The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-09-02
CHAPTER 1913.
An Act to Amend the Constitution of
Maryland by Adding New Section
to Article Four.

Maryland by Adding New Section
to Article Four.
SECTION1. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, threc-iittIls of All mo
members of both houses cOncurriu, ria,
the following section be and the same il
hereby proposed an amendment TO thc
Constitution IF the state of Maryland and if
adopted 10y the legal and qualified voters
thereof, a hereinafter provided, the sam,
shall stand as an additional section to Article,
4 of said Constitution, to follow section 81 ana
to bc known as Section 3lA.
| 3lA. In addition to the sum of five Li,udr,d
dollars, which by the preceding section the
| Mayor and City Council OF Baltimore j. fur
| ther authorized 20 pay to each of the Judges
| of the supreme Bench OF Baltimore CIV IN.
suid Mayor and City Council of BoItiIrrr. l.
| further authorized to pay To each of said
| Judges annually. II sum not exceeding fifteen
! hundred dollars; provided that the sam. ar
any part thereof, being once granted shall
not Ec diminished during the continlIunrr ~
! said Judges in Office.
| Section >. And be it further enacted Il,
| the authority aforesaid, That the said fnrr-
| going section hereby proposed us an amend.
| mCnt 1n1hC Constitution shall be- M tIr u,,yt
genera! election 10 be h"l in this State sIb-
i mitt"u 10 the legal and qualified ,.nt,r.
thereof Tor their uHOpiIDn or rejection I'm
/ pursuance Of the irtctiunS Contained In
/ Article il Of the Constitution of This St,tr.
and al the sad general election the vote on
! sald proposed amendment to the Constitution
! slaii ne ny ballot, and upon each ballot. there
snail be written or printed tine words. For
| hcCOnstitut!onni Amendment, 'und" gai',gf
! the Constitutional Amendment" $50 than tr.
! voter nnHy elect; and Immediately after .,pfd
/ election du" return shall hc made 10 Ihr COY
crnor Of the TOIp for and against said ur,-
posed nmcnGlnrnt, rs directed 10y the said
fourteenth Article Of the Constitution
/ Approved April q lsgs.
Now, therefore, /. Lloyd Lownd,s. Cover.
nor of the stat" of MAJ land. in pursuance. ID,
the prov istonS Of Section one of Article trlir.
! teen OF the Constitution of the State do hpr,.-
/ ny order ana direct thar a copy of said I}iT
! proposing SAID Constitutional Amendment b.,
| published IN ut lclSt two news papers in rHcl
| county, Whrr" so many may be published
| ana where not more than one may Lc pub
! IShrd. then III that newspaper and in three
| newspapers in tn" city OF Baltimore, one Of
| which shall be in the German language, once
| a week for at least three months priced Inc
the next ensuing general election (Which
| snld general election will bc held ON TUcSlny
the seventh day OF November eighteen hun
| area ana nlnctN-nlnr). N which election the
Salu proposed amendment shall be submitted
| IN the form ana manner prescribed lax the
General Assembly to the qualified voters oi
thc state Tor adoption or rejection
- ----- % Given under my huud
| THE GRr,r Sr.r and the Great Seal of
OF Done AT the City OF
MARyIAXD Annapolis. on the 18th
40 day of July, in the wear
@ - - o of our Lord. eighteen
hundred and nin"ty-ninc.
LLOYD LOwNDEs
Governor OF Maryland
by order of the Governor:
GEORGE f. LOwEREE
Secretary a STATE