Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09
OehnS' Acme Hall
Baltimore & Charles StS.,
BALTIMORE.
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PROCLAMATION.

Whereas at a session of the General
Assembly of Maryland begun and held
in the city of Annapolis on the fifth day
of January, 1899, a Bill was passed pro-
posing an Amendment to the ConStitu-
tion of the State by adding new sec
tion 10 Article Four thereof, to be known
as Section 81 \. which said Bill and
Amendment are in the words following,
TO wit:
CHAPTER 1913.
An act To amend the Constitution of
Maryland by adding new section TO
Article Four:
Section L. BE il enacted by the Gen
cral Assembly of Maryland, thrce-f fifths
Of all the members of both houses con
curing That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Maryland. and if adopted 10y
| legal and qualified voters thereof. rs
hereinafter provided, the same shall
stand a. an additional section to Article
of said Constitution, to follow Section
81 and To be known as Section 3lA
3lA In addition TO the sum of five
hundred dollars. which by the proceed
ing section the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore is authorized to pay TO each
of the Judges of the Supreme Bench of
/ Baltimore city, the said Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore is further author
! lied TO pay 10 each of said Judges
annually sum not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars. provided that the same
or any part thereof, being once granted,
shall not bc diminished during the con
tinuance OF said judges in office
Section ,. And be- il further enacted
by the authority aforesaid. that the said
! foregoing section hereby proposed as i'm
amendment To the Constitution shall be,
at the next general election To be held in
this State. submitted to the legal and
qualified voters thereof, for their adop-
tion or rejection in pursuance of the di-
rcctors contained i'll Article Il of the
! Constitution of this State: and at the
said general election the vote on said
proposed amendment to the Constitution
shall bc by ballot. and upon each ballot
there shall be written or printed the
words, For the Constitutional Amend
mcnt. and Against the Constitutional
Amendment. So that the voter may
elect Immediately after said election due
return shall be made Ia the Governor of
the vote for and against said proposed
amendment. as directed by the said
fourteenth article of the Constitution
Approved April .. 1895.
Now. therefore. |, LLOYD IowndcS.
Governor of the State of Maryland, in
pursuance of the provisions of Section
one Of Article fourteen of the ConStitu,
tion of the State, do hereby order and
direct that copy of said Bill proposing
said Constitutional Amendment he pub
lishcd i'll ai least two newspapers in each
county. where So many may he publish
ed. and where not more than one may
be- published. then in that newspaper
and III three newspapers in the city of
Baltimore. one of which shall he in the
German language. once a week for at
least three months preceding the next
ensuing general election (which sad
general election will he held on Tuesday
the seventh day of November. eighteen
hundred and ninety -mine,) at which
election the said proposed amendment
shall hc submitted, IN the form and
manner prescribed 10y the General As
scmbly. to the qualified voters of the
state for adoption or rejection
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal Of
THE GREAT Maryland
SEAL or Done AT the city of An.
MARYLAND napolis ON the 18th day of
July. in the year of our
Lord, eighteen hundred
and ninety nine.
LLOYD L0wNDES,
Governor of Maryland.
By order of the Governor
GEORGE Il. LowEREE,
Secretary of State.