Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-09-03

Proposed Amendment to the Con-
stitution of Maryland.

Proposed Amend dment 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 Hundred and Fourteen
an Act was passed proposing an
Amendment To Section ~. Part VII,
Of Article 4, title "Sheriffs," of the
Constitution of the State ofMaryland,
which said Act is known and deSignat-
ed as Chapter Sl5 of the Acts of Mary
land Of 1914, and is in the words and
figures following:
CHATTER Si5.
AN ACT To amend Section a.. Part
VII, of Article 4, title ''SherifTs." oi
the Constitution of this State. and tn
provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters oi
this State for adoption or rejection.
Section !. BE il enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, three
fifths of all the members Of each of the
two houses concuring. that the follow
ing section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to- Section
"A, Part VII, of Article 1, title
''SEeriffs, Of the Constitution of this
State, and il adopted 10y legal and
qualified voters thereof. as herein pro-
vided, il shall supersede and stand in
the place and stead of said Section a,
Part VII, of said Article 1.
Sec. ~. There shall be elected in
each county in every second year, one
person, resident in said county above
the age of twenty-five years. and at
least five years preceding his election.
"A 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 ineligi-
ble for two years thereafter: shall give
such bond, exercise such powers and
perform such duties as now are or may
hereafter be fixed 10y law. In case of
vacancy 10y death, resignation, Tefu-
sal tO serve, or neglect To qualify, or
give bond, or by disqualification or
removal from the county, the Cover
nor shall appoint person to he
sheriff for the remainder of the official
term.
In the City of Baltimore at the Gen
cral Election To be held in the year
1910 and every four years thereafter,
there shall he 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 qualified: shall be eligible
for reelection; shall give such bond,
exercise such powers and perform such
duties aS now or may hereafter be fix
I'd 10y t.w. The Sheriff elected in and
for the City of Baltimore in Novem-
bcr, 1913, shall be eligible for IT.. cleo
tiOn.
In case of vacancy by death or res
ignation, refusal to serve, or neglect
To qualify, or give bond, or by dis
qualification or removal from said
City, the Governor shall appoint
person To be Sheriff foi the remainder
OF the official term. The Sheriff here
after clectad and the Sheriff elected in
and for the City of Baltimore on the
lth day OF November, 1913. shall fraas
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 oihce.
aS may bc fixed by law, such salaries
and expenses to he paid in such man
ncr and at such times as may he pre-
scribed by law.
SEC. ,. And be il further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
aforegOing section hereby proposed as.
an amendment to the Constitution of
this state shall be at the next General
Election, tO he held in this State, sub
mitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection,
in pursuance to the dircctionS CON
tanned in Article IL of the Constitu-
lion oi 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 br made
To the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as
directed 10y the said Article IL of this
Constitution. and if il shall appear to
the Governor that tho majority of the
votes cast at said election ON said
amendment were cast in favor thereof,
the Governor shall by his proclama-
tion declare the said amendment, hav-
ing received the majority of votes,
adopted by the people of Maryland as
part of the Constitution thereof. and
thenccforth said amendment shall bc
part of said Constitution.
Approved Apr. l6, 1914.
Now, therefore, | Phillips Lee Colds
borough, Governor of the State of
Maryland, in pursuance of the direc-
tion contained in Section |, of Article
m 81 Al
and in accordance with the provisions
Of Section : of the above rccited Act,
do hereby order and direct, that "A
copy of said Chapter SO of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland
of 1914 aforesaid, be published in at
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 bc pub
liShed I'm the German language, once
"A week for at least three months next
preceding the next General Election
for members of Congress, which elec-
tion will be held on the first Tuesday
after the tirSt Monday in November,
1914. and at which election 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
qualified voters of the State ior 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
nth day of July,
in the year of our
1.-The Great Seal Lord, one thousand
of nine hundred and
Maryland fourteen.
PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSROROJTCH
BY the Governor:
ROBERT +. GRAHAM,
Secretary of State.
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