Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-09-30
Special Notices.
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, Alta session of the General As.
sembly Of Maryland begun and held in the
| city of Annapolis on the fifth day of January,
1888, Bill was passed proposing an Amend
ment to the Constitution of the state bv add.
ing new Section to Article -Four thereof. to
be known as Section 81 \, which said Bill
and Amendment are in the words following.
to wit:
CHAPTER 1903.
AN ACT to amend the Constitution of Mary.
land by adding new Section to Article
Four
SECTION |. BE il enacted by The Graeyal
~ assembly Of .HoyyiqHd, Thrce-ffths of all
the members Of both Houses concurring.
ihat tDe following Section be and the same is
hereby proposed as an Amendment To the
constitution of the State of Maryland, and if
adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof, as hereinafter provided the same
Snall stand as an additional Section to Article
rour OF sad Constitution, to follow Section
81, and to be known as SECTION 81 A:
81 A. In addition to the sum of five hun.
bred dollars, which, by the preceding 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 furth-
er authorized to pay to each of said Judges
annually sum not exceeding fifteen hum
bred dollars provided, that the same or any
part thereof, being once granted, shall not be
diminished during the continuance of said
Judges in office
SECTION Il. And be il FURTHER elacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
oection hereby proposed as an Amendment
~ at bn ~
eral election to be held in this State. submit
ted TO the legal and qualified voters thereof
IOr their adoption or rejection in pursuance
Oh the directions contained i'll Article II Of the
constitution of this State; and at the said
general election the vote on said PROMISED
Amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words, For the Con-
stltutlohal Amendment" and Against the
constitutional Amendment" so that the
voter may elect and Immediately after said
election due return shall be made to the Gov.
erhor Oh the vote for and against said proposed
Amendment, as directed by the said four
teenth Article of the Constitutions
Approved April 9, 1898.
Now, therefore, |, LLOYD LowNpEs, Govern
or OF the State of Maryland, in pursuance of
the provisions OF Section One of Article Four
teen OF the Constitution of the State, do here
by order and direct that copy of said Bill
proposing said Constitutional Amendment he
published in at least two newspapers in each
county, where so many may be published,
and where not more than one NAV be pub
llshed, then i'll that newspaper, and in three
newspapers i'll the city of Baltimore. one of
which shall be i'll the German language, once
week for at least three months preceding the
next ensuing general election, (Which said
general election will be held on Tuesday, the
seventh day of November, eighteen hundred
ana nnety-nineD at which election the said
proposed Amendment shall be submitted, in
the form and manner prescribed by the Cen
eral Assembly, to the qualified voters of the
State TOR adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal
of Maryland.
*rC, ( Done at the City of An
"' sea- napolis on the 18th day of
( OF ! July, in the year of our
I Maryland. / Lord eighteen hundred and
*xxxxxxxxxxxx# ninety nine.
LLOYD LOWNDES,
Governor of Maryland.
By order of the Governor:
GEORGE +. LowEREE,
July 22-l6t Secretary of State.