The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-10-08
pROcLAMAHoA.
Proposing Amendmenfs to the COnsti-
tuition of the State, 1920.


Whereas. at the January Session of the
General Assembly Of Mary land. held IN the
year 1920. two Acts were passed, towit.
chapter 80 proposing an amendment to
Seelson Is of Article III of the Constitu-
ton of the State title Legislative De-
partment regulating the compensation
Of Members Of both Houses of the General
Assembly; and Chapter SO proposing an
amendment to Section 81 Of Article Of
the Constitution Of the State. title .sJu-
dietary DepaT tment y regulating the pay
Of Clerks OF Courts; and which said
Chapters 80 aud 565 are in the words and
CHAPTER $40.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec
ton l. OF Article Ill, of the Constitution
tuition Of the State OF Maryland, title leg
latiVe Department, regulating the cont
pensation Of the members of both
Houses Of the General Assembly of
Maryland. and to provide for the sub
MISSION Of said amendment to the quail
fed voters Of the State OF Maryland for
adoption or rejection.
Secnon l. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, three hfths Of all
ahemSers of each OF the two Houses con-
curringl, That the following be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to section Is of Article III, of the Consti-
ution of the State of Maryland, title Leg
by the legally qualified voters of the Stare,
as herein provided, to become Section 10
OF Article III. of the Constitution OF the
State of Maryland.
To- The General Assembly may continue
AIS 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 a compensa-
ton of three hundred dollars per annum
and five dollars per diem for every day
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 ana he
shall also receive such mileage as may be
per mile: and the presiding officer of each
House shall receive an additional compen-
sation Of FIVE 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.
sSectiOn ?. And be it further enacted By
the authority aforesaid, That said af0fe-
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
fed 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
there shall be printed the words For the
Constitutional Amendment ard Again
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 gainst
said proposed amendment as directed by
said Fourteen Article of the Constitution
aud further proceedings had in accord
ance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April 9, 1920