Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-08-31
CHAPTER $50.

AN ACT TO amend Section 81 Of Article 4,
title "I'udiciary Department. OF the
Constitution of this State, and TO pro-
vide for the submission of said amend
meat to the qualified voters of this State
for adoption or rejection
Section l. BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland. (threc-ffths Of
all members Of each of the two Houses
foncurriEgl. That the following section be.
and the same is, hereby proposed as an
amendment to Section 81. of Article !, title
Judiciary Department" of the CoBstitu
ton of this State, and If adopted by the
legal qualified voters thereof, as herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and in stead of Section
81 of said Article of the Constitution of
Maryland
See. 81. There shall be Clerk of each
Of the said Courts of Baltimore City, ex-
,ept the supreme Bench. who shall be
elected by the leg Il and qualified voters of
said city at the election to be held in said
city on the Tuesday next after the hrst
Monday of y Dvsmber, in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty seven, and shall hold his
office for six years from the time of his
election, and until his successor is elected
and qualified, and he re-eligible thereto,
subject 10 be removed for willful neglect
1f duty or other mis- lcmcanOr In office, on
'nnviction in a Court of Law The salary
Of each of the said Clerks shall be forty
i've hundred loli1ss a year, payable only
out of the fees and receipts collected by
the Clerks of said city, and hey shall be
entitled to no other perqulsites or compen-
sstion. In case of "a yacancy in the office
Of Clerk of any of said Courts, the Judges
If said Supreme Bench Of Baltimore City
shall have power TO Till such vacancy until
the general election of Delegates to the
General Assembly to be held next there
Ifter, when Clerk of said Court shall be
elected to serve for six years thereafter !;
and the provisions of this Article in rela
ion to the appointment of Deputies by the
Clerks of the Circuit Courts in the cOun-
lies shall apply to the Clerks of the Courts
in Baltimore City.
See. >. And be ii further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
amendment 10 the Constitution shall at
he next election for members of Congress
70 be held on the Tuesday next after the
irst Monday in the month of November.
nineteen hundred and twenty 1920, be
submitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection, IN
pursuance of the direction contained in
Article IL of the Constitution of this State !:
at the said election the vote on said pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall be written or printed the words For
Constitutional Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendment" as now pro-
vided by law. and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for or against said
proposed amendment. as directed by the
said Article II of the said Constitution.
Approved April .. 1920.
Now, therefore, l. Albert G.. Iitchie,
Governor of the State Of Maryland. in pur.
suapce of the direction contained in Sec
ton l of Article il Of the Constitution Of
Maryland. do hereby orisr and direct that
this Proclamation containing a full, true
and correct copy of the text Of said Chap
ters 80 and J6j Of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland If 1920 be publish
ed in at least two newspapers in each Of
the counties Of the State where SO many
Hlay be published and where not more
than one may be published then in that
newspaper. and IN three newspapers pub
lishcd in the City Of Baltimore one Of
which shall be published in the German
language. once a week for at least three
months next preceding the general election
30 be held In the State OF Maryland on
Tuesday, the 2nd day of November 1910.
at which election the said proposed amend
meBts TO the Constitution shall be submit
ted in form AMI manner prescribed by the
General Assembly, to the legal and quail
fed voters of the State for their adoption
or rejection.
Given under m y
.......:..:...... hand and the Great
THE Seal Of the State Of
GREAT SEAL : Maryland. Done at
OF TIE the City of Anna polls,
STATE or this 23rd day of July,
/: MARYLAND nineteen hundred and
:......,......-...: twenty.
ALBERT C. RITCHIE.
Rv the Governor.