Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-10-22
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS at the January session il
the year eighteen hundred and ninety
I six Of the General Assembly OF MARY
land bill was passed proposing al
amendment to the Constitution Of th
State by adding an additional section t.
Article fifte thereof, to be koown q
Section eleven Of said Article, which
said bill and amendment are in the word
following, to wit:
CHAPTER 45s.
AN ACT to amend the Constitution Of tn
State by adding an additional Section Il
Article fifteen thereof to be known as Section
eleven of Said Article.
SECTION l. Be IT ENACTED By THE GENERA
ASSEMBLY OF maryland, three 6fths OF al
the members OF the House concurrlLg), Tina
the following additional section be and ID,
same is hereby proposed as an amendment u
the Constitution Of this State; and il adopted
by the legal ard qualified voters thereof 81
herein provided, it shall stand and be knowr
as Section eleven, OF Article fifteen of said
Constitution.
il. Appointments in the Civil service Of
ttlt Dthltt III Tue anu CDuuIlet
of The State shall be made according to merit
and fitness, 10 be asrertained as far as prac-
tieable by examination, which shall be COM
pettive except appointments which are sub
iect to confirmation by the Senate, and the
General Assembly shall pass all such laws as
may be necessary more fully tn carry into
effect the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY
nam AGO. a -
going section, hereby proposed as an amend.
menl to the Constitution Of this State shall be
at the next general election held in this State
submitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection, 10
pursuance of the directions contained in
Article fourteen OF the Constitution Of this
State and at the said general election the vote
on said proposed amendment to the Constitu-
lion shall be by ballot, upon each ballot
used at said election shall be printed. after
the lists nf candidates, the question concern
ing the adoption or rejection of said proposed
constitutional amendment, so that each voter
at such election can designate thereon in the
manner prescribed by Law, whether his vote
is For the Constitutional Amedment," or
Against the Constitutional Amendment as
be shall elect and Immediately after said
election due return shall be made to the Gov
ernor of the State of the vote tor and against
said proposed amendment, as directed BY said
fourteenth article of the Constitution
Approved, april 4th, 1896.
Now THEREFORE, l, LLOYD LowNDEs,
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
direct that copy of said bill proposing
said constitutional amendment be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in each
county, where SO many may be publish
ed and where not more than one may
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 week for at
least three months preceding the next
ensuing general ele,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
State for adoption or rejection.