Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-10-15

Proposed Amendment to the Con-
stitufion Of Maryland.


Proposed Amendment to the Con-
stitufion 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 ''SherifTs.'' OF the
Constitution Of the State Of Maryland.
which said Act is known and deSignat-
ed as Chapter S35 of the Acts of Mary
land of 1914, and is in the words and
lgures following:
CHATTER Sl5.
AN ACT 10 amend section "A. Part
VII. of AFtiels.4, title s.SherifFs," of
the Constitution OF this State, and to
progide for alhe submission Of said
amendments to the qualified voters of
this State for adoption or rejection.
Section /. Be It. enacted by the
General Assembly OF Maryland, three
6fths of all the members of each of the
two honses concuring, that the follow
ing section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Section
~, Part VII, of Article 4. title
'sSheriifs.' OF the Constitution o. this
State, and IL adopted by legal and
qualified voters thereof, a. herein pro-
vided, il shall supcrsedc and stand in
the place and stead of said Section ~,
Part VII, of said Article 4.
(, Sec. "a. There shall % elected I'M
each county in every Aaczzsad year, ono
person, resident in said coafnfE- above
the age OF twenty-five Years. and At
citizen of tlls State 10 the Office of
Sheriff. He shall hold Office for two
years, and until his successor II duly
elected and qualified; shall lie ineligi-
BILE for two years thereafter: shall give
such bond, exercise such powers and
perform such duties as now are or mas
hereafter he fixed by Law. Ia ease Of
vacancy by death, resignation, rcfu-
sal 10 serve, or neglect To qualify, or
give bond, or By Disqualification or
removal from the county, tho Cover
nor shall appoint a person 10 he
sheriff for the fsemainder OF the official
term.
In the City ofsISaltimore at the-Gen
erstl Election to he held in the yeat,
lDl5 and every four years thereafter.
there shall bc elected In said City 0i
baltimore. one person Milo shall he a
resident of said city, above the age of
twenty-five years, and whosehall have
bccn at least live years preceding his
election a citizen oi this state, To the
oiIce of Sheriff.
? He shall hold his olsice for four
years, and until his successor is duly
elected and qualified. shall be eligible
for re-elcction: shall give such bond,
exercise such powers aud perform such
daties as. now or may hereafter be iix-
ed by law. The Shcriif elected in aud
FOR the City OF Baltimore in Noyem-
ber, 1919, shall le eligible for ne elcu-
Hon.
In case of Vacancy 10y death or res
ignation, refusal tO serve, or neglect
10 quality, or give bond, or by dis
qualification or removal froni said
City, the Covernor shall appoint a
person TO he Sheriff foi the remainder
of the official term. The Shei-ifi here
after ciectad aud the Sherin elected i'm
and for the City OF baltimore ON the
1th day olsNogembcr, 1913, shall from
the dale. Of his qualification receive
such safary aS mny &c liked iiy 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 liked by Law, such salaries
and expenses to iIe paid in such man
ner and at such times as may he pre-
scribed by Law.
SIC. ,. And be il further enacted
by the authority Aforesaid, That the
afOrcgoing section hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution of
this state shall be at the next General
Election, To bo held IN this State. snb-
mittcd to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection,
in pursuance 10 the directions con-
tanned in Article IL 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 la 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 IA of this
Constitution, and IL it shall appear to
the Governor that the majority of the
votes cast at said election ON said
ameddment were east in favor thereof,
the Governor shall by his proclama-
ing received the majority OF votes,
adoptcd by the people of Maryland as
part of the Constitution thereof, and
theneeforth said amendment shall be
part OF said Constitution,
Approved Apr. 10, l9Il.
Now, therefore, Phillips Lee Colds
borough, Governor OF the State of
Maryl land, in pursuance of the direc-
tion contained in Section l, of&rticle
Ii of the Constitution of Maryland.
and in accordance with the provisions
of Section of the above r,cited Act,
do hereby order and direct, that a
copy of said Chapter $40 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 in the German language, once
a week for at least three months next
preceding the next General Election
for members of Congress, which cleo
tion will he held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November,
1914. and at which election the said
above proposed amendment TO the
Constitution shall he submitted, in the
forea and manner prescribed 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 ut 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
Marylandl fourteen.
PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH
aSy the Governor:
ROBERT T.. GRAHAM,
Secretary OF State.
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