Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-02
CHAPTER 27l.

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec
ton 10 of Article XIV of the COnstitu-
ton of the State of Maryland. title
miscellaneous" providing that words
or phrases used in creating public Of
fees and positions shall be construed
to include the feminine gender; and
providing for the submission Of said
amendment to the qualified voters of
the State tor adoption rejection.
Section 1. 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 section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment 10 Section 10 of Article XIV Of
the Constitution of the State Of Maryland
title miscellaneous, the same if adopted
by the legally qualified voters of the State
as herein provided, to become Section 10
OF Article XIV of the Constitution of the
State Of Maryland:
Section 10. Any officer elected or ap-
pointed in pursuance of the provisions of
this Constitution. may qualify, either ac-
cording to the existing provisions of law
in relation to officers under the present
Constitution. or before the Governor of the
State, or before any Clerk of any Court Of
Record in any part of the State: but in
case. an officer shall qualify out of the
County in which he resides, an official
copy OF bis oath shall be filed and rec
orded in the Clerks office of the Circuit
Court Of the County in which he may re.
side. or in the Clerks Office Of the Superior
Court of the City Of Baltimore. If he shall
In creating public Offices and positions un-
der the Const tuition and laws of this
state. which denote the masculine gender
shall be construed TO include the feminine
gender. unless the contrary intention is
specifically expressed.
See. .. And be IL further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That said aforegoinc
section. hereby proposed as an amendment
10 the Constitution. shall be at the next
general election FOR Members of the House
OF REPRESENTATIVES, of Congress held in
this State submitted 10 the legal aud
qualified voters of the State for adoDtfou
or rejection. in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article XIV Of the Constitu-
ton or this State. and AZ the said general
election the vote on the said proposed
amerdmcnt to the Constitution shall be by
ballot. and upon each ballot there shall be
printed the words For the constitutional
Amendment and against the constitu-
law. and Immediately after said election
due returns shall be made 10 the Governor
OF the vote for and against said proposed
amendment. as directed by said -Four
teenth Article of the Constitution and fur
Their proceetiin - had in accordance with
said Article Fourteen
Approved April -, 1922
NOW. THEREFORE,. /. ALBERT q
RICHIE. GOVERNOR or Maryland
IN pursuance of the direction contained In
section OF Article II Of the Constitution
OF Maryland. do hereby order and direct
that this Proclamation. containing a full
true and correct COPY OF the text of said
Chanters Z 20. al. 227 and 275 of the Acts
Of the General Assembly of MARYLAND of
le22, be published In at least two news
paiiers IN each of the counties of the State
Neere so many may be published and
wnere not more than one may be ptIh
nshed then in that newspaper. and IN
three newspapers published In the CITY ~
Baltimore. one of which shall be pub
Iisned In the German language once =
week for at least three months newt nre
ceding the election To be held in the State
oI Maryland on Tuesday. November 7th
l'sz2. at which said election the said pro-
posen amendments to the Constitution az
tbe state shall be submitted in fha form
ana manner prescribed by the General
assembly. 10 the legal and qualified voters
ton. '' "a issoe-
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND
AND THE GREAT SEAL OF
MARYLAND. Done at the
nIrest City of AAnaBoIis this 25tb
seal day or July. IN the year of
our Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Twenty-Five.
ALBERT C. RITcHIE.
By the Governor:
PHILIP b. PERLMAN.
Secretary Of State.