The Republican., 1899-07-27
PROCLAMATION.

/ WHEREAS at a session of the General As
sembly of Maryland begun and held in tho
city OF Annapolis on the fifth day of January.
lolS, Il Bill was passed proposing an'Amend
ment to the Constitution of the State by ad.
| ding 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 19j
AN ACT to amend the Constitution OF Mary
land by adding Il new Section to Article
Four.
SECTION BE IT ENACTED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
three -tftlS Of all the members of both houses
concurring, 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 by the legal and
qualified voters thereof. as hereinafter pro-
vided, the same shall stand as an additional
section to Article of said Constitution. to
follow section 81 and to be known as section
81 a.
81 Am addition to the sum of five hun
dred 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
same Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is
further authorized to pay to each of the said
Judges annually, sum not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars; provided that the same or
any part thereof, being ouce granted shall
not be diminished during the continuance Of
said Judges i'll Office.
4 y II
ACTED. by the authority aforesaid, that the
said foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution shall he, at
the next general election 30 be held in this
State, submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof, for their adoption or rejec
tion i'll pursuance of the directions 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 Consttu-
tion shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot,
there shall be written or printed the words,
For the Constitutional Amendment and
Against the Constitutional Amendment" ;"
so that the voter may elect; and Immediately
after said election due return shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, as directed by
the said Fourteenth Article7of the Constitu-
ton.
Approved April 9th, 1895.
Now. THEREFORE,, |, LLOYD LowMDES, Gov
ernor of the State of Maryland, in pursuance
of the provisions Of Section one of Article
fourteen of the Constitution OF the State, dc
hereby order and direct that copy of said
| Bill proposing said Constitutional Amend
| ment be published in at least two newSpa-
| pers in each county, where so many may be
| published and where not more than one may
| be published, then in that newspaper, and il
three newspapers in the City of Baltimore
one OF which shall be in the German Ian
guage, once a week for at least three month.
preceding the next ensuing general election
(Which said general election will be held OF
| Tuesday the seventh day OF November
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine) at whicl
election the said proposed amendment shal
be submitted, in the form and manner pre-
scribed by the General Assembly, to tn
qualified voters Of the State for adoption o
rejection.
Given under my hand and the Great Sea
OF Maryland.
;f-----F Done at the City of An
THE GREAT napolis on the 18th day O
| SEAL OF July, in the year of ou
MARYLAND. Lord eighteen hundred an,
| l,------- yninety-nine.
LLOYD LOWNDES,
Governor of Maryland
By order of the Governor;
GEORGE f. LOwEREE,
secretary of State. l9-lGt