The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-10-09
CHAPTER GGS.

AN ACT to amend Section 5 of rticIe of
tile Constitution OF this State. and to provide
for the submission of said amendment to the
qualified voters of this State for adoption or
rejection.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. three ffths of an the
members elected to each OF the houses con-
curing, That the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an amend
ment to Article of the Constitution of this
State, and, if adopted by the legal and quail
ied voters thereof as herein and by law pro-
Vidcd, it shall superSede and stand in the
place and stead of Section of said Article
SEC, ;. 1t shall be the duty of the Attor-
ney General to prosecute and defend on the
part of the State all cases which at the time
of his appointment and qualification and
which thereafter may be depending in the
Court of Appeals, or the supreme Court
of the United States, by oragainSt the State
or wherein the State may be interested: ana
he shall give his opinion in writing when
ever required by the General Assembly or
either branch thereof. the Governor. the
Comptroller of the Treasury, or any States
Attorney ON any legal matter or subject
depending before them or either of them. and
when required by the Governor or General
Assembly he shall aid any States Attorney
i'll prosecuting amy suit or action brought by
the State in any Court of the State, and he
shall commence and prosecute or defend
any suit or action i'll any of the said courts
on the part OF the State. which the General
Assembly OF the Governor, acting according
TO law, shall direct to be commenced prose
cuted or defended, and he shall have and
perform such other duties and shall appoint
such number of deputies or assistants as f. @
General Assembly may from time to time nv
law prescribe; and he shall receive Tor his
services an annual salary o. three thousand
dollars. or such annual salary as the General
Assembly may from time to time by law pre-
scribed; but he shalln be entitled to receive
any fees, perquiSiteS or rewards whatever in
addition to the salary aforesaid for the ner-
Torrance of any official duty; nor shall the
Governor employ any additional council i'm
any case whatever, unless authorized by the
General Assembly.
SEC. ,. And he it further enacted. That
the foregoing section, hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution OF this State,
shall be, at the next general election for
members of the General Assembly, to he
held in this state, submitted to the legal and
qualified voters thereof for their adoption
or rejection IN pursuance of the direc-
lions contained in Article ] of the Constits-
ton; and at said election the vote on said
proposed amendment shall be by ballot and
upOn each ballot there shall be printed the
words For the Constitutional Amendment"
aud Against the Constitutional Amend
nent as now prescribed by law, and i'm
medlatcly after said election due returns
SHAH be made to the Governor of the vote
for and against said proposed amendment.
as directed by the said fourteenth Article OF
the Constitution.
Approved April ll.19l2.
Now, Therefore, I, Phillips Lee Goldsbor
Ough, Governor of the State of MARYLAND. in
pursuance OF Section /, of Article IL of the
Constitution of the State of MARYLAND do
hereby order and direct that a copy of each
OF said Acts proposing said amendments and
additional section to the Constitution of
Maryland, be published in at least two news
papers published i'm each of the counties of
the state and in three newspapers published
in the City OF Baltimore, one of which news
papers, in the City of Baltimore, shall be
published in the German language, once a
week for at least three months next proceed
ing the next General Election, which election
will be held on Tuesday, November 1, 1919.
and at which election the said above pro
u m Al nfgs fafas 4
the Constitution shall be submitted in the
form and manner prescribed by the General
Assembly, to the legal and qualified voters
of the State, for their adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and tile
Great Seal of the State Of
Great Seal Maryland. Done at the CITY
of MarylandO of Annapolis, on this 18th
day of July, in the wear of
our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and thirteen
PHILLIPS LEE GoLDSBoROUGU
BY the Governor:
ROBERT =. GRAHAM,
Secretary Of State.