The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-19
CHAPTER 1913.
An Act to Amend the Constitution of
Maryland BY Adding a New Section
to Article Four.


SECTION |. BE it cnacrcd ny the General
Assembly OF Maryland, tnrrc-hfths of all the
members OF both houses cOncurriug That
the following section he and the same il
hereby proposed - an amendment to the
Constitution OF the State OF MARYLAND and if
adopted by the legal ana qualified voters
thereof, as hereinafter provided, the same
shnll stand as an additional section 10 Article
of said Constitution, to follow section 81 and
to be known As Section GlA.
81 In addition to the sum of fvcmndrcd
dollars, which 10y the preceding section the
Mayor and City Council OF Baltimore is fur
thcr authorized to pay to each of the Judges
OF the supreme Bench of Baltimore CITY the
said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore il
further authorized to pay to each of said
Judges annually, IL sum not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars; provided thnt the same or
any part thereof, being once GRANTED, shall
not Ec diminished during the continuance of
said Judges in Office.
Section .. And be II further enacted nv
the authority aforesaid That the said fore
going section hereby proposed u.s. an amend
mcnt to the Constitution shall be, at the next
genera! election to b" held in this State. sub
united to- The legal and qualified voters
thereof for their ,upti0n or Rejection, in
pursuance OF the dir. ctions contained in
and at the said general election the vote on
said proposed amendment TO the Constitution
shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot, there
shall be written or printed the words, For
the constitutional Amendment, and pa gainst
the Constitutional Amendments" so that the
voter may elect: and Immediately after snid
election due return shall be made to the Gov
crnor OF the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, rs directed by the said
fourteenth Article of the Constitution.
Approved April 9, 1898
Now. therefore, |. Lloyd Lowndcs. Cover
nor of the State OF Mary land. in pursuance of
the provisions OF section one OF Article four
teen OF the Constitution Of the State, do here
10y order and direct thar copy of said Bill.
proposing said Constitutional Amendment be
published in ~ least two nCwspap in rarl.
county, whore so many may be published
and where not more than one may be pub
Iishtd, then III that newspaper. and in three
newspapers in tn" city OF Baltimore. ono Of
winch shall be III the German language, once
q week for al least three months preceding
the next ensuing general election (Which
said general election will lie held ON TUESDAY
the seventh day of November, eighteen hun
drcd and nnCiy-uiuc), at which clrcti0n the
said proposed amendment shall be submitted
IN the form and manner prescribed by tho
General Assembly to the qualified voters OF
the State fOr adoption or rejection
o--------------------O Given under my hand
rus ct,r,r s,., and the Great Seal o.
INN ""tA' S""'' Maryland.
OF Done at the City Of
N,uyt.xn Annapolis, ON the 18th
day of July, in the year
O------- - of our Lord eighteen
hundred and nucty-ninc.
LLOYD LOwNDES
Governor OF Maryland
by order of the Governors
GEORGE Il. LowEREE,
Secretary OF State.