Democratic messenger., 1893-11-04
Proclamation by The Governor.
STATE OF MARYLAND.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

w..REAs. Section one Of Artirl fourteen
of the Constitution Of Maryland makes ..
the duty of the Governor to order the publi-
cation in certain newspapers To he designa-
ted by him, of any hill, or hills. passed
proposing amy amendments to the said
constitution ahd
WHEREAS, at the January Session. 1892.
Of the General Assembly of Maryland. II
hill was passed proposing an amendment to
the Constitution. which amendment is Chap
ter 3l3 of the Acts Of 1892, and is as follows
to wit
CHAPTER sl3.
AN ACT tn add an additional section To
Article four of the Constitution of this
State.
SECTION l. Ise it enacted by the General
Assembly af MARYLAND. Three fifths of all
the members of the two houses concurring.
that the following section he. and that the
same is hereby proposed. as an amendment
to the Cons stitution Of the State and if
adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof, as herein provided. the same shall
superccde and stand in the place of Section
thirty-nine Of Article four Of said COnstitu-
tion.
SEC. 80 The General Assembly shall, as
often as il may think the same proper and
expcdient, provided 10y law for the election
Of an additional Judge of the Supreme
Bench of baltimore City. and whenever pro-
visions is So made by the General Assembly.
there shall he elected by the voters Of said
city another Judge of the Supreme Bench oi
Baltimore City, who shall be subject to the
same constitutional provisions, hold his
office for the same term of years. receive the
same compensation, and have the same
power as are, or shall he provided by the
Constitution, or laws of this State, for the
Judges of said Supreme !iench of baltimore
CITY, and the General Assembly may provide
by laws. or the Supreme isen.'h 10y its rules,
for requiring causes in any of the courts Of
Baltimore city Ia bc tried before the Court
without Jury. un'css the liti.ants some
one of them shall within such reasonable
time ar times, as may he prescribed, elect la
have their causes tried before jury. And
the General Assembly may reapporation.
change ar eulargc the jurisdiction at the
several courts in said citr.
SEc = And lie IL further enacted. by the
authority aforesaid. That the aforesaid Sec
tion hereby proposed nm amendment to
the Constitution shall lie. ut the mex general
election to he held in this State, submitted Ia
the legal and qualified yotcrs thereof for
their adoption ar 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 propos-
ell amendment To the Constitution shall he
by ballot there shall he written or printed
the words For the Constitutional Amend
ment' or Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as the voter may elect, and
Immediately after said election due return
shall he made to the vetcs for and against
a IL faI l.v
said ourteenth Article of the Constitution
Approved April 4th, 1892
We hereby certify that the afoaegoing is
correct copy of an Act OF the General
Assembly Of Maryland. passed January
Sassion, 1892.
&c. puRNELL.
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House Of Delegates
Now, therefore. !. Frank Brown, Govern
or of Maryland. do hereby order and direct
that the said hcreinhcfore described hill, or
Act Of General Assembly, proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of Mary
land. he published once week for at least
three months in two newspapers published
in each county in this State, IL so many are
therein published, aud in three newspapers
IN the City Oi baitihore, beiorc tue next
ensuing general election. which will bc held
on Tuesday, the seventh day of November.
1898; at which said election the proposed
amendment aforesaid will I've submitted to
the legal and auali ed voters of Maryland
for adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal Of
THE Marylad, at the city of
Annapolis. ON the 18th
GREAT SEAL day Of July. in the year
of our Lord. eighteen hun
or drcd and ninety three, and
of the Independenceo of the
MARYLAND. United States, the one
hundred and seventeenth.
FRANK BROWN,
by the Governor,
WM. T.. BRANTLY,
Secretary Of State.