Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-09-17
PROCLAMATION
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE, 1920.

whereas, at the January session Ol the
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the
year 1920, two Acts were passed, to-wit !:
Chapter 3l9 proposing an amendment to
Section is of Article iii of the Constitution
of the State, title, Legislative Depart
ment." regulating the compensation of
members of both Houses of the General
Assembly and Chapter SOS proposing an
amendment to Section 81 of Article of
the Constitution of the State, title Judi
ciary Department" regulating the pay of
Clerks of Courts, and which said Chapters
3l9 and SOS are in the words and figures
following:
CHAPTER 3l9.
An Act to propose an amendment to
Section IS of Article Ill, of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Maryland, title "Legis-
lative Department" regulating the COM
pensation of members of both Houses of
the General Assembly of Maryland, and to
provide 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 General
Assembly of Maryland, (three-fifths of all
the members of each of the two Houses
concurring), That the following be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amend
ment to Section Is of Article iii, 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 is of Article Ill, of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Maryland.
u.s. The General Assembly may continue
its session so long as in its judgment the
public interest may require for n period
not longer than ninety days; and each
member thereof shall receive a compenSa-
ton of three hundred 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, unless absent
on account OF sickness or by leave OF the
House of which he is member and he shall
also receive such mileage as may be al
lowed by law. not exceeding twenty cents
Der mile; and the presiding officer OF each
House shah receive an additional compen-
sation of Ave dollars per diem. When the
General Assembly shall be convened by
proclamation OF the Governor, the session
shall not continue 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 afOre-
going section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the State of
Maryland shall, at the next general cleo
ton for Members of Congress held in this
State, be submitted to the legal and quail
fled voters of the State, for their adoption
or rejection, in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article XIV of the COnstitu-
ton of the State of Maryland, and at the
said general election the vote on the said
proposed amendment to the Constitution
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 to
the Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment, as directed by
said Fourteen Article of the Constitution,
and further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April 8. 1920.
CHAPTER SOS.
An Act to amend Section 81 of Article
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 adop-
ton or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, Qhree-ffths of all
members of each of the two Houses con-
currlng), That the following section be,
and the same is, hereby proposed as an
amendment to Section 81, of Article 4,
title Judiciary Department, of the Con
stitution of this State, and if adopted by
the legal qualified voters thereof, as herein
provided, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and instead Of Section
81 of said Article A of the Constitution of
Maryland.
Section 81. There shall be a Clerk of
each of the said Courts Of Baltimore City,
except the Supreme Bench, who shall be
elected by the legal and qualified voters
of said city at the 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-elieible
thereto, subject to be removed for willful
neglect of duty or other misdemeanOr in
Office, on conviction in Court of Law.
The salary of each Of the said Clerks shall
be forty-five hundred dollars year, pay
able only out of the fees and receipts col
lected by the Clerks of said city, and they
shall be entitled to no other perquisites or
compensation. In case of a vacancy in
the Office of Clerk of any Of said Courts,
the Judges of said Supreme Bench of Bal
timore City shall have power to fill such
vacancy until the general election of Dele
gates TO the General Assembly to be held
next thereafter, when a Clerk of said Court
shall be elected to serve for six years
thereafter; and the provisions of this Arti-
Gle in relation to the appointment OF Depu-
ties by the Clerks Of the Circuit Courts In
the counties shall apply to the Clerks Of
the Courts in Baltimore City.
Section g. And be 1t further enacted by
the authority aforesaid That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an amend
ment 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, nine
teen hundred and twenty 1920, be sub.
mitted 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
and at the said election the vote on said
proposed amendment TO the Constitution
shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be written or printed the
words For Constitutional Amendment"
and Against Constitutional 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.
rected by the said Article IA Of the said
Constitution.
Approved April 8. 1920.
Now, therefore, |, Albert c. Richie. Gov
ernor Of the State of Maryland in pur-
suance OF the direction contained in Sect
/ OF Article Ia Of the Constitution Of Mary
land, do hereby order and direct that this
Proclamation containing a full, true and