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CHAPTER S45.

An Act to amend Section A, Part VII.
OF Article 1. TILE, Sherlns. OF the C4 DE-
the submission of said amendment to the
qualified voters OF this State for 3GIl0fiaa
Section j. Be it enacted by tN &c
eral Assembly OF Maryland three-hft
of all the members of each or the "
houses concurrng, that the fol.owif
section be and the same is hereby prp-
posed as an amendment TO section Il:
Part VII. of Article !. title Sherlnsss
of the Constitution of this State, and II
adopted by legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided, Ii shall sll.
persede and stand III the place ana STEAD
Of said Section ii. Part VII, OF said At
,icle 4.
Sec H. There shall be elected in each
county in every second year, one person,
twenty-five years, and at least hve Yeas
preceding his election. citizen OF tae
State, to the office of Sheriff. He shall
hold office for two years, and until his
successor is duly elected and quaIifie ];
shall be ineligible for two years thereaf-
ter; shall give such bond. exercise 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, OF re-
moval from the county, the Govern or
shall appoint a person TO be Sheriff for
the remainder of the official term.
eral 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 a resident OF
said city, above the age of twenty-five
years, and who shall have been at least
FIVE years preceding his election e sf
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
now are or may hereafter be fixed by
law. The Sheriff elected in and for the
of IQ.al in 1Iar
shall be eligible for reelection.
In case Of vacancy by death, resigna-
ton. refusal to serve. or neglect to quail
or removal from said City, the Governor
shall appoint a person to be Sheriff +, for
Sheriff hereafter elected and the Sheriff
elected in and for. the City OF Baltimore
on the 9TH day OF November, 1913, shall
such salary as may be, fixed by law; not
to exceed six thousand dollars per year
in any case, and such expenses necessary
70 the conduct OF his office, as may be
fixed by law, such salaries and expenses
to be paid in such manner and at such
times as may be prescribed by law.
the authority aforesaid. That the afore-
going section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of this
State, shall be at the next General Eec-
ton for members of Congress- the sam
being general election. to be held in
this 81. State. submitted to the legal and
or rejection. in pursuance of the direc-
tions contained in Article IA, of the Con-
stitution of this State. and at said Cen
amendment shall be by ballot, and upon
such ballot there shall be printed the
words, For the Constitutional Amend
ment and Against the Constitutional
Amendment. as now prescribed 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 Ar
ticle, IA of this Constitution. and If it
shall appear to the Governor that the
ton on said amendment were cast in
favor thereof, the Governor shall by his
ment, having received the majority Of
votes, adopted by the people of Mary
land as part Of the Constitution thereof
part of said Constitution a
Approved April 16. 1914.
Now, therefore, |. Phillips Lee Colds
land, in pursuance. of the directi1 IN con-
tanned in Section !, of Article II of the
Constitution Of Maryland, and in COM
of the above recited Act. do hereby ord r
and direct. that a copy of said Chapter
S45 Of the Acts of the General Ass mbly
of Maryland of 1914 aforesaid be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in each
of the counties of the State and in three
newspapers published in 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 Election for members of
Congress. which election will be held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday
In November. 1911, and at which cleo
ton the said above proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall be submitted in
the form and manner prescribed by the
General Assembly. to the legal and quail
fled 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
napols, on this 18th
day of July. in, the
(The Great Seal year of our Lord one
of thousand nine nun
Maryland drad and fourteen
PHILLIPS LEE GOLDsBOROUGH
By the Governor:
ROBERT p. GRAHAM,
Secretary of State.