The citizen., 1914-08-28
PROCLAMATION.
Proposed Amendment to the Con-
stitutiOn of Maryland.

WHEREAS, at the January Session of the
General Assembly of Maryland. held in the
year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Fourteen, an Act was passed pro-
posing an Amendment to Section "A, Part
VII, OF Article 4, title "Sherifis'', of the Con-
ssitution of the State of Maryland which
said Act is known and designated as Chapter
Si5 of the Acts of Maryland of 1914, and is
Ill the words andshgures following:
CHAPTER SI5.
AN ACT to amend Section A, Part VII. of
Article 4, title, "Sheriffs", of the Constitution
of this state, and to provide for the submis
sion of said amendment to the qualified vot-
ers of this State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, TIN ee-fifths of all the
members of each of the two houses concur
ring, that the following. section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section A, Part VII, of Article 4, title
"Sheriffs'', OF the Constitution of this State
and If adopted by legal and qualified voters
thereof, as herein provided it shall super
cede and stand in the place and stead of said
Section A. Part VII, of said Article 4.
Sec A. There shall be elected in each
county in every second year, one person, re-
sidentin sad county above the age of twen-
ty-fve years, and at least five years preced-
ing his election, citizen of the State to the
Office of Sheriff. He shall hold office for two
years, and until his successor is duly elected
and qualified; shall be ineligible for two
years thereafter; shall give such bond, exer-
else such powers and perform such duties as
now are or may hereafter be fixed by law
In case of a vacancy by death, resignation,
refusal TO serve. or neglect to qualify, or give
bond, or by disqualification, or removal
from the county. the Governor shall appoint
person TO be Sheriff for the remainder of
the official term.
In the City of Baltimore at the General
Election to be held in the year 1915 and every
four years thereafter, there shall be elected
in said City of baltimore. one person who
shall be resident of said city, above the age
OF twenty-five years, and who shall have
been at least hveyears preceding his election
citizen of this State, to the office of Sheriff.
He shall hold his office for four years, and
until his successor is duly elected and quail
fled; shall be eligible for reelection; shall
give such bond, exercise such powers and
perform such duties as now are or may here
after be fixed by law. The Sheriff elected in
and for the City of Baltimore in November,
1913, shall be eligible for reelection.
In case of vacancy by death, resignation,
refusal to serve, or neglect to qualify, or give
bond or by disqualification or removal from
said City, the Governor shall appoint a per-
son to be Sheriff for the remainder of the
official term. The Sheriff hereafter elected
and the Sheriff elected in and for the City of
Baltimore on the 7th day of November, 1918,
shall from the date of his qualification re-
ceive such salary as may be fixed by law,
not to exceed six thousand dollars per year
in any case, and such expenses necessary to
the conduct of his office, as may be fixed by
law, such salaries and expenses to be paid in
prescribed by law.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the aloregoing sec
tion hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution of this State shall be at the
next General Election for members of Con-
gress, the same being a general election, to
be held i'll this State, submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their adOp-
tion or rejection, in pursuance of the direc-
tions contained in Article IA of the Constitu-
ton of this State, and at said General Elec-
tion the vote on the proposed amendment
shall be by ballot, and upon such ballot there
shall be printed the words, "For the Constl-
tutional Amendment" and against the
Constitutional Amendment" as now pre-
scribed by law, and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made TO the
Governor OF the vote for and against said
proposed amendment, as directed by the
said Article IA of this Constitution. and If it
shall appear to the Governor that the ma
jority of the votes cast at said election on
said amendment were cast in favor thereof
the Governor shall by his proclamation de-
clare the said amendment, having received
the majority of votes, adopted by the people
Of Maryland as part Of the Constitution
thereof and thenceforth said amendment
shall be part of said Constitution.
Approved April l6, 1914.
Now, therefore. |, Phillips Lee Goldsbor-
ough, Governor of the State of Maryland, in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec
tion !, of Article II of the Constitution of
Maryland, and in compliance with the pro-
Visions of Section 2 of the above recited Act,
do hereby order aud direct, that a copy of
said Chapter S45 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1914 aforesaid be
puDllSneu III dI least TWO newspapers IN eacn
of the counties of the State and in three
newspapers published in the City of Balti-
more, one of which newspapers in the City
of Baltimore shall be published in the Ger
man language, once a week for at least three
months next preceding the next General
Election for members of Congress, which
election will be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, 1914,
and at which election the said above pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall
be submitted, in the form and manner pre-
scribed by the General Assembly, to the
legal and qualified voters of the State for
their adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal
of the State of Maryland.
Done at the City of An
napolis, on this nth
day of July, in the
[The Great Seal year of our Lord, one
of thousand nine hun
Maryland. dred and fourteen.
PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH,
By the Governor:
ROBERT p. GRAHAM,
jy Sl-3mos Secretary of State.