The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-09-08
PROCLAMATION
Proposing Amendments the Constitution of the state

n of the State, 1922
Constitution for the purpose of taking the sense
tlonal Convention shall be held at the general
eLect,on th;c in the year nineteen hundred anu
Section o TO- e'e he eTsos Gorssrgor Shall submit three
budgets to the General Assembly at the reg
ular session of nineteen hundred and twenty
1rour in accordance with the provisions pi:I.;o u
| Section 81 of Article III of the Constitution
| Tor the three fiscal years beginning octooei
hrst, nineteen hundred and twenty-tour' ana ana
ending September thirtieth, nineteen hunGreu 9
and twenty-seven and two budgets to the zen
eral Assembly at the, regular session OF nine- fIe
teen hundred and twenty-sever, and thereafter
as now provided by said section
Section II. The purpose of this Article IS
to reduce the number of elections, by providi,,
ing that all State and county elections shall
be held only in every fourth year, and al n'= inc
time. now provided by law for holding con: con.
of appointive officers into harmony with the
| changes affected in the time of the beginnihs
OF the terms of elective officers; and inc
administrative and Judicial officers OF the ae sia1e
| Shall construe the provisions of this Artlcle
SO as to eHectuate that purnose. For me pui,,,
pose of this Article only the word 'oiflGsis isis,
shall be construed to include those holding
positions and other places of employment IN
| the State and county governments wn?se
terms fixed by law, but it shall not IN,
edf fbs bn RDq madS my by the
Governor for terms of three years.
Section y. The General Assembly; at the
| regular session in the year nineteen hunartu
| and twentyfour, shall make such changes IN
! the primary and general election laws anu anu
otherwise, be necessary to carry our
the provisions of this Article. There shall be be
no election for State county othcers IN the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
Section -. In the event of any. ineonsis- SIS
tency between the provisions of this Article
and any of the other provisions OF the Ion, I1i
st1tution, the provisions of this Article snail
prevail and all other provisions shall be re-
pealed or abrogated to the extent OF such IN
consistency.
Section 2. And be it further enacted by the
authoity aforesaid, That said aforegoing sec
ton, hereby proposed as an amendment to the
constitution shall be at the next general elec-
ton tor Members of the House OF Representa-,
tives of Congrass held in this State submitted
to the legal and qualified voters of the State
TOR adoption or rejection. in pursuance OF the
directions contained in Article XIV of the
Constitution of this State, and at the saia
general election the vote the said pro
posed amendment to the Constitution shall be
by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
printed the following synopsis of said amend
ment under the caption of
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"
."This amendment provides that all State
Ulcers, except judges and all county officers
elected by qualified voters shall be elected Ill
every fourth year for terms of four years be-
ginning with the election in November, nine
teen hundred and twentysiX. The terms OF
State and county officers to be elected in nine
teen hundred and twenty-three are reduced to
three years, and the terms OF other elective
ofhcers are increased reduced, as necessary,
so that their successors may be elected in nine
teen hundred and twenty-six. Terms of officers
appointed by the Governor and by County Com
mlssoners adjusted in harmony with the
terms of the officials by whom they are ap-
pointed. The General Assembly shall meet in
nineteen hundred and twenty-four for reg
and twenty-seven, and every two years there
after. Other provisions of the Constitution and
of the Laws adjusted to harmonic with the
1Iecs changes and the I words For Fever
! Elections Amendment as provided by
law, and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by said Fourteenth Article
OF the Constitution, and further proceedings
had in accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April 49, 1922.
CHAPTER 275.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
10 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Miscellaneous"
providing that words phrases used in
creating public Offices 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 for adoption rejection.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-hfths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring). That the following section be and the
to Section 10 Of Article xV of the Consttu
ton of the State of Maryland, title "Miscel-
laneous," the same if adopted by the legally
! qualified voters of the State as herein pro-
| vided, to become Section 10 of Article NV of
| the Constitution of the State of Maryland:
Section 10. Any officer elected or appointed
in pursuance of the provisions of this Consti-
existing provisions of law in relation to officers
under the present Constitution, or before the
Governor of the State, before any Clerk of
any Court of Record in any part of the State;
but in case officer shall qualify out of the
| County in which he resides an official copy of
lis oath shall be filed and recorded in the
Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of the Coun-
| ty in which he may reside, in the Clerks
Office of the Superior Court of the City of Bal
timore, if he shall reside therein, All words
or phrases, used in creating public offices and
| positions under the Constitution and laws of
| this State, which denote the masculine gender
shall be construed to include the feminine gen
der, unless the contrary intention is specifically
| expressed.
sec. Z. ana De II 1urtneT enacted Dy the
authority aforesaid, That said aforegoing sec
! ton, hereby proposed amendment to the
Constitution, shall be at the next general cleo
ton for Members of the House of Representa-
tves of Congress held in this State submitted
to the legal and qualified voters of the State
tor adoption or rejection, IN pursuance of the
directions contained in Article XIV of the
Constitution of this State, 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
Itt,a
and against the Constitutional Amendments"
as provided by law. and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, directed by said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution, and fur
ther proceedings had in accordance with said
! Article Fourteen.
| Approved April 13, 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALBERT c.
RITCHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec
ton l of Article IA of the Constitution of
Maryland, do hereby order and direct that this
Proclamation, containing a full, true and cor
rect copy of the text of said Chapters T. 20,
141, 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 may be
published and where not more than one may be
| published then in that newspaper, and in three
newspapers published 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 election be held in the
State of Maryland on Tuesday, November 9TH,
| 1922, at which said election the said proposed
amendments to the Constitution of the State
shall be submitted in the form and manner
prescribed by the General Assembly, to the
legal and qualified voters of the State for
their adoption rejection.
| GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE
GREAT SEAL OF MARYLAND. Done at
the City of Annapolis, FMS 25th day of
July, in the year of our Lord, One Thou