Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19

wnEltEAs ut the January Sassion in
the year eighteen hundred AID ninety
six of the General Assembly 81 Mary
land q bill was passed proposing i'm
amendment to the Constitution of tae
State by adding an additional section 10
Article fifteen thereof, TO be known As
Section eleven OF said Article whish
said bill and amendment are in the w0rls
following, TO wit:
CHAPTER $50.
An AsT 10 amend the Constitution On
the State by adding an additional S,c-
ton 20 article fifteen thereof, &c, be known
as Section eleven of said Article.
SECTresS 1. BIZ 1T ENACTED nY rl,E
GENERAL ASSEMBLY or MAEYIAsn.
three fifths of all the members Of the,
House concurringl, That the following
additional section be, and the same hese.
by Is, proposed rs an amendment to th,,
Constitution of this State; and. il ado,st-
ed by the legal and qualified voters
thereof al herein provided, il shall sta all
and be known as Section eleven, of IN
ticle fifteen of said Constitution:
II. Appointments in the Civil service
of the State, in the municipalities and
counties Of the State, shall be- made A..
cording tes merit and fitness, 10 be ast ar-
tanned as far as practicable by exaIniAa-
ton, which shall be competitive, EXCEPT
appointments which are subject 90 con
firmation by the Senate, and the General
Assembly shall pass all such laws as saay
be necessary more fully TO carry int isf-
feet the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. AND BE 1T EuRThER
ENACTED ny THE Authority AF,a.E-
SAID, That the foregoing section, here
by proposed as an amendment & the
Constitution of this State shall be, as the
| next general election held in this S&slie.
submitted to the legal and qualified so
| tiers thereof for their adoption or re lect-
ion, in pursuance of the directions con
tanned in Article fourteen of the Con
stitution of this State and at the said
general election the vote ON said propo.
sed amendment to the ConstitutionshaIi
be by ballot, and upon each ballot used
at said election shall be printed, after
the list of candidates, the question: con
corning the adoption or rejection ofeaid
proposed constitutional amendment, so
! that each voter at such election can de.
signate thereon in the manner prescribed
by law, whether his vote is ''F,r the
| Constitutional Amendment" or 'Aeainst
the Constitutional Amendment" as he
1 ohdh NAN1tp anu lilliHsulalelN Hftg5 SAID
election due return shall be made 20 the
Governor of the State of the vote far and
against said proposed amendment. as Iii
rected by said fourteenth article of the
Constitution.
Approved, April 4, 1896.
Now THEREFORE,. l LLOYD Low NpEs,
Governor of the State of Maryland, i'm
pursuance of the provisions Of Section
one OF Article fourteen of the Co4stitu.
ton of the State, do hereby ord.,r and
direct that copy of said bin PROPOSING
| said constitutional amendment lie pub
lished in ut least two newspapers In each
county, where so many may b. pub
lished, and where not more than one
may be published, then in that nywspa-
per, and in three newspapers in tse City
OF Baltimore, one of which shah be in
the German language, once a week for
Mt least three months preceding tic next
ensuing general election, which sid gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday.
the Second day of November, eighteen
hundred and ninety-scyen), att which
election the said proposed ameadment
shall be submitted, in the form add man
ner prescribed by the General Assembly,
to the qualified voters of the S.ate for
adoption or rejection. (
- Given un,ser my
hand and thi Great
Tho Seal of MarylaAd.
n..s o. Done at the Hitv Of