The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-09-10
CHAPTER 5e5.

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 adoption or rejection.
Seeuon Z. be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland. three-flfths of all
members of each of the two houses con-
cnrrfng1, That the following section be-
and the same is, hereby proposed as an
amendment to Section 81, of Article A. title
Judiciary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Constitn
ton of this State, and if adopted by the
legal qualified voters thereof, as herein pro-
yIded, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and in stead of Section
80 of said Article 4 of the Constitution of
Maryland.
Sec 81. arhere shall be Clerk of each
OF the said Courtsl of Baltimore City, ex-
cept the Supreme Bench, who shall be
elected by the legal and qualified vdterssor
said city on the Tuesday next after the
first sMDndaXs of November in the wear
eighteen hundred and sixty seven. and,
shall hold his Office for six years from the
lime of his election. and until his success
sor Is elected and qualified and <be re-
eligible thereto subject to be removed for
wfilfui neglect of duty orr other nfsde-
nieanoF in Office on conviction ina Court
Of Law The salary of each of the said
Clerks shall be forty five hundred dollars
a year, payable only OUT of the fees and
receipts collected by the CLERKS of said
city, and they Shall identified 10 no other
perquisites or compensation. In case of a
said Courts, the Judges of said Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City shall have be weFs
to- fill such vacancy until the general cleo
tion of Delegates to the General AssenfbIy
to be held next thereafter, when a Clerk
Of said Court shall be elected to serve for
six years thereafter, and the prOvfsi0fS
of this Article III relation to the Appoint
ment of Dupties by the Clerks of the Cir
Fcufts Courts in the counties shall apply to
the Clerks Of the Courts in Baltimore CITY
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
Authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution shall, at
the next election for members of Congress
to he held on the Tuesday next after the
nrst Monday in the month of November
nineteen hundred and twenty (I92Ol be
submitted to the legal and qualified yOt-
ers thereof for their adoption or rejection.
IN pursuance of he direction contained in
Article II OF the Constitution of this State;
aHd~atsfRe said election the vote ON said
proposed amendment to the Constitution
shall Fbe by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be written or printed tbe words
For Constitutional Amendments 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 di-
rected by the: said Article IA Of the said
Constitution.
Approved April 9, 1920
Now, therefore, /, Albert c. Richie
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pur-
suance of the direction contained in Sec
ton of Article IA of the Constitution OF
maryland, do hereby order and direct that
this Proclamation containing full, true
and correct copy of the text of said Chap
fers 80 and 565 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1920. be pub
lished 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
newspaper, and in three newspapers pub
lished in the City of Baltimore, one Of
which shall be published in the German
language, once a week for at least three
months next preceding the general elpc-
tion to be held in the State of MARYLAND
on Tuesday, the 2nd day of November
1920, at which election the said proposed
amendments - the Constitution shall he
submitted in form and manner presorib
ed by the General Assembly to the legal
and qualified voters of the State for their
adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and the
The Great Seal of Maryland. Done
Great Seal at the City of Annapolis this
of the 23rd day of July nineteen
State of hundred and twenty.
Maryland ALBERT c. RITCHIE
BY the Governor;
PRILIP b. PERLMAN
Secretary Of State.