Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16

WHEREAS nd the JANUARY session In
Ithe year eighteen hundred and ninety.
six OF tE@ General Assembly OF Mary-
land d bill was PASSED pFe,posing an
amendment to the Cunstit ation OF the
State lsy edding an iidditionsal section 20
Articles fifteen thereof. 10 Be known as
Section eleven of said Article which
snid biz and amsndlnehs ar Fin the words
CHAPTER 459
An AcT 10 amend the Constitution of
the State by adding an additional Sec.
sion to article fifteen thereof TO be known
rs Section eleven of said Article.
SECTION /. BE Ir ESAcrED ms THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY on. MARYLAND.
three fIfths of all the members of the
House toneurringl, That ahe following
additional section be, and he same here.
by In, proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution Of this Statesand. IL adopt
ed by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided, Ii shall stand
and be known as Section eleven. of Ar
ticle fifteen of said CONSTITUTION:
IL. Appointments In tie Civil service
of the State, in the municipalities and
counties OF the State, shy be made ae-
cording 10 merit and fitnfss, TO be ascer.
tanned as far as practicable by examina-
tson, which shall be competitive, except
appointments which are subject to con-
hrmatioii by the Senate, and the General
Assembly shall pass all such laws as NAV
be necessary more fully % carry into ell.
feet the provisions Of this section.
SECTION 2. AND ne TT FURTurR
ENACTED ny THE AUrfoRTTy AroRr.
SAID. That the foregoing section. here
by proposed rs an amsndment to the
Constitution of this Statk shall be. at the
next general election held In this State,
submitted TO the legal agBd qualified vo-
tiers thereof for their adoption or reject
ion, in pursuance of thesdirections con
tanned In Article fourteen OF the Con-
stitution OF this State Ind nc the said
| general election the vote on said prop4,-
sed amendment TO the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon zach ballot used
| ut said election shall DE printed, after
the list of candidates, the question con-
corning the adoption okrejection of said
proposed constitutional amendment. so
that each voter at such election can de-
signate thereon In the manner prescribed
by law, whether his .rote il "For the
Constitutional Amendment" or Against
the Constitutional Amendment" as he
shall elect. and Immediately after said
election due return shat be made TO the
Governor of the State ~ the vote for and
against said proposed amendment. as di-
rected by said fourtecsth article of the
Constitution.
Approved, April 4, 1sa6.
Now THEREFORE,. I IA.oYp LowSprs
Governor of the Statesof MARYLAND, in
pursuance of the provisions OF Section
one OF Article fourteen sof the Constitu-
ton of the State, do hereby order and
direct that copy Of saiA bill proposing
said constitutional amendment be pub.
lished In at least two newspapers in each
county, where so MANI NAV be pub
lished, and where not more than one
may be published, then sn that pewspa-
per, and In three newspapers in the City
of Baltimore, one of which shall be in
the herman language, ynce week for
nj least three months preceding the next
ensuing general election, which said gen.
eral election will be he'd on Tuesday
the Second day of November, eighteen
hundred and ninety-scsen). at which
election the said proposfd amendment
shall be submitted, In thetform and man.
ner prescribed by the Geiseral Assembly,
to the qualified voters IF the State for
adoption or rejection.
Given under my
hand Ind the Great
The Seal Of Maryland.
ar...s o. Dondat the City of
*ufedt Nedl~ Annapolis or, the first
OF day Of Jbly In the year
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