Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-08-26
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"

"This amendment provides that all State
;hcers, except judges, and all county otflcers
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 are reduced to
three years, and the terms of other elective
officers are increased reduced, necessary,
so that their successors may be elected in nine
teen hundred and twentv-six. Terms of officers
appointed by the Governor and by County Com
missioners are adjusted in Harmony with the
pointed. The General Assembly shall meet iii
nineteen hundred and twenty-four for reg
ular session, and again in nineteen hundred
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 nov, provided by
Jaw, and Immediately after said election du
returns shall be made to the Governor Of thu
vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by said Fourteenth Artic
OF the Constitution. and further proceeding
had in accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April IS, 1922
CHAPTER 27s.
w ACT to propose an amendment Section
10 of Article XIV of the Constitution of III,
State of Maryland, title Miscellaneous
providing that words phrases used il
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 the
State for adoption or rejection
Section /. Be it enacted by the Genera
Assembly of Maryland (three-hfths of all tn,
| members of each of the two Houses concu.
| ring), That the following section be and III
same is hereby proposed as amendmeu
ton st Of the State a Of ys Of st
'aneous the same II adopted by the legal
qualified voters of the State, as herein pro
| vided, to become Section 10 of Article XIV Of
| the Constitution of the State of Maryland:
| Section 10. Any 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. before the
| 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, official copy
lis oath shall be filed and recorded in the
| Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of the Coun-
| ty in which he may reside. in the Clerks
| office of the Superior Court of the City Of Bal
timoTe, 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 specfcall,
| 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, i'll pursuance of the
| directions contained in Article XIV of the
| Constitution of this STATE, and at the said
nfA he re na,I 4
| amendment to the Constitution shall be by bal
lot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed
the words For the Constitutional Amendment"
as now provided by law, and immed iately aftei
| said election due returns shall be made to tht
Governor of the vote for and against said pro
| posed amendment, as directed by said Four
| teenth Article of the Constitution and fur.
| her proceedings had in accordance with said
| Article Fourteen.
| Approved April IS, 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE,, /, ALBERT C..
| RITCHIE. 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 full, true and cor.
rect copy of the text of said Chapters 2, 20,
| l4i; 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, 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 ard qualified voters of the State for
| their adoption or rejection.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE
GREAT SEAL. OF MARYLAND. Done a.
the City of Annapolis. this 18th day of
| July, in the year of our Lord, One Thou