Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-09-30

Section II. The purpose Of this Article is
% reduce the number of elections, by proyidl
ing that all State and county elections shal
lime now provided by law for holding con
tresisonal elections; and to bring the terms
u appointive officers into harmony with the
"hanges affected in the time of the beginnne
| Of the terms of elective officers. and tn
snall construe the provisions of this Article
so as TO eftectuate that purn"se. For the pu;
pose OF this Article only the word "ofhcers
| shall be construed to include those holdini
positions and other places Of employment ii
me State and county governments who's
'erms are fixed by law, but it shall not IN
Jude any appointments made by the Boar
Governor for terms of three years.
Section ~. The General Assembly. at tn
regular session in the year nineteen hundred
| and twenty-four, shall make such changes II
me primary and general election laws, an
the provisions of this Article. There shall b
no election for State or county officers in til
year nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
Section -. In the event of any. inconsis
seney between the provisions OF this Ar t
and any of the other provisions of the Con
stitution the provisions of this Article sha
prevail, and all other provisions shall be re
pealed or abrogated to the extent of such il
consistency.
Section 2. And he it further enacted by ii
ton hereby proposed amendment to tn
Constitution shall be at the next general ele
ton for Members of the House of Represent
tives OF Congrass held in this State submit
to the legal and qualified voters of the Sta
Tor adoption or rejection. in pursuance OF t!
directions contained in Article XIV of IL
Constitution of this State, and at the sal
general election the vote on the said pr
posed amendment to the Constitution shall br
by. ballot, and:upon each ballot there shall =
printed the following synopsis of said amend
ment under the caption of
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"
This amendment provides that all STATE
,flcers, except judges, and all county officer
elected by qualified voters shall be elected ii
every fourth year for terms of four years bt
ginning with the election in November. nine
teen hundred and twenty-six. The terms o.
| State and county officers to be elected in nine
teen hundred and twentythree reduced I,
three years. and the terms of other electiv,
ofhcers are increased reduced, as necessary
| SO that their successors may be elected in nine
teen hundred and twenty-sx. Terms of officer
| appointed by the Governor and by County Con
mssioners are adjusted in harmony with tn
| terms of the officials by whom they a.
| pointed. The General Assembly shall meet il
nineteen hundred and twenty-four for reg
uIar session, and again in nineteen hundre
| and twenty-seven. and every two years there
after Other provisions of the Constitution ant
| OF the Laws are adjusted to harmonic with tn
above changes; and the words For Fewe'
E Elections Amendment. and against Fewe
Elections Amendment" as now provided b
law, and Immediately after said election du
| returns shall be made to the Governor of tn
vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by said Fourteenth Articl
| OF the Constitution, and further proceeding
| mad IN accordance with said Article Fourteen.
| Approved April 10, 1922
CHAPTER 27s.
| Nv ACT to propose an amendment TO Section
| 10 of Article XIV of the Constitution of :he
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 SAL
| amendment to the qualified voters of tn,
| State for adoption or rejection.
Assembly of Maryland (threeffths of all tn,
members of each of the two Houses concur
| rng), That the following section be and tn,
same is hereby. proposed an amendmei
| ton of the State of Maryland, title "Misce'
| laneous" the if adopted by the legal
| qualified voters of the State, as herein pro
| yided, to become Section 10 Of Article XIV q
'"S NoHStitutioH VI inc Otdte 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 :
tls oath shall be filed and recorded in the
| Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of the Coun
he In h.
| 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 aforegoing 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
tor adoption or 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 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 I"
as now provided by law, and Immediately after
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| Governor of the vote for and against said pro.
| posed amendment, directed by said Pour
| teenth Article of the Constitution and fur.
| ther proceedings had in accordance with said
| Article Fourteen.
Approved April -, 1872.
NOW, THEREFORE,, I, ALBERT c.
| RICHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec.
ton l of Article IA of the Constitution of
Maryland. do 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 27s 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 MARYT AND Done n,