Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-08-05
CONSTITUTIONAL. AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"
"This amendment provides that all State
.hcers. 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 twenty-six. The terms OF
State and county officers to be elected in nine
teen hundred and twenty-three reduced to
three years, and the terms of other elective
officers 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
missioners are adjusted in harmony with the
terms of the officials by whoy, they are APP
pointed The General Assembly shall meet in
nineteen hundred and twenty four for a reg
ular session, and again in nineteen hundre'
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" 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 amend
ment as directed by said Fourteenth Article
of the Constitution, and further proceeding
had IN accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April 10. 1892.
CHAPTER 275.
" ACT to propose amendment 70 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 I'D
Section l. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-f!ths 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 pro.
vided, to become Section 10 of Article Nv Of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland:
Section 10. Any officer elected or appointed
in pursuance of the provisions of this IConsti
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 cony e
his 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
timore, If he shall reside therein. All words
or phrases. used in creating public Offices ard
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
for adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the
directions contained in Article XIV of the
Constitution of this Sta&e,' and at the said
general election the 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 imme dately after
said election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said pro
posed amendment. as directed by said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution, and fur
iher proceedings had in accordance with said
Article Fourteen
Approved April -, 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE, l, ALBERT C..
RICHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec.
ton / of Article IA of the Constitution of
haIyidHuI HeTcDy OTutf anu uirect tnat this
Proclamation, containing full, true and cor.
rect copy of the text of said Chapters Z, 20,
l41, 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 b.:
:ubiished 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, i'll the German
language, once "a week for at least three inunshs
next preceding the election to be held IN tb,;
State of Maryland on Tuesday, November, 9TH;
1922 at which said election the said proposed
amendments to the Constitution of the State
hall be submitted in the form and manner
prescribed by the General Assembly, to til.
'sgai aE1 qualified voters of the State for
heir adoption or rejection.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND Till
GREAT SEAL OF MARYLAND Dane a
the City Of Annapolis. this 18th day Of
July in the year oi our Lord, One Thou.
sand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Five.
ALBERT c. RITCnIE,
By the Governor;
PHILIP b. PERLMAN,
GNaNa