Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-10-14

70 the legal and qualified voters of the State
directions contained in Article XIV Of the
Constitution of this State, and at the said
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
-mcers, except Judges, and all county officers
elected by qualified voters shall be elected i'll
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
oihcers are increased or 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
mlssioners 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, and 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 and Against Fewer
Elections Amendment" 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
ment, as directed by said Fourteenth Article
OF the Constitution, and further proceeding,
had in accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April Is, 1922.
CHAPTER avs,
Nv ACT to propose an amendment 10 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 b,
construed to include the feminine gender;
and providing for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection
Section /: Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (threeffths of all the
ring), That the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section 10 of Article XIV of the Constitu-
ton of the. State of Maryland. title ''Miscel-
qualified voters of the State. as herein pro-
vded, to become Section 10 of Article XIV Of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland:
Section 10. Any officer. elected or appointed
in pursuance Of the provisions of this Consti-
tuition, may qualify, either according to the
existing provisions of law in relation to officers
under the present Constitution, or before the
Governor of the State, or before any 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
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. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That said aforegong sec
| ton, hereby proposed 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 or rejection, in pursuance Of the
| Constitution of this Sta%e, 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
| teenth Article of the Constitution, and fur
| Their proceedings had in accordance with said
Article Fourteen.
| Approved April IS, 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE, /, ALBERT C
| RITCHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, in
| pursuance of the direction contained in Sec
| ton of Article IA of the Constitution Of
| Maryland, do hereby order and direct that thi.
| Proclamation, containing a full, true and cor
rect copy of the text of said Chapters 2, 20
| l4l, 227 and 27s of the Acts of the Genera
Assembly of Maryland of 1922, be published
in at least two newspapers in each of tn,
| counties of the State where so many may b,
published and where not more than one may b,
| published then in that newspaper, and in thre,
newspapers published in the City of Baltimore
one of which shall be published in the German
language, once week for at least three month
next preceding the election to be held in tn,
| State of Maryland, on Tuesday, November 9TH
1872 at which said election the said proposes
amendments to the Constitution of the Stat,
shall be submitted in the form and manner
| prescribed by the General Assembly to tn,
| legal and qualified voters of the State fo
their adoption or rejection.
| GIVEN HINDER NV HAND AND TIL