Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-09-09
April 10, 1922.
CHAPTER 275.


Approved April 10, 1922.
CHAPTER 27s.
w ACT to propose all amendment 10 Sectio,
10 of Article XIV of the Constitution of III
State Of Maryland, title miscellaneous
providing that words or phrases used
creating public Offices and positions shall
construed to include the feminine gende,
and providing for the submission of sal
amendment to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Re it enacted by the Genera
Assembly of Maryland Uhree-ffths of all tn
members of each Of the two Houses concu
ring), That the following section be and II
same is hereby. proposed as an amendme
to Section 10 of Article XIV of the Consttr
ton of the State of Maryland. title "Misce'
Ianeous," the same if adopted by the legal
vided, to become Section 10 of Article XIV
the Constitution of the State of Maryland:
Section TO- Any officer elected or appointe
IN pursuance of the provisions of this Cons
tuition, may qualify, either according to Ii
existing provisions of law in relation to office
under the present Constitution, or before tn
Governor of the State. or before any Clerk o
any Court of Record in any part of the Stat.
nut IN case an officer shall qualify out of tn
county in which he resides. an official copy
rs oath shall be filed and recorded in tht
Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of the Coun
~ IN which he may reside, or in the Clerk
office OF the Superior Court of the City of Bal
timore, if he shall reside therein All word,
or phrases, used in creating public Offices al,
positions under the Constitution and laws O.
this State, which denote the masculine gende
shall be construed to include the feminine gti
der, unless the contrary intention is speci6call,
expressed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by tn,
authority aforesaid That said aforegoing sec
ton, hereby proposed as an amendment TO tn,
Constitution shall be at the next general cleo
ton for Members of the House of Representa-
tives OF Congress held in this State submitted
to the legal and qualified voters of the State
tor adoption or rejection, in pursuance of tn,
directions contained i'll Article XIV of the
Constitution of this Staee, and at the said
general election the vote on the said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be by bal
lot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed
the words For the Constitutional Amendment
and Against the Constitutional Amendment
as now provided by law, and Immediately afte,
SAID election due returns shall be made to IN
Governor OF the vote for and against said nro
posed amendment, as directed by said -Four
teenth Article of the Constitution, and fur
Their proceedings had in accordance with ss;d
Article Fourteen.
Approved April 10, 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE, /, ALBERT c
RICHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND. in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec
tion of Article IA of the Constitution OF
Maryland. do hereby order and direct that this
Proclamation, containing full, true and cor
rect copy of the text of said Chapters 7. 90
l4i, 227 and 275 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1922, be published
in at least two newspapers in each of the
counties of the State where so many NAV be