Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-10-09
PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, at q session of the Ochefal
Assembly Of Maryland bsgun and held
in The City Of Annapolis on the fifth
day Of Ianuafy. 1898. bill was pass
ed proposing an Amendment to the
Constitution of the State by adding a
new section 10 Article four thereof. to
be known as Section 3iA, which said
bill and Amendment are in the words
following. to wit a
HAPPIER 1913.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
OF MARYLAND BY ADDING NEW
SECTION TO ARTICLE -FOUR.
SECTION L. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland. three
fifths 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 provided. the same shall
stand as an additional section to Article
4 of said Constitution, to follow Section
81. and to be known as Section 3IA.
3IA. In addition to the sum of five
hundred 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
OF Baltimore City, the said Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore is further au-
thorized to pay to each of said Judges
annually. a sum not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars; provided that the same
or any part thereof, being once granted.
shall not be diminished during the con
tinuance of said Judges in Office.
SECTION 2. And be it further enact
ed. by the authority aforesaid. That the
SAID foregoing section hereby proposed
as an amendment TO the Constitution
shall be. at the next general election to
be held in this State, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof, for
their adoption or rejection. in pursuance
of the directions contained In Article IA
of the Constitution of this State and al
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 Amend
ment," and Against the Constitutional
Amendment, so that the voter may
elect, and Immediately after said election
due return shall be made to the Cover.
nor OF the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by the
said fourteenth Article of the Constitu-
ton.
Approved April 9th. 1893.
Now THEREFORE, /, LLOYD LowN-
DIES, Governor of the State Of Maryland,
in pursuance OF the provisions of Section
one, of Article fourteen OF the Constitution
OF the State, do hereby order and direct
that copy of said bill proposing said
Constitutional Amendment be published
in at least two newspapers in each coun-
ty. where so many may be published and
where not more than one may be pub
lished, then in that newspaper, and in
three newspapers in the City of Balti-
more, one of which shall be in the Ger
man 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 hun
bred and ninety mine, at which election
the said proposed amendment shall be
in the form and manner pre-
scribed by the General Assembly, to the
qualified voters Of the State for adoption
or rejection.
....... Given under my hand
THE GREAT. and the Great Seal of
SEAL OF Maryland.
/: MARYLAND. Done at the City of
.....'....'' Annapolis on the 18th
day of July, in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
LLOYD LOWNDES,
Governor of Maryland.
BY order Of the Governor
GEORGE F. LOWEREE,
Secretary of State.
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