Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-11-04
Special Notices.
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, AT a session of the General As
scmbly of Maryland, begun and held in the
city of Annapolis ON the fifth day ofJanuary,
lo'lS, Bill was passed proposing an Amend
mCnt to the Constitution of the State bv 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,
to wit:
CHAPTER 1913
AN ACT to amend the Constitution of Mary
land by adding Il new Section to Article
Four.
StECTION l. Be ii cnactcd By Tie GcncroI
- assembly 0f NdrYIdad, Thrce-iifths 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
-Four of said Constitution, to follow Section
ii, and to be known as SECTION 81 A:
81 4. In addition to the sum of five hun
dred 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 Baltimore city, the said
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is furth-
cr authorized to pay to each of said Judges
annually sum not exceeding fifteen hum
drcd dollars; provided, that the same or any
part thereof, being once granted, shall not be
diminished during the continuance of said
Judges in office
SECTION Il. AUd be il ,turthcy c,,actcd by the
authority aforesaid That the said foregoing
Section hereby proposed rs an Amendment
to the Constitution shall be, at the next gen
eraI election to be held in this State, submit
ted to the legal and qualified voters thereof,
for their adoption or rejection in pursuance
OF the directions contained in Article If 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 Con
SltutiOnal Amendments" and against the
Constitutional Amendments" so that the
voter may elect and Immediately after said
election due return shall he made to the Gov
ernoroi the vote for and against said proposed
Amendment, as directed by the said four
tenth Article of the Constitutions
Approved April ., 1898.
Now, therefore, L. LLOYD LowNDrs, Govern
or Of the State of Maryland, in pursuance of
the provisions OF Section One of Article Four
teen of the Constitution of tine State, do here
by order and 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
llshcd, then in that newspaper, and in three
newspapers in the city of Baltimore, one of
which shall be in the German language, once
awcek fora least three months preceding the
next ensuing general election, (Which said
general election will be held on Tuesday, the
seventh day of November, eighteen hundred
and ninety-nine) at which election the said
proposed Amendment shall be submitted, IN
the form and manner prescribed by the Gen
eral Assembly, to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection
Given under my hand ana the Great Sea
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i Done at the city of An
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I Of July, IN Tia" year of our
I Maryland. Lord eighteen hundred aud
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LLOYD LOWNDES,
Governor Of Maryland.
By order Of the Governor;
GEORGE Il. LowEEEE,
July 22-l6t Secretary of State.