The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-10-12

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AN ACT to propose 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 l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, three-fifths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concurr-
ing, that the following Section be and the
same IS hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section 10 of Article XIV of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland, title "Mscellane-
Gus, the same if lOpted by the legally quail
fled voters of tn, State a sharein provided.
to become Secticf 10 OF Article w 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 ac-
cordng to the existing provisions of law
in relation to officers under the present
Constitution, or before the Governor of the
State. or before ar 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 recorded
in the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court
Of the County in which he may reside, or in
the Clerks office of the Superior Court of the
City of Baltimore, 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 in
elude the feminine gender, unless the CON
trary intention is specifically expressed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That said aforegoinr Sec
ton, hereby proposed as an amendment to the
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
for adoption 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 Constit tuition shall be by
ballot 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 proposed amendment. as
directed by said Fourteenth Article Of the
Constitution, and futher proceedings had in
accordance with said Article Fourteen
Approved April -, 1922.
NOW. THEREFORE I, ALBERT c.
RICHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec
ton l of Article II of the Constitution of
Maryland, do hereby order and direct that
this Proclamation, containing full, true and
correct copy of the text of said Chapters z,
20, l4l, 227 and 275 of the Acts of the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland of 1922 be pub
llshed 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 week for at
least three months next preceding the cleo
ton to be held in the State of Maryland on
Tuesday, November 7th 1922. at which said
election the said proposed amendments to
the Constitution of the State shall be sub
mitted in the form and manner prescribed by
the General Assembly, to the legal and DUAL
flied voters of the State for their adoption or
rejection.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND
AND THE GREAT SEAL. OF
MARYLAND. Done at the
GREAT City of Annapolis this 25th
SEAL) day of July, in the year of
Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Twenty-two
ALBERT C. RITCHIE
By the Governor:
q PHILIP 2. PERLMAN. Secretary of State.