Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-08-11
Proclamation BY The G5VGrpOr,

CTATE OF MARYLAND.
- Executive DEPARTMENT
wleress, Sci ton one Of Article fourteen Of
the Constitution Of MARYLAND ..akes ia the d.
IN Of he Governor to order the publication in
,eeriain newspapers tc be designated BIZ him.
Of ans blu, or bills passed proposing any
amcaimtnis 10 the said Contribution. and
Wlereis NJ the January Session, 1892, Of
the 0,neral Assembly Of Maryland, hin was
passed. proposing al amendment 10 The Con
lsiiF6iion, which amendment is Chapter 3l3 Of
the Aels Of 1892, and is as follows, 10 wit:
CHAPTER si3.
AN ACT to add an additional section to Ar
iiele fourof The Constitution Of this State
Section | b Il enacted Jy IRE Genersi h.
,cabig u Maryland, Three hiths Of all the
memi ers OF the two houses concurring that the
following section be, and Tie same Is hereby
proposed, rs Mn amendment to the UvEstitu-
lion Of ibis State; aud it adopted BY the legal
and qualified voters shertof, rs herein provid-
%, the same shall sppercede aud stand 10 the
place Of Sector ihirty-nine Of Article four Of
said Constitution
Sec 80. The General Assembly shall as Of
ten as 1t nav iI.ink the same proper and ex-
pvdeni, provide by law for the election Of an
additional Judge ofthe Supreme Bench Of Bal
iimofe c.tr, and, whenever provision Is so
made BY the General Assembly, there shall be
elected by the voters ofsaid city anothsr Judge
Of the Supreme Bench Of Baltimore city, who
shall be subject to the same constitutional
provisions, hOl his ot &c for the same term of
years receive the same compensation, and have
the same powers as arc, or shall be provided
by the Constitution or laws OF this State, for
the Judges Of said Supreme Bench of Balti-
more city, and the General Assembly may
provide BY laws, or the Supreme Bench By its
rules, Tor requiring causes in any Of the courts
Of Baltimore city to be tried before the court
without ju y, unless the litigants or some
one Of them shall within such reasonable lime
or times, MS may be prescribed, elect to have
their causes tried before jury, aud the Gen
eral Assembly may re apportion, change or en-
large the jurisdiction of the several courts in
said city.
Sec 2 And be II further enacted, By The au-
thordy aforesaid, That the foregoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con-
situton shall be, at the next general election
TO be held in this State submitted 10 the lie
gal and qualified voters thereoffor their adOp-
ton or rejection in pursuance OF the direction
rontaned in Article fourteen of the Constitu-
ton Of tbs Stale; and at the said general cleo
ton the vote on said proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall be by bollOt, and upon
each ballot there shall be written OF printed
the words "FOr the Constitutional Amend
ment. or against the Constitutional Amend
meni, as the voter may elect. and immedi-
siey after said election due return shall be
made to the Governor of the amendment, as
directed by said fourteenth Article of the
Constitution
Approved April 4th, 1892.
We hreby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct ropy OF an Act Of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland, passed January Session, 1892.
W. G. PURNELL,
Secretary OF Senate.
CARLTON SHAFFEk,
Chief Clerk OF the House OF Delegates.
Now, therefore, /, Frank Brown Governor
Of Marylsnd do hereby order and direct that
he said herein before described bill, or Act OF
the General Assembly, proposing an amend
nent TO the Constitution of Maryland, be pub
ished once a week for at least three months ia
Two newspapers published 10 each county in
Ibis State ii so many are therein published,
and in three newspapers in the city Of Balti
more, before the next ensuing general election,
which will be held on Tuesday, the seventh
lay of November, 1892; al " hich said election
The proposed amendment aforesaid will be sub
ntted to the legal aud qualified voters Of
Mary for the adoption or rejection
................~.........: Given under my hand
and the Great Seal OF
THE Mary land, at the eitv OF
GREAT SEAL Annapolis. en- the 18th
OF day of July, in the year
MARYLAND. of our Lord, eighteen
''''''''''''''''''''. .''...'.'hundred and ninety
three, and Of the independence of the United
States, Tue one hundred and seventeenth
FRANK BROWN.
WIN. 7 BRANTI " Secretary of State.
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