Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-26

WHEREAS nc the January session In
the year eighteen hundred and ninesy.
six Of the General Assembly Of Mary-
land bill was passed proposing an
amendment to the Constitution OF the
State by adding an additional section 10
Article fifteen thereof. to be known as
Section eleven of said Article which
said bill and amendment are in the words
following, TO wit:
CHAPTER 4sa.
Az AcT TO amend the Constitution az
the State by adding an additional Sec
tion TO article fifteen thereof,iso be known
rs Section eleven of said Article.
SECTION 1. Be 1T ESAcrED sY rur
GRsERAL ASSEMBLY or MARYLAND.
three fifths of all the members of the
House concurringl That tho following
additional section be, and the same here
BY Is, proposed az an amendment TO the
Constitution OF this State; and. IL adopt
ed by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided, il shall stand
and be known rs Section eleven, of Ar
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 ac-
cording to merit and fitness, to be ascer-
tanned rs far as practicable lpy examine
ton, which shall be competitive, except
| appointments which are subject TO con-
/ firmation by the Senate, and the General
Assembly shall pass all such laws as NAV
be necessary more fully to carry into III.
| feet the provisions of this section.
SECTION ,. AND BE rt FURTHER
ENACTED ny THE AUTHORITY AFoRE-
SAID, That the foregoing section, here
by proposed as an amendment to the
| Constitution of this State shall be, at the
next general election held iis this State,
submitted to the legal and qualified vo-
tiers thereof for their adoption or reject
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 orr said promo
sed amendment To the Constitution shall
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 of said
proposed constitutional amendment. so
that each voter at such election can de-
signate thereon in the manner prescribed
by law, whether his vote is For the
Constitutional Amendment, OF Against
the Constitutional Amendment" as he
1 SAihh NANNts AtftfitfuiAtTiy after Sliu
election due return shall be made to the
Governor of the State of the vote forand
against said proposed amendment, as di-
rected by said fourteenth article of the
Constitution.
Approved, April 4, 1896
Now THEREFoRE, | LLOYD LowNDEs,
Governor of the State of MARYLAND. in
pursuance OF the provisions OF Section
one OF Article fourteen of the Constitu-
ton of the State, do hereby order and
direct that copy of said bill proposing
said constitutional amendment be pub
lished in at least two newspapers i'm each
county, where so many may be pub
lished, and where not more than one
may be published, then i'm that newspa-
per, and in three newspapers in the CITY
| of Baltimore, one of which shall be in
the German language, once a week for
at least three months preceding the next
ensuing general election, which said gen
eral 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 man
ner prescribed by the General Assembly.
to the qualified voters of the State for
adoption or rejection.
/ Given under my