The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-09-23
PROCLAMATION


Proposing Amendments to the Constitution Of
the State, 1920.
Whereas, at the January Session of the Gem
eral Assembly of Maryland, held in the year
1920, two Acts were passed. to-wit: Chapter
319 proposing an amendment to Section Is of
Article III of the Constitution of the STATE tt
tie Legislative Department, regulating the
compensation of Members of both Houses of
the General Assembly; and Chapter 5G5 pro-
posing an amendment to Section 81 of Arti-
Gle 4 of the Constitution of the State. title
Clerks of Courts. and which said Chapters 3l9
and 565 are in the words and figures follow
ing:
CHAPTER 3Is.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
Is of Article III, of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland. title Legislative De-
partment, regulating the compensation of
the members of both Houses of the General
Assembly of Maryland and to provide for
the submission of said amendment to the
qualified voters of the State of Maryland for
adoption rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland. three ffths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring), That the following be and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
Is of Article III, of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland. title Legislative Depart
ment,' the same if adopted by the legally quail
flied voters of the State, herein provided. to
become Section Is of Article III, of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland.
Is. The General Assembly may continue its
session so long in its judgement the public
interest may require for period not longer
than ninety days and each member thereof
shall receive a compensation of three hundred
dollars per annum and five dollars per diem
for every day he shall attend the session. but
not for such days he may be absent, unless
absent on account of sickness or by leave of
the House of which he is a member and he
shall also receive such mileage as may be al
lowed by law. not exceeding twenty cents per
mile; and the presiding officer of each House
shall receive an additional cOmpensatioO of
five dollars per diem. When the General AS
sembly shall be convened by proclamation of
the Governor, the session shall not continue
longer than thirty days, and in such case the
compensation shall be the same as herein pre-
scribed.
Section 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That said aforegoing Sec
ton hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Maryland shall,
at the next general election for Members of
Congress held in this State, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters of the State for
their adoption rejection, in pursuance of
the directions contained in Article XIV of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland, and at
proposed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot. and upon each ballot there shall
be printed the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Constitutional
Amendment as now provided by law, and i'm
mediately after said election due returns shall
be made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as directed
by said Fourteen Article of the Constitution
and further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April 9 1920.