Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-09-09
CHAPTER 80.

AN ACT 10 propose an amendment to Sec
ton 10 OF Article III. of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland, title "Legis-
lature Department" regulating the com
pensatiol of the members of both Houses
Of the General Assembly of Maryland.
and to provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters OF
the State of Maryland for adoption or
rejection.
Section / Re IL enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, three ffths or all
the members of each of the two Houses
Concurring) That the following be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section 10 OF Article III. of the COnsu-
tuition of the State of Maryland, title Leg
islative Department, the same if adopted
by the legally qualified voters of the state,
as herein provided, 10 become Section 10 OF
Article Ill, of the Constitution of the stare
of Maryland.
Is. The General Assembly may continue
its session so long as in its judgment the
public interest may require for a period
not longer than ninety days; and each
member thereof shall receive compensd-
ton of three hundred dollars per afnum
and five dollars per diem for every day re
shall attend the session, but not for such
days as he may be absent unless absent
on account of sickness or by leave of the
House of which he is n member and iIe
shall also receive such mileage as may he
allowed by law, not exceeding twenty
cents per mile; and the presiding officer
of each House shall receive an additional
com penSatlOn OF nFe dollars per ulem.
When the General Assembly shall be con
vened by proclamation of the Governor.
the session shall not continue longer than
thirty days. and ia such case the compen-
sauon shall be the same as herein pre-
scnibed.
Section . And be 1t further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That said afore-
going 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 submitted TO the legal and
qualified voters of the State, for their
adoption or rejection. in pursuance of the
directions contained in Article XIV of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland, and
It the said general election the vote on the
said proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be printed the words
For the Constitutional Amendment" and
Against the Constitutional Amendment"
as now provided by law, and Immediately
after said election due returns shall be
made 10 the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as iii
rected by said Fourteen Article of the Con-
stitution, and further proceedings had IN
accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April 8, 1920.
CHAPTER 5c5.
AN ACT to amend Section 81 Of Article 4
title Judiciary Department" OF the
Constitution of this State. and to pro
ment to the qualified voters of this State
for adoption or rejection.
Section 1. BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Mlryi1nd. (three- ffths 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 -. of Article A. title
Judiciary Department" of the COnstItu-
lion of this State, ana IL adopted by the
.egal qualified voters thereof as herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand IN thu place and in stead of Section
z of said Article Of the Constitution of
Maryland.
See. 81 There shall be Clerk OF each
If the said Courts Of Baltimore City, eX-
cept the Supreme Bench, who shall be
Elected by the leg Il ana qualified voters OF
said city at the election to be held in said
city on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday OF NlYeinb2r, 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
md qualified, and be re-eligible thereto
subject to be removed for willful neglect
u duty or other mis- lemean0r in office on
conviction in Court of Law. The salary
II each of the said Clerks shall be forty
ave hundred 'i5lla"s yeaf, payable only
aut Of the fees and receipts coll actesl -by
he Clerks of said city, and they shall be
entitled to no other perquisites or compen-
sat0iL In case of a vacancy in the Office
Il Clerk of any of said Courts. the Judges
II said Supreme Bench Of Baltimore City
shall have power TO I'LL such vacancy until
he general election of Delegates to the
General Assembly TO be held next there
lfter. when Clerk Of said Court shall be
elected to serve for six years thereafter:
md the provisions of this Article in rela-
ion To the appointment OF Deputies by the
Jerks of the Circuit Courts in the coun-
les shall apply To the Clerks OF the Courts
IN Baltimore City.
Sec. =. And be ii further enacted by the
authority aforesaid That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
amendment 10 the Constitution shall al
h. next election for members Of Congress
q be held on the Tuesday next after the
nrst Monday in the month of November
nineteen hundred and twenty 1920) be
submitted 20 the legal and qualified voters
hereof for. their adoption or rejection, in
pursuance of the direction contained in
Article Il OF the Constitution of this State:
Il the said election the vote on said pro-
'osed amendment TO the Constitution shall
le by ballot, and upon each ballot there
ihall be written or printed the words For
Constitutional Amendment" and Against
constitutional Amendment" as now pro-
Flded by law, and Immediately after said
lection due returns shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for or against said
proposed amendment. as directed by the
saiG Article II of the said Constitution.