The Democratic advocate., 1920-09-17
CHAPTER bG5.

AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article 4,
title Judiciary Department of the
Constitution OF TINS State, aud to
provide for the submission OF said
amendment to the qualified voters of ting
State Tor adoption or rejection.
Section 1. BE IL enacted by tue General
Assembly Of Maryland three ffths of all
nlemQers OF each OF the two houses COLI
currIngl, That tile following section be,
aid ftpe same is, hereby proposed as an
amehdment 10 Section 50 of Article 4 title
y JUDICIARY Department of the Constitu-
Lon OF tlis State, and If adopted by the
legal Qualified voters thereof as herein pro-
vided, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place aud IN stead of Section
81 of said Article of the Constitution o.
MaryIaud
See. 81 There shall be Clerk Of each
I OF the said Courts of Baltimore City, ex-
cept the Supreme Bench, who shall be
elected by the legal and qualified voters of
said sGity on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday Of November, in the year
shall hold his Office Tor SIX Years from Tie
llme of his electione and until his success
sor is elected anu qualified, and be re-
4 eligible thereto. subject to be removed for
| willful neglect of duty or other mfSde-
nleanor III office, on conviction in Court
! of Law. The salary of each OF the said
I Clerks shall be forty five hundred dollars
year, payable only out Of the fees and
receipts collected by the clerks of said
city, and they shall be entitled 10 no other
4 perqutsiteS or compensation. In case OF d
said Courts, the Judges of said Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City shall have power
! to fill such vacancy until the general cleo
tion of Delegates 10 the General Assembly
! to be held next thereafter, when Clerk
of said Court shall be elected to serve for
six years thereafter; and the provisions
of this Article IN relation to the appoint
ment of Dupties bye the Clerks of the Cir
the Clerks of the Courts in Baltimore Gity.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
Authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution shall, at
the next election for members of Congress
to be held on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month of November,
nineteen hundred and twenty 1920, be
submitted to the legal and qualified vot-
ers thereof for their adoption or rejection,
in pursuance of he direction contained in
Article IA of the Constitution of this State;
and at the said election the vote on said
proposed amendment to the Constitution
snail be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be written or printed the words
"For Constitutional Amendment and
Against Constitutional Amendment" as
now provided by law. and Immediately
after said election due returns shall be
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said propOsed amendment, as di-
rected by the said Article ii of the said
Constitution.
Approved April 0, 1920.
Now, therefore /, Albert c. Ritchle
Governor OF the State of Maryland, in puF-
sdance of the direction contained in Sec
tion of Article II of the Constitution OF
Maryland do hereby order and direct that
this Proclamation containing a full, true
and correct copy Of the text Of said Chap
ters $40 and $50 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1920 be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in each
of the counties of the State where so many
may be published and where not more
than one may be published then in that
newspaper, and in three newspapers pub
lished in the City of Baltimore, one of
which shall he published in the German
language once a week for at least three
months next preceding the general cleo
tion TO be neld in the State OF Maryland
on Tuesday the 2nd day Of November.
1920 at which election the said proposed.
amendments - the Constitution shall be
submitted in form and manner preserib
ed by the General Assembly. to the legal
and qualified voters of the State for their
adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand, and the
The Great Seal of Maryland. Done
Great Seal ut the City of Annapolis, this
of the 23rd day of July. nineteen
State Of hundred and twenty.
Maryland ALBERT C. RITCHEE.
" PRILIP B. PERLAfAN,
Secretary of State.