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4 ten q of Article 5; Section 9 of Artcl,
4 S; Section ) of Article 5: Section 81 O.
Article 4; and adding proposed new Sec
ton to Article s.; of the Constitution of th.
State, which said Acts are in the following
i words, to wit:
CHAPTER 4O2
AN ACT to propose amendment to Arti
Gle of the Constitution of this State by
i adding 4 Section, be known 40A
! and to provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of thi,
State for adoption rejection.
j SEcrIeH l. Be it enacted by the General
/ Assembly Of Maryland. (three-ffths of all the
] members Of each of the two Houses concur.
! rins), That the following new section be and
the same is hereby proposed As an amend,
/ ment to Article ), title Legislative Depart.
| ment," Of the Constitution of this State, the
same to be inserted after Section 40 and to
| be numbered 40A, and if adopted by the
/ legally qualified voters thereof, as herein pro.
vided, said section shall become 4 part Of
| Article Of the Constitution of Maryland.
40A The General assembly shall enact
no law authorizing private property to be
taken for public use without just compensa-
| ton, to be agreed upon between the parties
| or awarded by jury, being first paid or
| rendered to the party entitled to such COM
| pensation but where such property is stu
I ated in Baltimore City and is desired by
this State or by the Mayor and City Council
Of Baltimore. the General Assembly may pro
| vide for the appointment of appraisers by a
Court of Record to value such property, and
| that, upon payment of the amount of such
valuation to the party entitled to compensa
ton. into Court and securing the paymen,
of any further sum that may be awarded by .
hurry, such property may be taken.
/ SEc 2. And be it further enacted by the
u::loriiy aforesaid, That tn. said foregoing
section, hereby proposed amendment te
the Constitution, shall at the next ensuing
general election, to be held OIL Tuesday nexi
after the first Monday in the month OF
November, 1913, be submitted to the legal anc
qualified voters thereof, for their adoption OF
rejection, in pursuance Of the directions con
tanned in Article II of the Constitution of this
State, aad at the said 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" as now provided
b, law, and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amendment,
- directed BY said Article II of the Constitu-
ton.
Approved April 8, 1912.
CHAPTER 49,
ID AN ACT to amsnd Section AZ of Article
Ill.,, title Legislative Department." of the
Constitution Of this State and to provide for
the submission Of said amendment to the
qualified vsters of this State for adoption or
fejectien.
p + u B. II. Gfa III as
fnsazGsfI st sieI 5r ras e
|, rins), That the following section be and the
came 10 hereby proposed amendment to
Section ~ of Article III, title Legislative
Department" of the Constitution of this State,
! and if adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided. it shall supersede
Of said Article III.
Sxo a. Any bill may originate in either
House Of the General Assembly and be altered,
amen led or rejected by the other. but no bill
shall originate in eitbsr House during the last
| ten days of the session, unless two-thirds Of
| the members. elected thereto shall so determine
| by. yeas and nays; nor shall any bill become a
| law until it be read on three different days Of
| the session in each House, unless two-thirds
| Of the members elected to the house where
such bill is pending shall SO determine by yeas
and, nays, and no bill shall be read 4 third
/ time until 1t shall have been actually engrossed
or printed for a third reading.
SEE 2 And be it further enacted by the
| authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing sec
ton hereby proposed as an amendment to the
! Constitution Of this State shall be at the next
1 general election for members of the General
1 Assembly Of Maryland to be- held in this
! State. submitted to the legal and qualified
| voters thereof for their adoption rejection,
i in pursuance of the directions contained in
Article XIV Of the Constitution of this State
i and at said general election the vote on the
said proposed amendment shall b by ballot
and upon each ballot there shall be printed
| the words "Fer the Constitutional Amend
II Ment," and Against the Constitutional Amend
ment," as now prescribed by law, and mme
dately after said election due returns shall be
made to the Governor OF the for ant
against the proposed amend n.nt As 'l.recte,
by said Article NV of the Constitution.
/, Approved April 8, 1912,