The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-10-27

81 or Article III of the Constitution or OH
any laws heretofore or hereafter passed 1n
pursuance thereof, or be construed as pre-
venting the Governor from calling eXtra0R.
binary sessions of the Legislature, as pro-
vided by Section 16 Of Article iii, or as pre-
venting the Legislature at such extraord1-
gency appropriation or appropriations.
II any item OF any appropr1ation Ma
passed under the provisions OF this Section
shall be held invalid upon any Er0un@p
such invalidity shall not affect the Legality
of the Bill or of any other item Of such
Bill Bills.
Section 2. And be it enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
Section hereby proposed as an amendment
suing general election, being the Pres
idential and Congressional election, to be
held on the Tuesday next after the first
aud sixteen, be su omitted to the legal and
qualified voters Of the. State for the1r
adoption rejection in conformity with
the directions contained in Article XIV Of
the Constitution of this State and at SAID
election the vote on said proposed amend
lot. and upon each ballot there shall DC
placed the following synopsis Of said
amendment under the caption of
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PRO-
NIDING FOR A BUDGET
This amendment provides that the Gov
ernor shall present to the Legislature soon
after it is convened Budget giving COM
timated revenues for the two succeeding fs-
cal years showing clearly any surplus or
deficit in State funds. In these estimates
! he shall make provision for the interest
and sinking funds Of all State debts, for
! all salaries as fixed by law, and for tho
public schools fixed by law. With re-
gard TO most other matters he may revise
! the estimates presented to him either by
State Officers or State-aided Institutions.
The Legislature may not increase the es-
Inmates presented by the Governor or pass
any additional appropriation act except by
majority vote and must make provision
by tax for such increase or additional ap-
preparation. The Legislature may not alter
in an appropriation act the provision
made. by law for the State debt, or for
items in the Governors estimates; and the
words for the Constitutional Amendment
and against the Constitutional Amend
ment' now provided by law. and i'm
mediately after said election due returns
shall he made to the Governor OF the vote
for and against the proposed amendment.
and further proceedings had IN accord
.ance with Article NV of the Constitution
Approved March IS, 1916
! Now. therefore, | Emerson c. Harrington,
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pur
>uance of the direction contained i'll Section
l of Article IA of the Constitution Of Mary
land, do hereby order and direct CODY of
this Proclamation, containing a full true
and correct copy of the text OF said Chap
ter 139 of the Acts of Maryland of 1916 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 laid newspapers
in the City of Baltimore to be printed in
the German language. once a week for
three months next preceding the General
Election to be held in this State on Novem-
Der 9TH, 1916, and at which election the
said proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be submitted, in form and man.
ner 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 TIE STATE OF
MARYLAND.
the Great Seal DONE Mt the City Of An
Of Maryland. napoliS this twentieth
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.