The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-10-20

34 Of Article III Of the Constitution OF oa
any laws heretofore or hereafter passed finn
pursuance thereof, or be construed as pro
binary sessions Of the Legislature, an pro-
vided by Section 16 of Article III, or as pro-
venting ne Legislature at such extraordi-
gency appropriation or appropriations
If any item of any appropriation bih
passed under the provisions Of this Section
such inyalidity shall not affect the legality
OF @: the Bill or of any other item of such
SECTION 2. And be. it enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That the said foregoinR
Section hereby proposed as an amendment
SUNG general election, being the res
held on the Tuesday next after the first
and sixteen, be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters. of the State for their
ADOPTION sG or rejection In conformity with
the Constitution of this State and at said
election the vote said proposed amend
m me to the Constitution shall be By bal
l0t. ana upon each ballot there shall be
placed the following synopsis Of SAID
amendment under the caption of
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PRO-
NlDlNG FOR A BUDGET
ernor shall present to the Legislature soon
after 1t Is convened a Budget giving q COM
plete plan of proposed expenditures and esq
tlmated revenues for the two succeeding Us
cal years showing clearly any surplus or
denclt in State funds. In these estimates
ne snail make provision for the interest
an salaries as fixed by law, and for the
public schools as fixed by law. With re-
Sard to most other matters he may revise
me estimates presented to him either by
STATE Ohcers or State-aided institutions
Inc Legislature may not increase the es-
Inmates presented by the Governor or pass
aDDr0nriatiOn ct hu
a majority vote and musr make provision
E TAX for such h increase or additional APP
in an appropriation act the provision
made by law for the State debt or for
ITEMS fhe 9q ID tba but may reduce all other
words for the Constitutional Amendment
and against the Constitutional Amend
m ne6t +a as now now provided by law, and i'm
shall be made to the Governor OF the vote
d nnd ana frt against the proposed amendment,
WITH ffhet RGoceSedWng g had IN accord
Approved March %, 1916 .
NOW. therefore | Emerson C.. Harrington,
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pur3
suance OF the direction contained in Section
l of Article IA of the Constitution of MARY
land, do hereby order and direct A COW OF
Inls Proclamation, containing a full, true
ana correct copy of the text OF said Chap
ter Io9 of the Acts of Maryland of 1915. be
pupllShed in at least two newspaDers in
each or the counties of the State and firm
: m
baltimore, one of which said newspapers
IN IN the City of Baltimore to be printed in
the me- German language once a week for
Elect1on to be held in this State on Novem-
per TN, 1916, and at which election the
Sala proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be submitted, in form and man
her prescribed by the General Assembly
70 the legal and qualified voters Of the
stare for their adoption or rejection
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND
AND THE GREAT SEAL.
OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND.
me Great Seal DONE at the City Of An
| of Maryland. nauoIiS This tyen1ia+h
day Of July, in the
year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred
! and sixteen.
EMERSON c. HARRINGTON,
BY the Governor:
THOMAS w. SIMMONS.
! Secretary Of the State