Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-11-06
CHAPTER 275.

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec
ton 10 of Article Nv 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
10 include the feminine gender: and
providing for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters OF
the State Cor adoption or rejection.
Section l. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland three ilfths of all
the members of each of the two Houses
concurring), That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as AM
amendment TO Section 10 of Article XIV of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland
title miscellaneous. the same il 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 APP
pointed in pursuance of the provisions of
this Constitution. may qualify. either &C.
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 his 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
reside therein. All words or phrases, used
I'm creating public offices and positions I'M
der the Constitution and laws of this
State. which denote the masculine gender
shall be construed TO include the feminine
gepder, unless the contrary intention is
specifically expressed
Sec . And be Ii further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That said aforegoing
section. hereby proposed as an amendment
TO the Constitution, shall be at the next
general election for Members of the House
of Representatives OF Congress held in
-
qualified voters of the State for adoption
or rejection. in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article XIV of the Constitu-
ton OF this State. and at the said general
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 Constitu-
| 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 Four
teentb Article Of the Constitution. and fur
Their proceedings had in accordance with
said Article Fourteen.
| Approved April Is. 1922.
NOW. THEREFORE,. I. ALBERT c.
RITCHIE. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND,
IN pursuance of the direction contained in
Section 1 Of Article Ii of the Constitution
Of Maryland. do hereby order and direct
i that this Proclamation. containing a full
/ true ana correct copy or the text or said
| Chapters Z. 90 AL 227 and 27j of the Acts
az the General Assembly of Maryland OF
| 1922 be published in at least two news
| papers in each of the counties OF the State
where SO many may be published and
where not more than one may be pub.
lished then in that newspaper. and II
three newspapers published in the City o.
4 Baltimore. one of which shall be pub
lished in the German language. once
week for at least three months next pre-
ceding the election to be held in the Stat.
of Maryland on Tuesday. November 9TH
1922. at which said election the said pro
POSED amendments to the Constitution o
the State shall be submitted in the form
and manner prescribed by the Genera
Assembly. to the legal and qualified voters
of the State for their adoption or rejec
ton.
GIVEN UNDER Ny HAM
AND THE GREAT SEAL OF
RS MARYLAND. Done at tn
fGreat City Of Annapolis. this est
Seal.l day OF July. in the year O
our Lord. One Thousand Min
Hundred and Twenty-Five.
( at AIREET G. RITcHIE.
I fs1 BY the Governor:
PHILIP n. PERLsfAN.
7 Secretary Of STATE