The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-10-20
PROCLAMATION
Proposing Amendments the Constitution of the State,

n of the State, 1922
Constitution for the purpose of taking the sense
| OF the people in regard to calling 1onsu.u
| tional Convention shall be held at the genera,
election in the year nineteen hundred and
| thirty, and every twenty years thereafter
Section TO- The Governor shall submit three
| budgets to the General Assembly at the reg
| ular session of nineteen hundred and twenty.
| tour, in accordance with the provisions VI
| Section So of Article III of the Constitution,
for the three fiscal years beginning octooeI
ending September thirtieth, nineteen hunoreu
and tWenty-seven and two budgets to the Gen
eral Assembly at the regular session OF nine- nine
as aeen no hundred and and
Section II. The purpose of this Article ! Is
to reduce the number of elections, by proyyidn,
ing that all State and county elections SHAH
be D.. held only in every fourth year; and al TN, one
grresisona elections; and to bring the terms #
OF appointive officers into harmony with !he
changes affected in the time ct the beginning my
OF the terms of elective officers; an ana c+ats nts
shall construe the provisions of this Artice
SO as to effectuate that purnose. For the pu,,,
pose. of this Article only the word "otn1s!s
shall be construed to include those holding
the State and county governments wh?se
terms are fixed by law, but it shall not IN,
ciude any appointments made by the h. s0a5e abe
Governor for tern terms of three years.
Section II. The General Assembly, at the
regular session in the year nineteen hunui =:
and twenty-four, shall make such changes II,
the primary and general election laws anu
otherwise, as be necessary to carry gu. u.
the provisions of this Article. There shall be
no election for. State or county officers IN the
tt-.t
Section 10. In the event of any inconsis-
tency between the provisions of this Article
and any of the other provisions OF the Lon,
stitution, the provisions of this Article snal
prevail, and all other provisions shall De 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
tIon hereby proposed an amendment TO tne
Constitution shall be at the mex. general eles
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 tne
Constitution of this State, and at the said
general election the vote the said pro
posed amendment to the Constitution shall De
by. ballot. and upon each ballot there shall Be
ment under the caption of
CONSTITUTIONAL. AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"
.''This amendment provides that all State
Jncers, except judges, and all county of1cers
elected by qualified voters shall be elected IN
every fourth year for terms of four years be-
teen hundred and twenty-sx 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
Otflcerc Ircr rAd,
SO that their successors may be elected in nine
teen hundred and twenty-sx. Terms of officers
appointed by the Governor and by County Com
missioners are 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.
ular session, and again in nineteen hundred
and twenty seven ard every two years there.
after. Other provisions of the Constitution and
of the Laws are adjusted to harmonic with the
above changes; and the words For Fewer
Elections Amendment" as now 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
of the Constitution, and further proceedings
had in accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April Is, 1922.
CHAPTER 27s.
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 or 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 constitu.
tion 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 XV of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland:
Section TO-. ANY officer elected or appointed
IN pursuance of the provisions of this Consti-
tuition, may qualify, either according to the
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;
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, or in the Clerks
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. 2. And be it further enacted BY the
authority aforesaid, That said aforegoing sec
Constitution, shall be at the next general elec-
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
for 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
the words "For the Constitutional Amendment
and Against 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 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 -, 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALBERT c.
RITCHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec
ton 1 Of Article II 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, 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 mt 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 to 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, this 25th day of
July, in the year of our Lord, One Thou
sand Nine Hundred and twenty-five.
ALBERT c. RITCHIE,
BY the Governor;
PHILIP B. PERLMAN,
Secretary of State.