Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-11-03
Oehm'S Acme Hall
81 W Baltimore Sc, adj'g Charles
Baltimore, Md.
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS at a session Of the General As
senbly Of Maryland begun and held in the
City Of Annapolis on the fifth day OF January,
I 1898, "a Bill was passed proposing an Amend.
meni to the Constitution Of tn State by add
ing new section TO Article -Four thereof, to
be known AS Section 81 A, which said Bill
and Amendment are 10 the words following
10 wit:
1 CHAPTER 1893. An act To amend the Con-
stitation Of Maryland by adding new Sec
ton to Article Four
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Mar, land, thret-iifths of all the
members Of both houses concnrrnR. That the
1 following section be and tne same il hereby
proposed rs an amendment 10 the Constitution
Of the State Of Maryland and il adop,ed by
the legal and qualified voters thereof, as here
I natter provided, the same shall.st,nd as an
additional section to Article 4 OF said Consti-
tuition, to follow seetion 81 and to be known
rs Section 81 A
| 81 A. ln addition to the sum OF We hun
tired dollars, which by the preceding section
the Mayor and City Council Of Baltimore is
authorized to pay each of the Judges Of the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, the said
Mayor and City Council OF BaltiDore is further
authorized to pay TO each of said Judges an
dollars; provided that the same or any part
thereof being once granted shall not be dimin-
lshed during the continuance of the said Judges
10 office
SEUTI0N H. And be III further enacted, by
the authority Aforesaid, that the said toreso-
ing section hereby proposed as an smendmel /
to the Constitution shall be, at the next gen
eral election to be held 10 this State, submit
ted TO the legal aud qualified voters thereof
for their adoption or rejection, in pursuance
Of The directions contained ia 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, snd upon each ballot shall, there shall
De written or printed the words For the
Constitutional Amendment and Against
he Constitutional Amendment" so that The
voter NAV elect; and immedaielr after said
election due return shall be N tde to the Cover
nor Of the vote fer and against said proposed
amendment. as directed By the said lourteeuth
Article of the Constitution.
Approved ADril 9th, 1893.
Now, Therefore, Lloyd Lowndes, Cover
nor Of the State OF Mars land inpursu ince Of
the provisions OF 5eetiUh one OF Article four
teen OF the Constitution of the State. do here
by order and direct that's copy of the said
OH piupoetpe cnlu CONSTITUTIONAL amend
mant he published in at least two ne \ spapers
10 each count, where so many may be pub
ished and where not more than one NAV he
published, then in that newspaper, and in
three newspapers in the Cin of Baltimore,
one Of " hich shall De ia the German language
once week for at least three mouths proceed
lug tue next ensuing general election which
said general election will / held on Tuesday,
he seventh day November. eighteen nun
irec and ninet, nine, at which election tue
SAID proposed amendment shall ue submitted,
IN the form aud manner prescribed by the
General Assembl to the qualified voters OF
the State for adoption
----. Given under my
Tie Great Seal band and the Greet
Of Seal ii MARY land
MARY land. Doae II, the CITY OF
G----- Annapolis on the b.
day of July. 10 the
yeai Of our lord eighteen hundred and ninety
niue.
LLOYD Lo sNDEs,
Governor OF Maryland.
By order of the Governor:
George E. Loweree, Secretary Of State.