The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29
Proclamation

WHEREAS, at the January session
in the year eighteen hundred and
ninety-six of the General Assembly of
Maryland a bill was passed proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of
the State by adding an additional
section to Article fifteen thereof, to
be known as Section eleven OF said
Article, which said bill and amend
ment are in the words following, to-
wit:
CHAPTER $50.
AN ACT to amend the Constitution Of the
State by adding an additional Section to
Article fifteen thereof to beknown as Section
eleven of said Article.
SECTION l. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND three-ffths
ofall the members of the House concuringj.
That the following additional section be, and
the same hereby is proposed as an amend
mert to the Constitution of this state: and, if
adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereofas herein provided, it shall stand and
be known as Section eleven of Article fifteen
of said Constitution:
II. Appointments in the Civil service of ,hc
State, in the municipal tiles and counties OF
the state, shall be made according to merit
and fitness, to he aScertained as far as prac-
tcablc by examination, which shall be COM
petitiVe, except appointments which are SUBJ
ject to continuation 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.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED
BY THE AUTHORITY AFoREsAIp That the
foregoing section, hereby proposed as AN
amendment to the Constitution of this state
shall be, at the next general election held in
this state, submitted to the legal and quail
fled voters thereof for their adoption or retcc-
ton, in pursuance ofthc directions contained
in Article fourteen of the Constitution ofthis
State and at the said general election the
vote on said proposed amendment TO the Con-
stitution shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot used at said election shall be printed,
after the lists of candidates, the question con-
corning the adoption or rejection of said pro-
posed constitutional amendment, SO tnat
each voter at such election can designate
thereon in the manner prescribed by law,
whether his vote is For the Constitutional
Amendment or against the Constitutional
Amendment as he shall elect, and imme-
diately after said election due return shall be
made to the Governor ofthe state of the vote
for and against said proposed amendment, as
directed by sail fourteenth article of the Com
stitution.
Approved April 9TH, 1896.
Now THEREFORE |, LLOYD
LOWNDES, Governor Of the State of
Maryland, in pursuance OF the prOVi-
sions of Section one Of Article four
teen of the Constitution Of the State.
do hereby order and direct that a
copy Of said bill proposing said con
stitutiOnal amendment 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 news
! paper, and in three newspapers in the
city of Baltimore, one of which shall
| be in the German language, once q
/ week for at least three months pre-
ceding the next ensuing general elec-
| ton (Which said general election will
be held on Tuesday, the Second day
OF November, eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven), at which election the
said proposed amendment shall be
submitted, in the form and manner
prescribed by the General Assembly.
to the qualified voters Of the State for
adoption or rejection.