Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-07-30
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 Con
stitution Of the State by adding an addition
al section to Article fifteen thereof, to be
which said bill and amend ment are 10 the
words following, to wit;
CHAPTER 45s.
AN Act to amend the Constitution OF the
state by adding an additional Section to
Article fifteen thereof, to be known as Sec
lion eleven Of said Article.
SECTION ! Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, (three-6fths OF all
the members of the House eoncurring, J That
the following additional section be, and The
same hereby Is, proposed 'as an amendme
to the Constitution OF this State aud, if
adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided, 1t shall stand and
be known as Section eleven OF Article fifteen
| of said Constitution
IL. 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 ascertained az far as prac-
ticable by examination, which shall be COM
petitive. except appointments which are NIB
| ject TO confirmation 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 Aforesaid, That the foregoing
section, hereby proposed a. an amendment TO
the Constitution OF this State shall be, at
the next general election held 10 this State,
submitted TO the legal and qualified voters
| thereof for their adoption or rejection, In pur-
suance Of the directions contained in A rtiele
| fourteen Of the Constitution of this State
and at the said general election the vote on
said proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot
used at said election shall be printed, amer
the list OF candidates, the question conceI n
ing the adoption or rejection OF said proposed
constitutional amendment, so that each voter
at such election can designate thereon in the
| manner prescribed by law, whether his vote
10 "For the Constitutional Amendment, f." or
Against the Constitutional Amendment as
be shall elect, and Immediately amer said
election due return shall be made to the Gov
ernor of the State Of the vote for and against
said proposed amend ment, as directed by said
fourteenth article Of the Constitution.
Approved, April 4th. 1896.
Now therefore, !, LLOYD LOWNDES
Governor Of the State OF Maryland, in pur-
suance Of the provisions of Section one OF
Article fourteen of the Constitution Of the
State, do hereby order and direct that copy
OF said bill! proposing said constitution a |
amendment be published 10 at least two news
papers in each county, where so many ma Y
be published, and where not more than one
may be published, then in tha, newspaper,
and in three newspapers in the City OF BaIti-
more, one OF which shall be in the German
language, once week for aS least three
months preceding the next ensuing gene raj
election, (which said general election will be
held on Tuesday, the Second day OF Novem-
Der, eighteen hundred and ninety -seveu, } at
which election the said proposed amen me t
shall be submitted, in the form add manner
prescribed by the General Assembly, to the
qualified voters of the State for adoption or
rejection.
~--- Given under my hand and
The the Great Seal Of Maryland.
Great Seal Done at the City Of Annap-
| of oils on the first day of July,
Maryland I in the year of our Lord eight
@---- cen hundred aud nine iy wen
LLOYD LowNDES,
Governor Of Maryland.
By order Of the Governor:
RICHARD DALLAM,
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