The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-09-03
i ROCLAM NATION.

" HEREAS at the January session in
w the year Ell ghtecn hundred and nine
tysiX of the General Assent ly of Mary
md bill was passed proposing an amend
ment to the Cor stituton of the State bv
adding an additional section to Article
fifteen thereof, to be known as Section
eleven of said Article, which said bill and
amendment are il the words following,
to wit:
CHAPTER $50
AN ACT to amend the Constitution of
the State b. adding an additional Section
to Article fifteen thereof, to be known
rs Section eleven of said Article
SECTION l. BE 1t Enncfpd by HE General
4 ~embis ot Mryinnd, three tifths of all
the members of the House concurring),
That the following additional section be-
and the same lereby is, proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of this
State: and if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof as herein provid-
ed. it shall stand and be known as Section
eleven, of Article fifteen of said Consti
tuition:
II. Ar .o;,.tmrats in the Civil service
of the State, in the municipalities and
counties Of the State, shall be made ac-
cording to merit and fitness, to be ascer-
tanned as far as practicable by examina-
ton, which shall be competitive, except
appointments which are subject to con
tirmation by the Senate, and the General
Assembly shall pass all such laws as may
be necessary more fully to carry into effect
the provisions of this section.
SEC. ,. 1ad bell Fmfher Enacied by H.
authority aforesaid, That the foregoing
section, hereby proposed as an amend
ment 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, in pursuance of the
of the Constitution of this State
and at said general election the
vote on said proposed amendment
to the Contituton shall be by ballot, and
upon each be printed, after the lists of
candidates, the question concerning the
adoption or rejection of said proposed
constitutional amendment. so that each
voter at such election can designate there
on in the manner prescribe by law,
whether his vote is For the Constitu-
tional Amen .ment." or "A gainst the
Constitutional Amendment as he shall
elect, and Immediately after election due
return shall be made to the Governor of
the State of the vote for and against said
proposed amendment. as directed by said
fourteenth article of the Constitution.
Approved, April 4th, 1896.
Now THEREFORE,, |, 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, do hereby order and
direct that copy Of said bill proposing
said constitutional amendment. De pub
lished in at least two newspapers in each
county, where so many may be published,
and when not more than one may be pub
lished, then in that newspapers, and in
three newspapers in the City of Balti-
more, one of which shall be in the Ger
man language, once week for at least
three months preceding the next general
election, (Which said general election will
be held on Tuesday, the Second day of
November, eighteen hundred and ninety
scven), at which election the said propos-
ed amendment shall be submitted, in the
form and manner prescribed by the
General Assembly, to the qualified voters
THE Given under my hand
) GREAT SEAL and the Great Seal of
OF MARYLAND. Maryland.
Done at the City of Annapolis ON the
first day of July in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and ninety seven.
LLOYD LOWNDES,
Governor of Maryland
By order of the Governor:
RICHARD DALLAM,
Secretary of State.