Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-08-01
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (.
PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"


I PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"
This amendment provides that all State
officers, except Judges, and all county OFF :
GERS elected by qualified voters shall be
elected in every fourth year for terms of
four years beginning with the election In
November, nineteen hundred and twenty
six. The terms of State and county OIL
ers TO be elected in nineteen hundred apd
twenty three are reduced TO, three years.
and the terms of other elective officers are
Increased or rasincedf as necessary. so tlnt
| their Successors may be Effected In nife-
teen hundred and twenty six. Terms of
ohicers appointed by the Governor and by
CotLtyf commissioners are adjusted In
harmony with the terms of the officials by
whom they are appointed. The General
Assembly shall meet In nineteen hundred
land twenty four for a regular session;
aud again In nineteen hundred and TWEEN,
ty seven. anu every two years thereafter
Other provisions of the Constitution and
of the Laws are adjusted to harmonize
with ythe above changes; and the words
For Fewer Elections Amendment and
Against 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 amendment m di :.
rected by said Fourteenth Article OF the
Constitution, and further proceedings had
In accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April H.. 1922.
CHAPTER 275.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec
ton 10 of Article XIV Of the Constitil.
tion Of the State of Maryland title
Miscellaneous providing that words
or phrases used In creating public Of
fees and positions shall be construed
TO include the feminine gender: and
providing for the submission of said
Il amendment to the qualified voters OF
the state for adoption or rejection.
Section 1. BE II enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland lthree-fifths, of all
the members of each of the two Houses
concurring), That the following section be
! and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment TO Section 10 of Article Nv of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland
title miscellaneous. the same IL adopted
by the legally qualified voters of the State.
ms herein provided, to become Section 10
OF Article Nv of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland:
|. Section, 10. Any officer elected or an
pohlted in pursuance OF the provisions of
this Consultations. may qualify, either ac-
cording to- the existing provisions of law
in relation TO officers under the present
Constitution. or before the Gov ernor of the
State. or before any Clerk of any Court Of
case an officer shall qualify out of the
itountys in which he resides, an official
| copy of hts oath shall be filed and rec
ordea i9 the Clerks Office of the Circuit
=
| side. or in the Clerks ofiee of the Sunerior
Court Of the City of Baltimore. il he shall
| reside therein. All words or phrases, used
| IN creating public offices and positions un-
der the Constitution and laws of this
state. which denote the masculine gender
| shall be construed 10 include the feminine
gender. unless the contrary intention is
specifically expressed.
See. .. And be IT further enacted By the
authority aforesaid. That said aforegofng
section hereby proposed as an amendment
| 10 the Constitution. shall be at the next
general re election FOR Members Of the House
| this State submitted to the legaf ana
quaiihed voters of the State for adoption
or rejection. In pursuance Of the directions
contained In Article NV of the Coustittl
| ton of this State. and at the said general
| election the vote on the said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be nv
n nan,sd and md upon each ballet there shall be
Amendment and Against the Constitn
| iional Amendment" as now provided by
law. and Immediately after said election
| dne returns shall be made To the Governor
or the vote for and against said proposed
| amendment, as directed by said Four
.eeuth Article or the Constitution. ana mn
ther proceedin rs had in accordance with
said Article Fourteen. ~
Approved April IL. 1922
RITCHIE. GOVERNOR or MARYIAND
IN pursuance of the direction contained m
Section Of Article IA of the CoristitufiSn
or Maryland. do hereby order and dfrefi
that this Proclamation. containing a fun.
true and correct eopy of the text of said
4 Chapters Z. %. 141. 225 and 27Se of the Acts
/ OF the General Assembly of Maryland Of
i922. be published in at least two news
| papers In each Of the countfes of the State
where so many may be, Iinblished and
1 where not more than one ffzy be nuh.
/ llsheds then In that NEWSPAPER. and n
three newspapers published in the CITY. al
baltimore. one of which shall be rn,h
lished in the German language. once !
week for at least three months next nre,
ceding the election to be held in the STATE
OF MARYLAND on Tuesday. November 7th
49,. ut which said. election the said pro.
/ rosed amendments Ia the Constitution n,
the State shall be submitted in the form
and manner nresctihed nv : the General
4 ASSEMBLY,. to the legai aati 'quafffed voter,
nf the State for their adoption or rejec-
ton.
IL GIyRN UNDER MY TThNT
AND THE GREAT SEAL nT
i MARYLAND. Done Mt III.
II Nsreat Citv ot Annapolis. this o5tl
ii Seall day Of July. IN the wear q
ouf Lord. One Thousand Vim
Hundred and Twenty-Five
Il ALBERT {. RITCHIE.
I. By the Governor:
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