Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1920-10-29


Is. The General Assembly may con. I
.inue its session 50 long As in its ildg- /
ncnt the public interest nav require 1
for a period not longer than ninety
days; and each menber thereof shall /
receive a compensation Of three hun
bred dollars per annum and five dollars |
per diem for every DAY he shall attend 1
the session, but not for such days as he !
may be absent. unless absent on &C.
count Of Sickness or BY leave Of the
House Of which he is a member, AND be
shall also receive such mileags a. may
be allowed by law, not exceeding TWEEN
" cents per mile; and the presiding
officer of each House shall receive an
additional compensation o. five dollars
per diem. When the General Assembly
shall be convened by proclamation Of
the Governor, the session shall not con-
tinue linger than thlrt, days, and in
such case the compensation shall be the
same AS herein prescribed.
SECTION 2. And Be Il further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That said
aforegolng section hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution of
next general election Tor A embers of
Congress held in this State. BE- submit
ted TO the egal and qualified voters Of
the STATE, for their hivpuon or fejec
ton, in pursuance of the directions con-
tanned 10 Article XIV Of Constitution
Of the State Of Maryland. and al the
said general election the vote on the
said proposed amendment TO the Con-
stitution shall be by ballot. and upon
ach ballot there snail be pfint the
Wufds "For the Constitutional Amend
ment, and Against the Constitutional
Amendment, as now provided by law.
and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made 10 tn Gov ru0r
of the vote for and against SAID pro-
posed amendment. as directed by said
Fourteenth Article of the Constitution,
and further proceedings had in accord
ance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April 3. 1920
CHAPTER 565.
AN ACT to amer Section 81 o. Arti-
Gle 4, title Judiciary Department. "
of the Constitution OF this Staie. and
to provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of
this State for ADOPTION or rejse ton.
SECTION l. Be It enacted by the GEN
erdI Assembly of hdrvidnd, three
fifths Of all members Of each II The two
Houses coneurring); That the following
section be, and the same IS, hereby
proposed as an amendment to Section
81. Of Article 4, title judiciary De-
partment, of the Constitution OF this
state, and il adopted by the legally
qualified voters thereof, as herein pro-
eided. said section shall superss q : and
stand in the place and in stead OF See-
ton 81 of said Article Of the Consd-
tntion of Maryland.
SEC. 81. There shall be Clerk Of
each of the said Courts vi Baltimore
City, except the Supreme Bench who
shall be elected by the legal and quail
fled voters of said city on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday OF Novem-
Der, in the year eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, aud shall hold his Office
for six years from the time of his eiec-
ton, and until his successor is elected
and qualified, and be re-eligible there
10. subject tO be removed for willful
neglect of duty or other misdemeanor
in office, on conviction in a Court OF
Law. The salary of each of the said
Clerks shall be forty-five hundred dol
lars a year, payable only out of the
fees and receipts collected by the Clerks
of said city, and they shall be entitled
to no other perguisites or compensation.
In case of vacancy in the oihee Of
Clerk OF any of said Courts, the Judges
of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City shall have power to fill such vac
anev until the general election of Del
egates to the General Assembly to be
held next thereafter, whrn Clerk OF
said Court shall be elected 70 serve for
SIX years thereafter; and the provisions
81 this Article in relation to the ap-
pointment Of Deputies BY the Clerks Of
the Circuit Courts in the couatios shall
apply to the Clerks of the Courts in
Baltimore CITY.
SEC. 2 And be II further enacted By
the authority aforesaid, That the sad
foregoing 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 Morday in the
month Of November, nineteen hundred
and twenty (l920), be submitted TO the
legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejec ion, m pursu-
ance Of the direction contained IN Ar
| ticle Ia of the Constitution OF this
State; ard at the said election the vote
on said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, aud
upon each ballot there shall be written
or printed the words For Con5titd-
tional Amendment, and - g inst Can
stitutional Amendment, as now pro-
vided 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
directed by the said Articl- IA of the
said Constitution.
Approved April 9. 1920.
Now, therefore, l. Albert G. Richie,
Governor of the state of Maryland, in
pursursnce of the direction contained in
Section / Of Article IA OF the Constitu-
ton of Maryland. do hereby order and
direct that this Proclamation containing
fu true and correct copy of the text
of said Chapters 3l9 and 565 Of the Acts
of the General Assembly OF Maryland
of 1920, be publish in at least two
newspapers in each of the counties of
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the State where 50 many may be pub
lished and where not more than one
may be published then in that news
paper, and in three newspapers pub
lished in the litY of Baltimore, one OF
which shall be published in the German
language, once week for at least
three months next preceding the gen.
eral election to be held in the State of
Maryla d on Tuesday, the 2ad day Of
November, 1920. at which election the
said proposed amendments to the Con-
stitutioa shall be submitted In form and
manner prescribed by the General As
sembly, to the legal and qualified vot-
ers Of the State for their adoption or
rejection.
..--..,...-..''' Given under my hand
GREAT SEAL and the Great Seal of
THE ;. the State OF MARY land.
OF THE Done at ire City OF