The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-09-11
Proc an1latiOn1

| WHEREAS Mt the January session in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety-six of the Cen
! cral Assembly of Maryland bill was passed
proposing an amendment to the Constitution
Of the State by adding an additional section
| to Article fifteen thereof, to he known as
| section eleven of said Article. which said bill
| and amendment are in the words following
| to wit:
CHAPTER $50.
| An Act to amend the Constitution of the
State by adding additional section to
Article fifteen thereof, to be known rs Section
eleven of said Article.
SECTION |. Be ii enacted blythe General assembly
of Maryland, tthree-fifths of all the members of
the House concurringl, That the following
| additional section be, and the same hereby
is, proposed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of this State; and, If adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof rs herein
provided, it shall stand and be known as Sec
ton eleven, of Article fifteen of said Consti-
tuition:
H.. Appointments in the Civil Service of
| the state in the municipalities and counties
| OF the State shall be made according to merit
and fitness, to be ascertaincd as far as prac-
tlcable by examination which shall be COM
| petitive, except appointments which are sub
| Ject to confirmation by the Senate, and the
General Assembly shall pass all such laws us
| may be necessary more fully to carry into
| effect the provisions Of this section.
| SECTION 2. and be 1t F,uiher Enacfrd 6y ne
authority GtorcsGid, That the for. going section.
hereby proposed as an amendment to the
| Constitution of this State shall he, 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 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 Constitution shall be by
ballot and upon each ballot uscdat said election
| shall be printed, after the lists of candidates.
the question concerning the adoption or re-
Jtclioi vi said pi oposeu ounstItutuiii,i aneuu-
| mcnt, so that each voter at such election can
| designate thereon in the manner prescribed
w. ls,, r'.ltnthn NJ, - '''7. =. ,'-s
| tional Amendment" or Against the Consti-
| tutional Amendment" as he shall elect. and
| Immediately after said 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 18th, 1885,
| Now THEREFORE,, ], LLOYD LOwNDEs. Gov
ernor OF the sta; Of Maryland. in pursuance
| of the provisions of Section one of Article
fourteen of the Constitution of the State, do
hereby order and direct that Il copy of said
bill proposing said constitutional amend
ment be published 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 newspaper, and in
three newspapers in the City of Baltimore
one of which shall be in the German language.
once week for at least three months pre-
ccding the next ensuing general election,
(Which said general election will be held on
Tuesday the Second day of November, eight
| cen hundred and ninety -seven], at which
election the said proposed amendment shall
be submitted, in the form and manner pre-
| scribed by the General Assembly to the
| qualified voters of the State for adoption or
| rejection.
OSSSSSO Given under my hand
| n r.,y q and the Great Seal OF
\ Maryland.
| X uSIA' oEAI Done at the City OF An
TX OF napols on the first day of
| Y Y July in the year of our
| q "H~'IANp. q Lord eighteen hundred
| ~~o&>~~o and ninety -ssven.
LLOYD LOwNDES,
Governor Of Maryland