The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-09-02
DROCLAMATION.

Whereas at a session Of the General As
ssmbly Of Maryland begun aud held in the
city Of Annapolis on the fifth dag Of January,
ls9S, Bill vas passed proposing an Amend
mcnI 10 the Constitution OF the State by add
ing new section to Article Four thereof, to
b. known a. Section SlA, which said Bill aud
Amendment are ia the words following, to-
wt:
CHAPTER 1873.
An act 90 amend the Constitution of Mary
land by adding a new section 10 Article -Four:
SEcrloN l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland three tillhs Of all the
members of both houses eoncurriug, That the
following section be aud the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to the COnstltu-
ton of the Stale OF Maryland, and II adopted
b, the legal and qualified voters thereof. as
hereinafter provided. the same shall stand as
an additional section to Article 4 of said Con
stitution, to follow Section 81 aud 70 be known
a. Section 3lA.
SlA. In addition TO the sum of FIVE hun
lrrd dollars. which by the preceding section
ih. Mayor aud City Council of Baltimore is
authorized 70 pay 20 each OF the Judges of the
Supreme Bench of Balip,ore city, the said
Msvor aud City Council Of Baltimore IS further
authorized to pay to each OF said Judges an
nually sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars. provided that the same or any part
thereof. being once granted, shall not be di-
minshrd during the continuance of sand
judges IN Office
SECTION >. And be it further enacted BY
the authority aforesaid, That the said torego
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
a. an efa Dt
the directions contained in Article II Of the
Constitution Of this State; and at 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 ConSti-
tutional Amendment, and Against the Con
stitutioual Amendment So that the voter
NAV elect; aud Immediately after said cleo
ton due return shall be made TO the Cover
nor of the vote for and against said proposed
amendment. as directed by the said fourteenth
article of the Constitution.
Approved April 9, 1898.
Now. therefore, |. Lloyd Lowudes, Cover
nor 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 aud direct that copy of said Bill
proposing said Constitutional Amendment be
published in at least two newspapers in each
county. where so many may be published,
and where not more than one may be pub
ished then in that newspaper and in three
newspapers in the city of Baltimore, one of
which shall be in the German language, once
a week for at least three months preceding
the next ensuing general election (which said
general election will be held an Tuesday, the
seventh day Of November, eighteen hundred
and ninety -nine), at which election the said
proposed amendment shall be submitted, in
the form aud manner prescribed by the Gen
eral Assembly, TO the qualified voters OF the
State for adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand
- and the Great Seal of
The GREAT Maryland.
SEAL or Done at the city of An
MARYLAND napolis on the 18th day OF
- July, in the year of our
Lord, eighteen hundred
aud ninety-nine.
LLOYD LowNDEs,
Governor of Maryland.
By order of the Governor:
GEORGE f. LowEREE,
aug5-l3t Secretary of State.