The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-07-25
CHAPTER sos.

CHAPTER sos.
AN ACT to amend Section 3 OF Article
Of the Constitution Of this State, and to pro.
vide for the Submission of said amendment
TO the qualihed voters OF this State for adop-
ton or rejection.
SECTION /. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, three-tifths Of all the
members elected to each of the houses con
curing, That the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
Article OF the Constitution of this State, and
if adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein and by law provided it shall
supcrsede and stand in the place and stead OF
Section of said Article.
SEC. g. 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 in the Supreme Court OF the
United States, by or against the State,
wherein the State may be interested; and he
shall give his opinion in writing whenever re
qured 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 in prosecuting any suit or
action brought by the State in any Court of
the State, and he shall commence and prose
cute or defend any suit action in any Of
said courts, on the part Of the State, which
the General Assembly or the Governor, act
ing according to law, shall direct to be com
menced prosecuted or defended, and he shall
have and perform such other duties and shall
appoint such number OF deputies or assist
ants as the General Assembly may from time
to time by law prescribe; and he shall receive
for his services an annual salary of three
thousand dollars, or such annual salary as the
General Assembly may from time to time by
law prescribe; but he shall not be entitled to
receive any fees, perquistes or rewards what
ever in addition to the salary aforesaid for
the performance of any official duty; nor shall
the Governor employ any additional counsel in
any case whatever, unless authorized by the
General Assembly.
SEC 3 And be it further enacted That the
foregoing section, hereby proposed as an
amendment to the. Constitution of this Sta;e,
shall be, at the next general election for mem
bers of the General Assembly, TO be held IN
this State, submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption sor rejection,
in pursuance OF the directions contained in
Article IA of the Constitution; 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 Constitr-
tonal Amendment" and Against the Consti-
tutiona Amendment" as now prescribed by
law, and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made TO the Governor of the
vote for and again.t sail proposed amendment.
as directed by the said fourteenth Article o.
she Constitution.
Approved April II, 1912
Now, Therefore, l, Phillips Lee Goldshor-
ough, Governor Of tie State of Maryland, in
pursuance of Section !. OF Article IA of he
Constitution of the State of Maryland do here
by order and direct that copy of each of
said Acts proposing said amendments and I'D
saaioEsl ssctiS1 T. tn cSnVaeasssa q Mary
tszAS, BE- pGhfisASG IA o. hasa t&e Rswspapers
IN each of the csu4tiee If sks State and in
three newspapers published ia the City of Bal
timore one of which newspapers, in the City
of Baltimore, shall be published in the German
language, once a week for at least three
months next preceding the next General Elac-
ton which election will be held on Tuesday,
November 4, 1913, and at which election the
said above proposed amendments and addition al
section to the Constitution shall be submitted,
in the form and manner prescribed by the G IL
eral Assembly, to The legal and qualified
oters Of the State, for their adoption or IT,
ection.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of the State #
Great Seal Maryland Done at the CRY
# Maryland.) of Annapolis, on this 18th day
OF July, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine huis
bred and thirteen.
PHILLIPs LEE GoLDsBoRouGH
By the Governor:
ROBERT p. GRAHAM,
Secretary Of State