Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-23

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the year eirhfh January ssssiea in
six Of the GeneR handrea enc nissety-
land bill was 49, nnosS ~ NaIs
amendment to tlieSsu PloposA an
state BY adding an as;s Sf' wv, 4 'se
Article fifteen ther2s " ~ = -
Section eleven Of SAY - ~ $3.50 y -
said bin and amendment - = y. MAlSn
following. to wit: YIN 'ns Wprus
CHAPTER Is
An AcT 10 amend the Con,
the State by adding an aStIiitsn OF
tion 20 article fifteen thereof. II kl'ai rec
IS Section eleven of said ArtieI SHOWN
sEcTiloS 4. BIZ, 1T ExAcrlKp
GkxkRn ASSEMBLY OR MARsA %
three nftf1s OF all the members M
House t'oncurringl, That the foIlowNs.
saaisionai section be. and tile sam hex
~ y. proposed as an ainendInent ID tA
Constitation OF this State; and. liz AdoptN
ca py The legal and qualified voter
thereof IS herein provided, Ii shall stand
ana De known Is Section eleven. 5of Ar.
ticie fifteen OF said Constitution
IL. Appointments In Tie Civil serv;c.
OF the State, in the municipaIities a.d
counties of the State. shall hss rrs,ie AZ.
cording TO merit and fitness. 10 IS ascer.
tanned as far as practicable hy ctgamina-
ton, which shall be competitive excent
appointments which are sI,hieet 81 cor.
firinatioa by the Senete. and the senerai
Assembly shall pass all such laws a. NAV
be necessary more fully 10 carry into Ell
feet the provisions of this sertira.
SECTION 2. AND nE yr FNnTurn
ENACTED BY THE AUTnoRrrY AFoRr-
SAID, That the foregoing section. here.
by proposed as AN amendments 20 ana
Constitution of this State shalt he NJ the
next general election held iii THIS state.
submitted to the legal and auafsflesl vo,
tiers thers'of fer sheir adoption ar retect-
ion, in pursuance Of the directions con
tanned In Article fourteen az the Con
statution OF this State and AZ the said
general election the vote ON sad propo, mo-
sed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot usrJ
at said election shall be printed. after
the list OF candidates, the eiueltion en-
cerning lie adoption or reflection az said
proposed constitutional amendment so
that each voter at such election can de-
signate thereon in the manner S.rescr;hel
by law, whether his vote iss eFoe th.;
constitutional Amendment ar A gainst
the constitutional Amendmgnt' as ~
shall elect, and immediately after aid
election due return shall be made - ,he
Governor of the State ofthe vote for and
against said proposed as,e.d,nent a. al
rected by said fourteenth, arslole Of The
Constitution. 7's'V'N " '"o
Approved, April 4, 1896.
Now THEREFORE,, LLoYls LowyDrs
Governor OF the State or MARYLAND in
pursuance Of the provisions OF section
one OF AFttple fourteen Of tke Constitu.
tion OF the State, do herebg order and
direct that y copy of said bid proposine
said constitutional amcndeent be pub.
iished In at least two newspapers in each
county, where 50 many may be pub.
iished, and where not NOSE than one
may DE published, then In that newsna.
pei, and In three newspapers in the Civ
OF Baltimore, one of which shall be In
the German language, once week for
AT least three months precessing the next
ensuing general election. which said cen
erai election will be heldson Tuesday.
the second day of NovemDer, eighteen
nunared and ninety-seyesb, at which
election the said proposecs amendment
snail De submitted, In The figrm and man
ner prescribed hy the 6enctsl Assemble
10 the qualified voters ofsthe State for
adoption or rejection.
xxx.. Gtvel under my
h. hand and the Great
. Tle Seal Of Maryland
.,paat Gal. Done az the City OF