The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-18
PROCLAMATION
Proposing Amendments the Constitution of the State 1922

n OF the Otate, I9Z@
the people e0i in 'ne reggsrd to Calling consttu
| tional Convention shall be held at the general
election in the year nineteen hundred ana
hs seson and tTsns sha h.
| budgets to the General Assembly at the reg
| ular session of nineteen hundred and twenty:
sou1 in accordance With the p5ov,s,G;ns p,;t,.,oo ol
| for the three fiscal years beginning October
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and
ending September thirtieth, nineteen hundrea
eral Assembly at the regular session OF nine. nine
| teen hundred and twenty-seven, and thereafter
| as now provided by said section.
Section II. The purpose of this Article is
hss the number of 6S shall
time. now provided by law for holding con.
| gresisona elections; and to bring the terms
| changes affected in the time of the beginning
| of the terms of elective officers; and the
| administrative and judicial officers Of the State
| shall construe the provisions of this Article
so as to effectuate that purpose. For the pu,,;;
pose of this Article only the word 'off1cers"
shall be construed to include those holding
| the State and county governments whose
terms are fixed by law, but it shall not IN,
clude any appointments made by the Boa5a arc
Governor for terms of three years.
Section IL. The General Assembly, at the
regular session in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, shall make such changes IN
the pri imary and general election laws, ana ana
otherwise, as NAV be necessary to carry our
the provisions of this Article. There shall be
no election for State or county officers in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
Section 13. In the event of any inconsis-
| tency between the provisions of this Article
and any of the other provisions of the Con;
stitution, the provisions OF this ArtiEie snan
pealed or abrosated to the extent of such in
consistency.
Section 2. And be it further enacted by the
authoity aforesaid, That said aforegoing sec
a be h next
ton for Members of the House of Representa-;
sives of Congrass held in this State submitted
to the legal and qualified voters of the State
for adoption re lection. 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 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
officers, except judges, and all county off1cers
elected by qualified voters shall be elected Ill
| every fourth year for terms of four years be-
ginning with the election in November, nine
teen hundred and twenty-six. 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
officers are increased or reduced, as necessary
teen hundred and twenty-six. Terms of otlcers
| appointed by the Governor and by County Com
missioners are adjusted in harmony with the
pointed The General General Assembly shall meet in
nineteen hundred and twenty-four for a reg
| ular session, and again in nineteen hundred
and twenty-sevcn, 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
| 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 proceedings
had in accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April l3, 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 or rejection.
| Section I. 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
| same is hereby proposed amendment
to Section 10 of Article XIV of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Maryland, title "Miscsl-
F! laneous," the same if adopted by the legally
! qualified voters Off the State. as herein pro.
| vided, to become Section 10 of Article XIV of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland:
Section TO- Amy officer. elected or appointed
in pursuance of the provisions of this Const
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 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, or in the Clerks
office of the Superior Court of the City of Bal
timoie, 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
| ton, hereby proposed as amendment to the
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
n Iie XV 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 IS, 1922.
| NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALBERT c.
RITCHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec
| ton l of Article ID of the Constitution of
| Maryland, do hereby order and direct that this
| Proclamation, containing full, true and
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 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,
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 Lord, One Thou