Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-10-29

. vacancy by death, resignation, rcfu
sal 20 serve, or neglect 10 qualify. q
give bond, or by disqualification oI
removal from the county. the Cover
nor shall appoint a person 70 b
sheriff for the rema inder of the offi-ia
term.
eral Election 10 be held In the year
1915 and every four years thereafter,
there shall be elected in said City oi
Baltimore, one person who shall be 3
resident of said city, above the age OF
twenty-five years, and who shall have
been at least five years preceding his
election q 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 qualified; shall be eligible
for re-election; shall give such bond,
exercise such powers and perform such
duties as nov or may hereafter be fig
ed by law. The Sheriff elected in and
for the City of Baltimore In NOvem-
Der, 1913, shall be eligible for re-elec-
ton.
In case of vacancy by death or RESI-
ignation, refusal 10 serve, or neglect
20 qualify, or give bond, or by dis
qualification or removal from said
City, the Governor shall appoint "a
person to be Sheriff foi the remainder
of the official term. The Sheriff here
after electad and the Sheriff elected in
and for the City of Baltimore on the
9TH day of November, 1913, shall from
the date of his qualification receive
such salary as may be fixed by law,
not to exceed six thousand dollers 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 he paid in such man.
ner and at such times as may be pre-
scribed by law.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
aforegoing section hereby proposed rs
an amendment TO the Constitution of
THIS state shall be at the next General
Election, to be held in this State, SUBJ
mitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection,
in pursuance TO the directions con-
tanned in Article II of the Constitu-
lion of this State, and at said General
election the vote on the proposed
amendment shall be- by ballot, and
upon such ballot. there shall be printed
the words, For the Constitutional
Amendment, and Against the Con-
stitutional 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 IL OF this
Constitution, and If il shall appear To
the Governor that the majority of the
votes cast at said election on said
amendment were cast In favor thereof,
the Governor shall by his proclama-
ton declare the said amendment, hav-
ing 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 Apr. 10, 1914.
Now, therefore, Phillips Lee Colds
borough, Governor of the State of
Maryland, in pursuance of the direc-
ton contained in Section l, of Article
IL of the Constitution of Maryland.
and in accordance with the provisions
of Section 2 of the above recited Act,
do hereby order and direct, that a
copy of said Chapter S45 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland
of 1914 aforesaid, be published in ut
least two newspapers in each of the
counties of the State and in three
newspapers published in the City Of
Baltimore, one of which newspapers
in the City of Baltimore shall be pub
lished in the German language, once
week for ut least three months next
preceding the next General Election
for members of Congress, which cleo
ton will be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November,
1914, and at which election the said
above proposed amendment 20 the
Constitution shall be submitted, in the
form and manner prescribed by the
General Assembly. 70 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
Annapolis, on this
18th day of July,
in the year of our
1.-THE Great Seal Lord, one thousand
of nine hundred and
Maryland fourteen.
PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH,
BY the Governor:
ROBERT p. GRAHAM,
Secretary of State.