Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1922-10-06
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"

This amendment provides that all State
Jmcers, 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
tnfee years, and the terms Of other elective
ofheers are increased 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 whom they are an.
pointed. The General Assembly shall meet IN
nineteen hundred and twenty four for a reg.
ular session, and again in nineteen hundred
and twenty seven, and every two wears there
after. Other provisions Of the Constitution and
o. the Laws are adjusted TO harmonic with the
a1ove changes; and the words FOR Fewer
E,eeuons 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 Tor and against said proposed amend.
nent, 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.
AN ACT to propose 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 /, BE it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland (three-hfths of ali the
members Of each Of the two Houses concur
rlnel' That the following section be and the
80 f" s.,,;on ne re proposed as an amendment
Iion OF the State of Maryland, title "Miscei
ianeous, the same il adopted by the legally
qualified voters Of the State, as herein pro
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 Const
luton, 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 Of
rs oath shall he flied and recorded In the
Clerks office of the Circuit Court Of the Conn.
~ in which he may reside, or in the Clerks
once OF the Superior Court of the City of Bal
hmore' 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. ?. And be it further enacted nv IN.
authority aforesaid, That said aforegong sec.
ton, hereby proposed as amendment to the
Constitution, shall he at the next general cleo.
lon Tor Members Of the House Of Representa-
tves of Congress held in this State submitted
10 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 al the said
general election m he 4
amendment to the Constitution shall be hv 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. as directed by said -Four.
teenth Article of the Constitution, and fur
Their proceedings had in accordance with said
Article Fourteen
Approved April 10, 1922
NOW. THEREFORE. I, ALBERT c
RICHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, in
pursuance OF the direction contained in Sec.
ton Of Article IL 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 T. 90
i4l, 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 a week for at least three month.
next preceding the election to be held in the
State of Maryland on Tuesday, November 9TH
1922, at which said election the said propose,
amendments to the Constitution OF the Stat,
shall be submitted in the form and manner
prescribed by the General Assembly, to tn,
legal and qualified voters Of the State for
their adoption or rejection.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THU
GREAT SEAL OF MARYLAND Done a
the City Of Annapolis, this 25th day Of
July, in the year OF our Lord, one Thou
sand Nine Hundred and twenty-five.
ALBERT c. RIrCHIE,
BY the Governor;
| PHILIP h, PERLMAN.
Serrctarv nf State,