The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-08-26

AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article A. til
tie Judiciary Department" of the Constitu-
tl0n OF this State, and to provide for the
submission of said amendment to the quali-
fled voters of this State for adoption or re-
lection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
Sembly OF Maryland lthree-fifths of all mem
bers OF each of the two houses concurring)
mat the following section be. and the same is,
hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
~, of Article 4, title Judiciary Department -
of the Constitution of this State. and if adopt-
ed by the legal qualified voters thereof, as
herein provided, said section shall superceda
ana stand IN the place and in stead of Section
% OF SAID Article of the Constitution of
Sec. 81. There shall be a Clerk of each Of
VIC sald Courts of Baltimore Ctr. eNceut tie
supreme Bench, who shall be elected by the
legal and qualified voters of said city st ire
election TO be held in said city on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday of November. 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 be re-eligibIe thereto
SUBJECT to be removed for wiful neglect of
duty or other msdemeanor in Office on convic-
ton in Court of Law. The salary of each of
the said Clerks shall be forty-fve hundred dol
Iars a year'payable only out of the fees and re-
celpts collected by the Clerks of said City and
they snail be entitled to no other peru,s ties
or compensation. In case of a vacancy in
Ihe once OF Clerk of any of said Courts, the
Judges of said Supreme Bench of RaItinore
City shall have power to fill such vacancy un-
III the general election. of Delegates to the
Heheral Assembly to be held next thereafter
Wheh a Clerk of said Court shall be elected To
serve for six years thereafter. and the pro-
visions of this Article in relation to the an
polntment of Deputies by the Clerks of the
Circuit Courts in the counties shall annIy 10
the Clerks of the Courts in Baltimore City.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the ALL
thorlty aforesaid. That the said foregoing seq
Uon hereby proposed as an amendment to the
constitution. shall. at the next cleo
ton for members of Congress to be held on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
month OF November nineteen hundred and
twenty (l92O), be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection, in pursuance of the direction con-
tanned IN Article IA 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
De written or printed the words For Constitu-
tionai Amendment and Against Constitu-
tional 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 d.
stitution.
Approved April o. 1920.
Now, therefore, l, Albert C. Richie. Gov
ernor of the State of Maryland in pursuance
OF the direction contained in Section 1 of Ar
ticle IA of the Constitution of Maryland do
hereby order and direct that this Proclamation
containing full true and correct copy of the
text of said Chapters 319 and 565 of the Acts
OF the General Assembly of Maryland of 1920.
De published 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 news
paper and in three newspapers, published 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 to be held in the State of
Maryland on Tuesday. the End day of Novem-
Der, 1920, at which election the said proposed
amendments to the Constitution shall be sub
mitted in form and manner prescribed by the
General Assembly. to the legal and qualified
voters OF the State for their adoption or re-
lection.
Given under my hand and
THE the Great Seal of the State
| GREAT SEAL of Maryland. Done Mt the
OF THE City of Annapolis, this 23rd
l. STATE OF day of July, nineteen hun
L MARYLAND dred and twenty.
I--- - ---l ALBERT C. RITCHIE.
By the Governor:
PHILIP B. PERLMAN,