Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-09-22
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PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS at session Of the General As
seTbly Of Maryland hegun and held 10 the
City Of Annapolis on the fifth day Of January,
1898, a Bill was passed proposing an Amend.
ment to the Constitution Of the State BY add
ing new section to Article Four thereof, to
be known as Section 81 A, which said Bill
and Amendment are in the words following
10 wit;
CHAPTER 1893. An act TO amend the Con
stitution of Maryland by adding a rev Sec
ton to Article Four
SECTION /. Be Il enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, tbree-6fths Of all th.
members Of 10th houses coneurring, That the
following section be and the same is hereb,
proposed as an amendment TO the Constitution
Of the State Of Maryland. and If adop,ed b,
the legal and qualified voters thereof as here
iHailer provided, the same shall stand as Al
additional section to Article Of said Consti.
tuition, to follow section 81 and to be known
as Section 81 A.
81 A. 10 addition to the sum Of Eve hun
dred dollars, which BY the preceding section
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore i
authorized to pay each OF the Judges OF tht
supreme Bench Of Baltimore City, the said
Mayor and 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 am pari
thereof, being once granted shall not be dimn-
ishsd during the continuance Of the said Judges
in Office
SECTION H. And be il further enacted, BY
the authority aforesaid, that the said foreso-
ing section hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution shall be, at the next gen.
eral election to be held ia this State, submit
ted to the lega! and qualified voters thereof,
for their adoption or rejection, in pursuance
Of he directions contained in Article IA OF
the Constitution Of this State; and at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment 10 the Constitution shall be by
ballot, snd upon each ballot shall, there shall
be written or printed the words, "For the
Constitutional Amendment" and against
he Constitutional Amendment" so that the
voter may elect aud Immediately after said
section due return shall be made TO the Cover.
nor Of the vote for and against said proposed
amendment, as directed by the said fourleentb
Article Of the Constitution.
Approved April 9th, 1898
Now, Therefore, | Lloyd Lowndes, Cover
nor Of the State Of Maryland inpursuance Of
the provisions Of Section one Of Article four
teen Of the Consultation of the State, do here
by order and direct that q copy Of the said
Bill proposing said Constitutional Amend
maDt be published In at least two newspapers
10 each county, where so many may be pub
lished and where not more thar one NAV be
published, then in that newspaper, and in
three newspapers in the CITY Of Baltimore,
one Of which shall De in the German language
once week for at least three months proceed
ing the next ensuing general election (which
said general election will he held on Tuesday,
the seventh day Of November, eighteen hun
dred and ninety mine, at which election the
said proposed amendment shall be submitted,
in the form and manner prescribed by the
General Assembly, TO the qualified voters Of
the State for adoption.
c--- Given under M
The Great Seal hand and the Great
of Seal If Maryland.
Maryland. Done at the City Of
C~-| Annapolis on the Is.
day Of July, 10 the
year Of our lord eighteen hundred and ninety
nine.
LLOYD 10 HNDES,
Governor OF Maryland.
By order of the Governor;
George E. Loweree, Secretary of State.