Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1920-10-22
Proposing Amendments to The
Constitution of the State.
......1920.~..

Whereas, at the January Session Of
the General Assembly Of Maryland,
held in the year 1920, two Acts were
passed, to wit Chapter 319, proposing
an amendment to Section Is Of Article
Ill of the Constitution of the State,
title Legislative Department, regu-
lating the compensation of Members Of
both Houses of the General Assembly;
and Chapter SOS, proposing an amend.
ment to Section 81 of Article a of the
Constitution of the State. titled Judi
ciary Department, regulating the pay
of Clerks of Courts, and which said
Chapters 3l9 and 565 are in the words
and figures following;
CHAPTER 3l9.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to
Section Is Of Article Ill. of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland,
title Legislative Department, reg
ulating the compensation of the mem
bers OF both Houses of the General
Assembly of Maryland, and to pro-
vide for the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters of the
State of Maryland for adoption or
rejection.
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the Gem
sneraI Assembly Of Mdrgtand. (three-
fifths of all the members of each of the
two Houses concurring). That the fol-
lowing be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to Section Is Of
Article Ill. of the Constitution OF the
State of Maryland. title Legislative
Department" the same If adopted by
the legally qualified voters of the State,
as herein provided, to become Section
10 of Article III, of the Constitution Of
the State of Maryland.
is. The General Assembly may con-
tinue its session so long as in its judg-
ment the public interest may require
for q period not longer than ninety
days; and each member thereof shall
receive a compensation of three hun
dred dollars per annum and five dollars
per diem for every day he shall attend
the session, but not for such days as he
may be absent, nnlees absent on ac-
count of sickness or by leave of the
House Of which be is member, and he
shall also receive such mileage as may
be allowed by law, not exceeding TWEEN
ty cents per mile; and the presiding
officer Of each House shall receive an
additional compensation of five dollars
per diem. When the General Assembly
shall be convened by proclamation Of
the Governor, the session shall not con-
tinue longer than thirty days, and in
such case the compensation shall be the
same as herein prescribed.
SECTION 2. And be 1t further enacted
By the authority aforesaid, That said
atoreg0ing section hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution OF
the State of Maryland shall, at the
next general election for Members of
Congress held in this State, be submit
ted to the legal and qualified voters of
the State, for their adoption or rejec-
ton, in pursuance of the directions con-
tanned in Article XIV of Constitution
of the State of Maryland, and at the
said general election the vote on the
said proposed amendment to the Con-
stltution shall be by ballot. and upon
each ballot there shall be printed the
words For the Constitutional Amend
ment, " and Against the Constitutional
Amendment, as now provided by law.
AMI immediatelyaft said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor
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 8. 1920.
CHAPTER 565.
AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Arti-
Gle 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.
SECTION /. Be ii enacted By the Gem
srri Assembly Of MsrgIGEd, three
g-rs