ shed in each county il
this state, il so many are therein published
and in three newspapers in the city Of Balti-
more, before the next ensuing general cleo
ton, which will he held on Tuesday, thu
seventh day of November, 1899: At which sale
election the proposed amendment aforesaid
will be submitted to the legal and qualified
voters of Maryland for adoption or rejection,
Given nnder my hand ant
[-~>- lthe great seal of Maryland
THE at the city of Annapolis, Of
| ( GREAT SEAL the 10th day Of July, in tn
I( OF lyear of our Lord, eighteel
i MARYLAND. hundred and ninety-three
II ~~-an and of the Independence Q
the United States, the one hundred aud sew
| enteen.
FRANK BROWN.
| By the Governor,
VIM. T. BRANTLY,
Secretary of Slater
July 2S-tf