Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-08-19

Constitution of this State, and at the sa
general election the vote on the SAID pr
posed amendment to the Constitution shall
by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
printed the following synopsis Of said amer
ment under the caption of
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"
''rhis amendment provides that all Stat
-tf'cerss. except Judges. and all county Office!
elected by qualified voters shall be elected l.
every fourth year for terms of four years be
ginning with the election in November, MN
teen hundred and twenty-six. The terms
State and county officers to be elected in min.
teen hundred and twenty.three are reduced
three years, and the terms of other electiv
Ulcers are increased or reduced, as necessary
80 that their successors may be elected III nn'
teen hundred and twenty-six. Terms Of officer
appointed by the Governor and by County Con
mIssloners are adjusted in harmony with tn
terms of the officials by WHOM they are al
nineteen hundred and twenty four for a reg
uiar session, and again in nineteen hundrc'
ana twenty seven, and every two years there
after. Other provisions of the Constitution
OF ot the Laws are adjusted to HARMONIC with til
elections amendment" and Against Few,
Elections Amendment" as now provided /
aw, and Immediately after said election ds
eturns shall be made TO the Governor OF Ia
vote for and against said proposed amen
nent, as directed by said Fourteenth Articl
or the Constitution, and further proceeding
rad IN accordance with said Article Fourteen,
Approved April 10, 1892.
CHAPTER 27s..
w ACT to propose an amendment 10 Sectis'
10 of Article XIV of the Constitution of tn
State of Maryland title Miscellaneous
providing that words or phrases used il
creating public offices and positions shall /
construed to include the feminine gender
and providing for the submission of sal
amendment to the qualified voters of tn,
State for adoption or rejection.
Section /. BE it enacted by the Gener;
assembly of Maryland Uhree-ffths of all III
members of each of the two Houses concu
ring). That the following section be and tn
same is hereby proposed as an amendmen
% Section 10 of Article XIV of the Constt,
aneous, the same if adopted by the legal
'ualifed voters of the State, as herein pr
ided, to become Section 10 of Article XIV Q.
he Constitution of the State of Maryland:
Section 10. Any officer elected or appointet,
n pursuance of the provisions of this Consti
ution. may qualify, either according to tn,
existing provisions of law in relation to officer.
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 State
but in case an officer shall qualify out of the
County IN which he resides, an official copy
is oath shall be filed and recorded in the
Clerks office of the Circuit Court of the Coun
ty in which he may reside. or i'll the Clerk.
ONCE OF the Superior Court of the City of Bal
tmore, if he shall reside therein All word.
or phrases used in creating public Offices and
positions under the Constitution and laws OF
this State, which denote the masculine gender
he tn ri,,dN he.
der, unless the contrary intention is specihcall,
expressed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That said aforegong sec.
ton. hereby proposed as an amendment to the
constitution, shall be atIthe next general elec
ion for Members of the House of Represents.
ives 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 Staee, and at the said
general election the vote on the said proposed
amendment TO the Constitution shall be by bal.
lot. and nnon each .llot there shall be printet
the words "Por the Constitutional Amendment
and Against the Constitutional Anne ndment"
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. as directed by said -Four,
teenth Article of the Constitution and fur.
Their proceedings had in accordance with said
Artcle Fourteen.
Approved April u, 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE,. l, ALBERT C..
RICHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYL, AND. in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec.
ton of Article Ia Of the Constitution of
Maryland, de hereby order and direct that this
Proclamation, containing full, true and cor.
rect copy of the text of said Chapters 7, 20,
l4l, 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 week for at least three months
next preceding the election to be held in the
State of Maryland on Tuesday, November 9TH,
1872, 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 or rejection.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE
GREAT SEAL OF MARYLA AND Done at
the City of Annapolis, this 2sth day Of
July, in the year OF our Lord, One Thou
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