Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-08-18

AN ACT to amend Section 81 Of Article a.
title judiciary Department" of the
Constitution of this State, and To pro-
vide for the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters of this State
for adoption or rejection.
Section l. BE It enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland. (three- fifths Of
all members of each of the two Houses
cOncurriEg), That the following section be.
and the same is, hereby proposed as an
amendment TO Section 81. of Article !, title
Judiciary Department. of the Constitu-
ton of this state. and II adopted by the
legal qualified voters thereof. as herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand in thu place and in stead of Section
81 of said Article of the Constitution OF
Maryland.
See. ~. There shall be Clerk Of each
of the said Courts of Baltimore City. ex-
cept the Supreme Bench, who shall be
elected by the leg 4 and qualified voters Of
said city nj the election TO be held in said
city on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday Of ~ enb.r 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 Te-eligible thereto.
subject TO be removed for willful neglect
Of duty or other mis- ,lemeanor in office. on
conviction in Court of Law. The salary
OF each Of the said Clerks shall be forty
five hundred 'l0ll1"s a yea. payable only
out of the fees and receipts collected by
the Clerks of said city, and they shall be
satioD. In case of a vacancy in the office
of Clerk of any of said Courts. the Judges
of said Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
shall have power to fill such vacancy until
the general election of Delegates to the
General Assembly 10 be held next there
after, when IL Clerk OF said Court shall be
elected to serve for six years thereafter
and the provisions of this Article in rela-
ton TO the appointment of Deputies by the
Clerks of the Circuit Courts in the coun-
ties shall apply to the Clerks of the Courts
I'm Baltimore City.
Sec. . And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That the said fore
going section hereby proposed rs 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 voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection, In
pursuance of the direction contained in
Article IA of the Constitution of this State
at the said election the vote on said pro-
poscd amendment to the Constitution shall
shall be written or printed the words For
Constitutional Amendment and Against
Constitutional Amendment as now pro
vided by law. aud Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for or against said
proposed amendment as directed by the
said Article II Of the said Constitution
Approved April 8. 1920.
Now, therefore, ]. Albert C. Richie,
Governor Of the St1te Of Maryland, in pur-
suance Of the direction contained IN Sec
ton / Of Article II Of the Constitution Of
Maryland. do hereby or ier and direct that
this Proclamation continuing a full, true
and correct copy Of the text Of said Chap
tiers $40 and 565 of the Acts Of the General
Assembly of Maryland Of 1920 be publish
ed in at least two newspapers in each Of
the counties of the State where so many
NAV 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 week for at least three
months next preceding the general election
to be held in the State OF Maryland on
Tuesday, the 2nd day Of November 1920
at which election the said proposed amend
ments 10 the Constitution shall be submit
ted in form and manner prescribed by the
General Assembly. 10 the legal and quail
fed voters Of the State for their adoption
or rejection.
Given under m v
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THE /: Seal Of the State OF
GREAT SEAL : Maryland. Done at
OF TIE the City of Annapolis
STATE OF this Ord day Of July
MARYLAND Diasteen hundred and
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ALBERT c. RITCHIE.
BY the Governor:
PHILIP u PFRLMAN