Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1922-09-29

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tiCnaI Contention shall y hfld 4 ne gsneradi
thirty. and every t~$ny ySaft tRSrssitsg. :.
budget. % 10 h, rSs : a &. a Iss
glsF session Of nineteen Hundred and twenty;
tour, in accordance wjth the provisi9ns Of
Sec ssetSn si Of AIts,e ~ Of IL. CONSTITUTION.
first nineteen hundred and twenty.foyr. and
ending September tAirtieth, nineteen hundred
snd twenty;ssvsn and two budgets 70 the Zen
teen hundred and fwsnty.ssvep, and thereafter
as now provided by said section.
Section II. The purpose Of this Article IS
70 10 rsduee the number of slsetiohs, BY proyidh,
ing mat AZ State and county elections shall
tins. now provided BY law for holding con
grssisonSl elections; and to bring the terms
Of appoinpvs oAscsrs into harmony with the
s'd . 4: "' e! RI: D.sapn ne
shall sonsgu. lie ' pfSvlso S'' " This Af,ieis
. f e Xe. nat ans a'SsS:' wo For n sTF
shall be 5aSrssd to inoiSd. tse,s Holding
Posih2ns and other places Of employment IN
me, me state and county gotsrnmeAE whose
eluds aAy appointments made b. the Board
GC s.a,9 for terms q thr;s .ysars;
regular session IN III '9 y.af ns :'h hundred
and twenty-fOur, shall make such changes in
ne primary and general election lave and
tbs a. may Be rsSsfsary to carry out Ut
no election for State Or county officers in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
Section -. In the event of any. ineonsis
tensy between the, provision. of this Article
stituti9n, the provisions of this Article shall
prevail, and all other provisions shall be re-
pealed or abrogated to the extent of such in
consistency.
Section 2. And be it further enacted by the
authoity aforesaid, That said afofesoing sec
non. hereby proposed as an amendment TO the
Constitution shall be at the next general cleo
ton for Members Of the House of Representa-,
to the legal and qualified voters of the State
l ,9r adoption or rejection. in pursuance of the
directions contained in Article. XIV of the
Constitution Of this State, and a. the said
general election the vote on the said pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall be
Oy 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 ali State
Jncers, except judges, and all county officers
elected by qualified voters shall be elected in
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
tntee years, and the terms of other elective
oheers are increased or reduced, as necessary,
50 mat their successors may be elected in nine
teen hundred and twenty Terms of officers
appointed by the Governor and by County Com
terms of the officials by whom they are ap
pointed. The General Assembly shall meet In
nineteen hundred and twenty.four for reg.
'nar session, and again in nineteen hundred
ana twenty'seven, and every two years there
after Other provisions Of the Constitution and
OF the Laws are adjusted to harmonic with the
a Ei changes; and the words For Fewer
Elections Amendment" as now provided by
law, and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor OF the
ment as directed by said Fourteenth Article
OF the Constitution, and further proceedings
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 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 J.. BE it enacted by the General |
assembly Of Maryland Uhree.ffths of all the |
members of each Of the two Houses concur. |
ring), That the following section be and the |
same IS hereby proposed as an amendment |
to Section 10 Of Article XIV Of the Constitu.
laneous," the same if adopted BY the legally
qualified voters Of the State, as herein BRO.
yided, to become Section 10 Of Article XIV Of |
the Constitution Of the State Of Maryland:
Section TO- Any officer. elected or appointed
IN pursuance of the provisions Of this Consti. |
luton may qualify, .ether 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.
eut IN case an officer shall qualify out of the
County in which he resides, an official copy Of
lis oath shall be fled and recorded In the
Clerks Office Of the Circuit Court Of the Coun.
~ in which he may reside or in the Clerks
ofhce of the Superior Court Of the City Of Bal.
nmote II 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
expressed.
Sec ?. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That said aforegoing sec.
ton hereby proposed as amendment to the
NGonst'ut, ..' shaH DC al the next general cleo
uves OF Congress held in this State submitted
to the legal and qualified voters of the State
ior 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"
as now provided by law, and Immediately after
sad election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said pro.
posed amendment directed by said Pour.
teenth Article of the Constitution, and fur
Their proceedings had in accordance with said
Article Fourteen.
Approved April 10, 1922.
NOW. THEREFORE, /, ALBERT c.
RICHIE, 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 this
Proclamation, containing a full, true and cor.
rect copy of the text of said Chapters 7, 20.
al, 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 7th
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 al
the City Of Annapolis. this 2sth day OF
July, in the year of our Lord. One fhou
sand Nine Hundred and twenty-five
ALBERT c. RITCHIE,