The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
CHAPTER 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, thrcc-htths OF all the
members of both houses cOncurring, That
the following section he 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
OF said Constitution, to follow section 81 and
to be known as Section 3lA.
3lA. In addition to the sum of five hundred
dollars, which by the preceding section the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is fur
thcr authorized to pay to each of the Judges
of the supreme Bench of Baltimore City. the
said MAYOR and City COuG ell of Baltimore is
further authorized 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 lie diminished during the continuance of
said Judges in Office.
Section 2. And he 1t further enacted, by
tfQ authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an amend
ment TO the Constitution shall be, at the next
general election to be held in this State, sub
mitted 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 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 Constitutional Amendment" and Against
the Constitutional Amendment" so that the
voter may elect; and Immediately after said
election due return shall be made to the Gov
ernor of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by the said
fourteenth Article of the Constitution.
Approved April 9, 1898.
Now therefore, |. Lloyd Lowndes, 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 and direct that copy of said Bill
proposing said Constitutional Amendment be
published in at lcnst two newspapers in each
county, where so many may be published
and where not more than one may be pub
liShCd. then in that newspaper. and in three
newspapers in the city of Baltimore, one of
which shall be in the German language, once
n week for at least three months preceding
the next ensuing general election, (Which
said general election will he held ON Tuesday,
the seventh day of November, eighteen hun
drcd and ninety -ninc), At which election the
said proposed amendment shall he submitted,
in the form and manner prescribed by the
General Assembly to the qualified voters of
the State for adoption or rejection.
o II Given under my hand
.,,,,, ,,,,., s,.,, and the Great Seal of
THE CHEAT SEAL Maryland.
OF Done AT the City of
u,u,r,xr Annapolis. on the 18th
man '' day of July, in the year
o - - O OF our Lord eighteen
hundred and nincty-ninc
LLOYD LOwNDES,
Governor of Maryland.
by order of the Governors
GEORGE f. LowEREE,
Secretary of State.