Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-07-28
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS at a session Of the General As
seu.blv Of Maryland begun and held 10 the
CITY Of Annapolis on the 9Th day of January
1898 a Bill was passed proposing an Anne i'd
meut Ia the Constitution OF tn. State by add
ing u new section To Article -Four thereof, to
be known as Section 3 A, which said Bill
and Amendment are in the words following
10 wit
CHAPTER 1893 An act to smend The Con-
stitution of Maryland by adding Kew Sec
ton to Article Four
SECTION L. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Mar ylnnd, three ffths ot all the
members OF both houses eoneurring. Thai the
following section be and the fame IL hereby
proposed as an amendment 10 the Constitution
of the State Of Maryland and II adop,ed by
the legal and qualified voters therent as iirie-
ipafter prov.d rd, The same 81 ill stand ms an
additional section TO Article Of said e6nsti-
tuition, Ia follow sertion 81 sud 10 te known
As Section 81 A
3IA in addition to the sum Of fisc hun
dred dollars, which ~ The preceding sec ton
tbe Mayor and Civ Council Of baltimore is
authorized to pay zach Of the Judges OF the
Supreme Bench Of Baltimore City. tile said
Mayor and City Council ofBLlinore isfuriher
authorized to Pny 70 each of said Judges an
nuaIly. sun not excerdin9 fifteen hundred
toIlars; provided that the same or Ans part
thereof, being once granted shall MT he dimin-
lshsd during the continuance Oft the said Judges
10 Office
SECTION H.. And he it further enacted, hy
the authority Aforesaid, that The sail tCreSo-
ing section here..v proposed as an amendmeI t
to the Constitution shall be. al the next gen
eral election 10 be held in this State submit
ted to the Legal and qualified voters thereof,
for their adoption or rejection, in pursuance
of he directions contained in Article IA OF
the Constitution of this State; aud at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall he by
ballot, snd upon each ballot shall, ahere shall
be written or printed the words, For the
Constitutional Amendment and Against
the Constitutional Amendment, so that the
voter NAV elect; aud Immediately after said
election due return shall be made TO the Cover.
nor of the vote for and against said proposed
amendment. rs directed by the said fourteenth
Article Of the Constitution.
Approved April 9th. 1898
Now, Therefore, | Lloyd LowLdes, Cover.
nor of the State of Maryland inpursn4nre Of
the provisions OF Section one Of Article four
teen OF the Constituiiou OF the State. do here
by order and dirscI that a copy OF the said
Fill proposing said CONSTITUTIONAL amend
ment be published in at least two newspapers
10 each county, where so many may be pub
lished and where not more than one NAV b.
published, then in that newspaper, and in
three newspapers in the CITY of Baltimore,
one Of which shall De 10 the German Language
once u week for at least three months proceed
ing the next ensuing general election (which
said general election will re held on Tuesday
the seventh day of November, eighteen hun
'dred and ninety mine, at which election th,
sand proposed amendment shall De submitted
in the form and manner prescribed by ths
General Assembly, 10 the qualified voters 0
the State for adoption
-----. Given under my
The Great Seal hand and Inc Great
OF Seal If uarylqnd
Maryland. Doae a. the City o
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day Of July. 10 tn,
yea OF our lord eighteen hundred and ninety