Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-13
PROCLAMATION
Proposed Amendments to the
Constitution of Maryland.


the General Assembly Of Maryland
held In the year nineteen hundred
and fourteen. Acts were passed. 70
wit: Chapter $50, proposing an amend
ment 10 Article Is. Of the Declare,
tion OF Rights Of the Constitution Of
Maryland; Chapter 416. proposing a
new Article to said Constitution 10 be
known as Article XI-A; Chapter 453.
proposing an additional section to Ar.
ticls III OF said Constitution and
Chapter 673. proposing an additional
Article 10 said Constitution 10 be
known as Article XVI; which said
Acts Of the General Assembly are iD
words and figures following:
CHAPTER 500.
An Act TO amend Article XIV Of the
Declaration Of Rights OF the Constitu.
ton OF the State OF Maryland, and TO
provide for the submission OF such
amendment TO the qualified voters OF
this State for their adoption or re.
lection.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly OF Maryland (three.
hfths OF all the Members OF each of
the two Houses concurring), That the
following Article be and the same Is
hereby proposed IN the place and stead
OF Article XIV of the Declaration OF
Rights of the Constitution OF the State
OF Maryland. as at present existing,
and II adopted by the legal and quail.
fed voters thereof. as herein provid-
ed, II shall supercede and stand in
al - I'll
Article XIV. That the levying of taxes
by the poll is grievous and oppressive
and ought to be prohibited: that
paupers ought not to be assessed for
the support OF the government; that
the General Assembly shall, by uni
form rules, provide for separate
assessment of land and classification
and sub-classihcations of improve.
ments on land and personal property.
as 1t may deem proper; and all taxes
thereafter provided TO be levied by
the State for the support OF the gem
eral State Government, and by the
counties and by the City of Balti-
more for their respective purposes,
shall be uniform as to land within the
taxing district, and uniform within the
class or sub-class Of improvements on
land and personal property which the
respective taxing powers may have di.
rected TO be subjected to the tax levy:
yet fines, duties or taxes may properly
and justly be imposed, or laid with
a political view for the good govern
ment and benefit of the community
Section 2. And be II enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that the fore
going Article hereby proposed In the
place and stead OF Article XIV Of the
Declaration of Rights of the Constitu-
tion Of the State OF Maryland shall
be, at the next general election for
members of the General Assembly
held in this State, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection, I'm pursu.
ance of the directions contained in
Article XIV of the Constitution of this
State, and that at said general cleo
ton the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each official ballot
there shall be printed the words For
the Constitutional Amendment" and
Against the Constitutional Amend
mont" as now prescribed by law. and
Immediately after said election due re-
turns shall be made to the Governor
of the vote for and against said PRO-
posed amendment as directed by Ar
ticle XIV Of the Constitution.
Approved, April 10th, 1914.
CHAPTER 416.
An Act to propose an amendment 70
the Constitution of this State by add
- a. GaTI
Immediately after Article XI and to
be known as Article XI-A, and TO pro
vide for the submission OF said amend
ment to the qualified voters of this
State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. BE II enacted by the
General Assembly OF Maryland, (three-
fifths OF all Members OF each OF the
two Houses conourring), That the fol-
lowing Article to follow Immediately
after Article XI and to be known as
Article XI-A be and the same Is here
by proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of this state. which Ar
ticle. if adopted by the qualified voters
of this State, as herein provided, shall
thereby by such adoption be and be-
come q part OF the Constitution Of
this State.
ARTICLE XI-A. LOCAL LEGISLA-
TION.
Section /. On demand of the Mayor
of Baltimore and City Council OF the
City of Baltimore, or on petition bear
ing the signatures Of not less than
20 per cent. OF the registered voters
Of said city or any county provided.
however. that in any case 10000 sigma
lures shall be sufficient to complete
q petition). the Board Of Election Su-
pervisors Of said city or county shall
provide at the next general or Con-
gressional election, occurring after
such demand or the filing Of such petit
tion. for the election of a charter
board Of eleven registered voters Of
said city or FIVE registered voters In
any such counties. Nomination for
members for said charter board may
be ma6e not less than forty days prior
to said election by the Mayor of Bal
timore and City Council of the City
OF Baltimore or the County Commis-
sioners Of such county, or not less
than twenty days prior to said election
by petition bearing the signature writ.
ten in their own handwriting (and
not by their mark) Of not less than
s per cent. of the registered voters Of
the said City OF Baltimore or said
county; provided, that in any case
two thousand signatures of registered
voters shall be sufficient 10 complete
any such nominating petition, and If