The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-15
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w HEREAS at the January session in
/ w the wear eighteen hundred and nine
| tysix of the General Assembly of Mary
| land Il bill was passed proposing an amend
| ment 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
| amendment are l.: the words following,
| to wit
CHAPTER 459
| AN ACT to amend the Constitution of
the State by adding an additional Section
| to Article fifteen thereof to be known
as Section eleven Of said Article.
SECTION I. BE 1t Enacted By ne General
| assembly Of Maryland, three tifths 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 Constitution of this
State: and if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof as herein provid-
| ed, it shall stand and be known as Section
| eleven, of Article fifteen OF SAID Constr
| tuition:
! II. Appointments III the Civil service
| OF the State, in the municipalities and
counties of the State. shall be made ac-
cording to merit and fitness, to be ascer-
tanned as far as practicable by cXamlna-
ton, which shall be competitive, except
| appointments which are subject to con-
| tirmation 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.
SIZE , lndbeH F".ther Eaaried b; tie
! arthoH, ,rore&ail. That the foregoing
section, hereby proposed as an amend
mert to the Constitution of this State
snail be- 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 said general election the
vote on said proposed amendment
to the Conttution shall be by ballot, and
upon each be printed, after the lists of
candidates, the question concerning the
adoption or rejection of said proposed
constitutional amendment, so that each
voter at such election can designate there
on in the manner prescribe by law
whether his vote is For the Constitu
tional Amendment or Against the
Constitutional Amendment as he shall
elect. and Immediately after election due
return shall be made To the Governor OF
the State of the vote for and against sal,
proposed amendment, as directed bE sac
fourteenth article of the Constitution.
Approved, April lth 1896.
| Now FHEREFoRE, |, LLOYD LoMNpES
Governor of the State of Maryland, il
pursuance of the provisions of Section
one Of Article fourteen of the Constitu
ton of the State, do hereby order ant
direct that a copy of said bill proposing
said constitutional amendment ne pub
lished in at least two newspapers III caci
rnuI.ty, where so many may be published
/ when not more than one may be pub
lshcd, then in that newspapers, and II
: three newspapers in the City of Baltl
more one of which shall be in the Ger
man language, once Il week for at lcas
three months preceding the next genera
election, (Which said general election vii
he held on Tuesday, the Second day @
, November. eighteen hundred and ninety
sevcnD. at which election the said propos
ed amendment shall be submitted, in tn
form and manner prescribed by tn
General sea bly,, to the qualified voter
of the State for adoption or rejection.
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