The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-08-19

CHAPTER S6S

| AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article III
tie Judiciary Department" of the Constitu-
ton of this State, and to provide for the
SUBMISSION of said amendment to the quali-
| fed voters of this State for adoption or re-
lection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland (three-ffths of all mem
bers of each of the two houses concurringl
mat the following section be. and the same is
| hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
| 81, of Article A. 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 supercede
and stand in the place and in stead of Section
| Maryland.
| Sec. 81. There shall be Clerk of each Of
| the said Courts of Baltimore CITY. except tie
| Supreme Bench who shall be elected by the
legal and qualified voters of said city at tire
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
snail hold his office for six years from the time
| OF his election, and until his successor is
! elected and qualified and be re-egible thereto
| subject to be removed for willful neglect of
duty or other misdemeanor in office on convic-
| ton in Court of Law The salary of each of
| the said Clerks shall be forty-fiye hundred dol
lars year, payable only out of the fees and re-
ceptS collected by the Clerks of said CITY and
eney snail be entitled to no other perquisites
or compensation. In of a vacancy in
| the office of Clerk of any of said Courts the
Judges OF said Supreme Bench of Baltimore
Ct:ity shall have power to fill such vacancy I'M
|
| General Assembly to be held next thereafter
when 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
pointment of Deputies by the Clerks of the
Girc1ht Courts in the counties shall apply to
the Clerks OF the Courts in Baltimore City
Sec. z And be it further enacted by the au-
thorlty aforesaid, That the said foregoing sec
ton 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 (l920), be submitted to the legal and
I ro;at voters thereof for their adoption
re?ection IN pursuance of the direction con-
tanned in Article IA of the Constitution of thi,
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 Constitu-
tiona Amendment and Against Constitu-
| and Immediately after said election due returns
| shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
ana against said proposed amendment as di-
| stitution. ~
Approved April 9. 1920.
Now. therefore. l.. Albert C. Richie, Gov
| ernor of the State Of Maryland in pursuance
| OF the direction contained in Section / of Ar
tlcle Ia of the Constitution of MARYLAND do
hereby order and direct that this Proclamation
containing full true and correct CODY of the
text of said Chapters 3l9 and SOS of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryand of ION
oe puDilsheu 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, of which shall be
published in the German language, once week
Tor at least three months next preceding the
general election to be held in the State of
Maryland on Tuesday. the End day of Novem-
per, l9ZO' at which election the said proposed
amendments to the Constitution shall he sub
mitted in form and manner prescribed by the
General Assembly, to the legal and qualified
voters of the State for their adontion or re
| lection.
| Given undermy hand and
| The the Great Seal of the State
| GREAT SEAL of Maryland Done at the
| OF THE City of Annapolis, this 23rd
STATE OF day of July, nineteen hun
| II MARYLAND dred and twenty.
I-- ---- ALBERT C. RITCHIE.
By the Governor:
PHILIP B. PERLMAN,
23-l3t Secretary of State.