Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-09-07
Proclamation by the Governor.
STATE OF MARYLAND.
ExEcUTryg DEPARTMENT.

teen OF the Constitution OF Maryland makes
it the duty Of the Governor 70 order the
publication in certain newspapers % be
designated by him Of any bin. OF bills,
passed proposing any amendments to the
said Constitution; and
WHEREAS. ~ the January Session, 1s92,
Of the General Assembly Of Maryland, "a
bill was passed proposing an amendment
10 the Constitution, which amendment Ii
Chapter 3l3 Of the Acts OF 1922, aud is as
follows, to wit:
CHAPTER sl3.
AN ACT TO add an additional section TO
Article four Of the Constitution Of this
State.
SECTION /. Be 70 enacted by the GeRerai
4sseHs5ly u Maryland, Three fifths of all
the members Of the two houses concurfing.
that the following section be, and the same
Is hereby proposed, as an amendment 20
the Constitution of this State; and il 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 II may think the same proper
and expedienf, provide by law FOR the elee
tan OF an additionas Judge OF the SUI
preme Bench of BALTIMORE city, and when
ever provision II 20 made by the General
Assembly, there shall be elected by the vo.
tiers OF said city another Judge Of the Su.
2reme Bench Of Baltimore city, who shall
be subject % 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
Bench of Baltimore city. ana the General
Assembly may provide 10y 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 litiyauts or some Of them
shall within such reasonable time or times,
as may be prescribed. elect to have their
causes tried before a jury. And the Gen
eral Assembly may reapporliuD, change or
enlarge the jurisdicii IN of the several
courts in said city.
SEC. 2. And Be Il further enacted, BIZ the
authority aforesaid, That the ioreg Ding sec
ton hereby proposed AS an amendment 10
the Constitution, shall be, at the next gen
eral election 10 be held in this State, sub
mitted 10 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
VOC on said proposed amendment 10 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 10 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
correct copy Of an Act nf the General
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
s<6r of Maryland, do hereby order and
bNfecI tnaI the SAID hereinbetOre 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
So 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, 1898; 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 my hand
C--@ and the Great Seal of Ma.
ryland, at the city OF An
THE napolis, on the 18th day
GREAT SEAL OfJuly, in the year Of our
OF Lord, eighteen hundred
MARYLAND. and ninety three, and Of
the Independence of the
l--- United States, the one
hundred and seventeenth.
FRANK BROWN.
BY the Governor,
WM. L. BRANTLY,