Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-10-27
Proclamation by the Governor.

StTATE or MARYLAND,
M EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Where's, Section one Of Article fourteen Of
the Constitution Of MARYLAND makes IL the dn-
Iiy Of the Governor to order the publication in
,rettain newspapers TO be designated by him,
&c s..s biz, as lille, passes. proposing any
amendments 10 the said Con, tiiu:inn. and
Y Whereas at the January Session, 1892, Of
I,he General Assembly Of Maryland, bill was
passed proposing az amendment to the Con-
itltuton, which amendment is Chapter 3l3 Of
abe Acts Of 1892, and is as follows, to wit:
CHAPTER 3i3.
FAN ACT to add an additional section to Ar
n tiele fourof the Constitution Of this State.
. Section | Be Il enacted BY be General As
.sera5iy If Mlryiand, Three-ffths of all the
members OF the two houses concurring that the
follow ing section he, and the same is hereby
proposed, as an amendment to the UJEstitu-
lion of this State; and If adopted by the legal
and qualified voters thereof, AS herein provid-
ed, the same shall snpercede and stand in the
place Of Sector thirty-nine Of Article four Of
said Constitution
Sec. 80. The General Assembly shall as Of
ten asst may think the same proper and ex-
p+dient, provide by law for the election Of an
additional Judge of the Supreme Bench OF Bal
timore CITY, and, whenever provision IS so
made hy th General Assem- bly,, there shall be
elected BY the voters Of said city another Judge
OF the Supreme Bench Of Baltimore city, who
shall be subject to the same constitutional
provisions, hol his Of ce for the same term of
years receive the same compensation, and have
, the same powers as are, or shall be provided
bv the Constitution or laws OF this Ssate, for
the Judges'oF said Supreme Bench O. Balti-
more city; and the General. Assembly may
provide by laws, or the Supreme Bench iy its
rules, for requiring causes 10 any Of the courts
OF Baltimore city to be tried before the court
without july, unless the litigants or some
one of them shall within such reasonable time
or times, as may be prescribed, elect to have
their causes tried before jury, and Ie Gen.
eral Assembly may re- apportion, change or en-
large the jurisdistion Of the several courts in
said city
Sec 2. And be 1t further enacted, By the Gl-
thority aforesaid, That the foregoing section
| hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution shall be, at the next general election
10 be held in this State, submitted 10 the lie
gal and qualified voters thereoffor their adop-
ton or rejection in pursuance OF the direction
contained in Article fourteen of the Constitu-
ton of'tbls State; 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 or printed
the words "For the Constitutional Amend
ment" or against the Constitutional Amend
ment," as the voter may elect. and immedi-
stely 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 ssein-
bly, OF Maryland, passed January Session, 1892
W. G. PURNELL,
Fee etary OF Senate.
CARLTON SHAFFER,
Chief Clerk Of the House of Delegates.
Nov, therefore, l, Frank Brown Governor
of Maryland do hereby order and direct that
the said herein before desc rihed bill, or Act OF
the General Assembly, proposing au amend
ment TO the Constitution of Maryland be pub
iished once week tor at least three months 10
two newspapers published in each county in
this State. if so many are therein published,
and in three newspapers in the city of Balti-
more, before The next ensuing general election,
which will he held on Tuesday, the seventh
day OF November, S92 Al " hieh sad election
the proposed amendment aforesaid will lie suit
mitted to the legal and qIalited voters of
Maryland for the adoption or rejection.
..........................: Given under wv hand
and the Great Sea- OF
TUE MARYLAND. at the city OF
GREAT SEAL Annarois en- the i9;h
OF : day ffJnly, in the year
MAINLAND : of our Lord eighteen
''''''-'..''. hundred and ninety
three, and Of the independence OF tl;e United
States, the one hundred and Seventeenth
FRANK BROWN.
50, the Governor,
+ WV. 7 BRANTLY, Secretary Of Site.
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