Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-10-07

wHEnEAs At the january session in
the year eighteen hundred and ninety
six OF the General Assembly Of aary-
land q bill wss passed pr0posirL an
amendment 90 the C0nxfifuffon FL the
State by adding an additional sert6on 10
Article fifteen thereof, 10 bn knOgn -
Section eleven OF said Article which
said blu and amendment are ia the fords
following, 10 wit }:
CHAPTER 80.
Az AcT to amend the Constitutis,n Of
the State BIZ adding an additional Sec
tion 20 article fifteen thereof, 40 be Known
as Section eleven Of said Article.
SEcTTox I. BIZ RI ENACTED H.. rHE
GENERAL Assembly OF MARv,.AsD-
three fifths of all tile members c4 the
House concurringl, That the foilttwing
additional section be, and the same:here-
by l., proposed as an amendment I'll the
Constitution of this State; and. If aslopt-
ed by the legal and qualified Voters
thereof as herein provided, il shall ssand
ana De known As Section eleven, & Ar
ticie fifteen OF said Constitution
IL. Appointments in the Civil ses1vice
OF the State, In the municipalities. and
counties of the State. shall be matb ac-
eording TO merit and fitness, To be aAcer-
tanned as far as practicable by exanina-
ton, which shall be competitive, eaccpt
appointments which are subject to eon-
firmation BY the Senate, and the Gesseral
Assembly shall pass all such laws as may
be necessary more fully TO carry intA ef-
feet the provisions of this section.
SECTION ?. AND BE TT FuRInKR
ENACTED BY THE AUTHORITY AFsRE-
SAID, That the foregoing section, hssre-
by proposed as an amendment 20 the
Constitution of this State shall he, atlhe
next general election held in this SITE.
submitted 10 the legal and qualified TO-
tiers thereof Tor their adoption or reject
ion, in pursuance of the directions crsE-
tanned in Article fourteen of the Cen
stituti0n of this Sulte and at the said
general election tho vote on sail proto-
sed amendment To the Constitution sh III
be by ballot, and upon each ballot IA I'd
at said election shall be printed, after
the list OF candidates, the question con
corning the adoption or rejection OF sad
proposed constitutional amendment. 10
that each voter at such election can d.
signate thereon in the manner prescribed
by law, whether his vote is 'sFor the
Constitutional Amendment" or 'Against
the Constitutional Amendmentn as Ia
shall elect, and Immediately after sail
election due return shall be made to tlba
Governor of the State of the vote for an,s
against said proposed amendment. as al
rected by said fourteenth article of the
Constitution. n
Approved, April 4, 1896.
Now THEREFoRE, LLOYD LowxpRs,
Governor of the State of MARYLAND, in
pursuance of the provisions OF Section
one OF Article fourteen of the Couatitu-
ton OF the State, do hereby order and
direct that Q copy of said bill proposing
said constitutional amendment be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in each
county, where sO many may be pub
lished, and where not more than one
may be published, then in that newspa-
per, and in three newspapers In the City
of Baltimore, one of which shall be- in
the German language, once a week for
at least three months preceding the next
ensuing general election, which said zen
eral election will be held on Tuesday.
the Second day Of November, eighteen
hundred and niuety-seyen), mt which
election the said proposed amendment
shall be submitted in the form and man
ner prescribed by the General Assembly.
to the qualified voters of the State for
adoption or rejection.
Given under NV
hand and the Greas
Tba Seal of Maryland.
-c,.s. c,al Done at the City elf
~ufeat osaiE Annapolis on the tirst
OF day of July in the year