Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-29
PROCLAMATION.

WnEREAs at the January session il
the year eighteen hundred and ninety
SIX Of the General Assembly Of MARY.
lana bill was passed proposing al
amendment to the Constitution Of IN,
STATE ~ adding an additional srrtion =,
Article fife n thereof To be known n,
Section eleven of said Article. which
sail bill and amendment ere in tho word,
following. 10 wit
CHAPTER isa.
Az ser 20 amend the Constituiion Of the
State By adding an additional secton IA
Article fifteen thereof 10 be known as Section
eleven Of Said Article
szcfios Bs IT eSAcrFD BY TIA GENERAL
AssHAatr ~ NAnglASp, lth 'ee ffths of an
~ meinoeis Of the House concurrilRl. Thai
pc following additional section he and Inc
same is hereby proposed as an amendment u
NJ Constitution Of this State; and il adopte 4
" the iega' ard qualified voters tbereo; -
lerein provided, II shall stand and be known
is section eleven, Of Article fifteen Of said
Constitution;
II Appointments in the Civil service Of
HE STATE, m lhe municipalities and eouuties
.oi me State, shall be made according TO me II
aud hines, 70 De asrertained as far as pr. T.
nrApie BY examination, which shall be com
peiiuye except appointments which arc sub
ieci 10 confirmation by the Senate. and the
6eneral Assembly shall pass all such laws as
nay be necessary more fully ti carry into
elect The provisions Of this section.
SEcTioS 2. And BIZ IT FURTHER EsAcrEp nv
a
going section, hereby proposed as an amend.
ment to the Constitution Of this State SHAH be
a the next general election held 10 this State
submitted 10 the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or reiec lion. ia
pursuance Of the directions oonained in
Arucie fourteen 0i the Constitution Of this
state and Al the said general election the vote
on sud proposed amendment to the Coustitu-
uou shall be by hallof, upon each ballot
used ~ said election shall be printed. after
me Isis Of candidates, the question concern
ing The adoption or rejection Of said proposed
constitutional amendment. 50 that each voter
az such election can designate thereon in the
manner prescribed by ias, whether his vol.
IS For the Consti.a iosal Auiedmept' or
against the Constitutional Amendment as
be shall elect and immediately alter said
election due return shall be made 10 the Gov
ernor Of the State Of TIE vote for and against
SAID proposed amendment, as ,iirects. nv said
fourteenth article Of the Constitu ion
Approved April 4th, 1896.
Now THEREFORE, |, LLOYD LowNpEs
Governor Of the State Of MARYLAND, in
pursuance Of the provisions Of Section
one OF Article fourteen of the Constitu-
ton Of the State. hereby order and
direc' lha, cory of said bill proposing
said constitutional amendment be pub
'ished in at least two newspapers in each
county, where SO many may be publish
ed and where not more than Que NAV
be published then in that newspaper
and in three newspapers in the CITY Of
Baltimore, one Of which shall be 10 the
German language, once a week for at
least three months preceding the next
ensuing general le,tion, which said
general election will be held on Tues
day the Second day Of November. eigh-
teen hundred and ninety -seven) at
which election the said proposed amend
ment shall be submitted in the form and
manner prescribed by the general As
sembly to the qualified voters of the
Stale for adoption or rejection.
Given under nv