The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-10-10

Proposed Amendment to the Constitution
of Maryland

WHEREAS, at the January Session of the
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the
year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Fourteen, an Act was passed proposing
Amendment to Section a, Part VII, of Ar
tcle Attic "Sheriffs," of the Constitution of
he State of Maryland, which said Act is
known and designated as Chapter S45 of the
Acts of Maryland of 1914, and is in the words
md figures following:
CHAPTER s45.
AN ACT to amend Section "A, Part VII, of
Article 4, title, "Sherifs'', of the Constitution
If this State. and to provide for the submission
If said Amendment to the qualified voters of
this State for adoption rejection.
Section /. BE il enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland three-ffths of all the
members of each of the two houses concurring,
hat the following section be and the same is
hereby proposed an amendment to Section
Il, 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 supersede 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
dent in said county above the age of twenty
five eyars, and at least five years preceding
his election, citizen of the State. to the Of
flee 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
now are or may hereafter be fixed by law. In
fusal to serve, or neglect to qualify, give
bond, by disqualification, removal from
the county, the Governor shall appoint per-
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
a resident of said city, above the age of
twenty-five years, and who shall have been at
least five years 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
fed; shall be eligible for reelection; shall give
such bond, exercise such powers and perform
such duties are may hereafter be
fixed by law. The Sheriff elected in and for
the City of Baltimore in November, 1918, shall
be eligible for reelection.
In of vacancy by death, resignation,
refusal to serve, or neglect to qualify, or give
bond or by disqualification removal from
said City, the Governor shall appoint a person
to be Sheriff for the remainder of the official
term The Sheriff hereafter elected and the
Sheriff elected in and for the City of Balti-
more on the 9TH day of November, 1918, shall
from the date of his qualification receive 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 such manner and at
such times may be prescribed by law.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid That the aforegoing sec
ton hereby proposed as amendment to the
Constitution of this State shall be at the next
General Election for members of Congress,
the same being general election to be held
in this State, submitted to the legal and quail
fed voters thereof for their adoption or re-
lection, in pursuance of the directions con-
tanned in Article IA of the Constitution 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 Constitutional Amendment"