The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-01
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AN ACT to ;ilaend Section 81 of Article 4
title Judiciary Department of the
/ Constitution OF this State, and To
provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of this
/ State for adoption or rejection.
1 Section J.. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland three tifths Of ali
members OF each OF the two houses con-
currlng), That the following section be,
and the same is, hereby proposed as an
amendment to Section 81, of Article 4, title
judiciary Department" OF the Constitu-
ton of this State and if adopted nv fhe
/ legal qualified voters thereof, as herein pro-
yided, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and in stead of Section
81 OF said Article of the, Constitution OF
See. 81. There shall be Clerk of each
of the said courts of Baltimore City, ex-
cept the Supreme Bench who shall be
elected by the legal and qualified voters of
said city on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday of November, in the year
ei ghteen hundred and sixty seven, and
shall hold his office for six years from the
tIme of his election. and until his success
sor is elected and qualified, and be re-.
eligible thereto. subject to be removed for
wlllful neglect OF duty or other mtsde-
melnor IN Office, on conviction in a Court
OF Law. The salary OF each OF the SAID
Clerks shall be forty five hundred dollars
a year, payable only out of the fees and
receipts collected by the clerks OF said
city, and they shall be entitled 10 no other
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vacancy in the office OF Clerk of any of
said Courts, tile Judges of said Supreme
Bench of Baltimore city shall nave power
10 NIL such vacancy until the general cleo
ton ofDelegateS to the General Assembly
ito be held next thereafter when q Clerk
OF said Court shall be elected to serve for
of this Article III relation to the appoint-
ment of Dupties by the Clerks of the Cir
cult Courts in the counties shall apply TO
the Clerks Of the Courts in Baltimore City.
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Authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution shall, .at
the next election for members of Con cross
to be held on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month of November
nineteen hundred and twenty 1g2O). he
submitted to the legal and qualified yot-
ers thereof for their adoption or rejection
IN pursuance of he direction contained in
Article Il of the Constitution of this State:
and at the said election the vote on said
proposed 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
after said election due returns shall he
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment. as di-
rected by the said Article IA of the said
Approved April o. 1920.
Now, therefore, I, Albert c. Richie.
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pur,
suance of the direction contained in Sec
ton l of Article IA of the Constitution of
Mary land- do hereby order and direct that
this Proclamation containing a full true
and correct copy of the text of said ChapA
tefss 80 and 565 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 be published in the German
language, once q week for at least three
months next preceding the general cleo
ton to be neld in the State OF Maryland
on Tuesday, the 2nd day of November
1920, at which election the said proDosed
amendments to the Constitution shall he
submitted in form and manner presnrfb-
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 at the City of Annapolis. this
of the 23rd day of July, nineteen
State of hundred and twenty.
MARYLAND ALBERT G. RICHIE.
By the Governor:
PRILIP B. FERLATAN,
Secretary OF State.