The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-09-15

| election in the year nineteen hundred anu
| thirty, and every twenty years thereafter.
Section 10. The Governor shall submit three
budgets to the General Assembly at the reg
uIar session of nineteen hundred and twenty
Section 50 of Article III of the Constitution,
ior the three fiscal years beginning octooei
hrst, nineteen hundred ana twenty-fouI, and
ending September thirtieth nineteen nunoreu
and twenty-seven and two budgets to the zen
eral Assembly at the regular session OF nt f0s-
teen hundred and twenty-seven, and thereafter
as now provided by said section.
Section II. The purpose of this Article j Is
ing. that all State and county elections sh nan
be held only in every fourth year, and at the
time now provided by law for holding con.
gresisona1 elections; and to bring the terms
| changes affected in the time of the beglnnltts
OF the terms of elective officers; ana tne
administrative and Judicial officers Of the StaI Ie
Shall construe the provisions of this Article
SO as to eftectuate that purnose. For me p pun,
pose of this Article only the word 'othGs s
shall be construed to include those ho It ;,3
positions and other places of employment III
the State and county governments whose
terms are fixed by law, but it shall not III,
cude any appointments made by the :, Boa abe
unc fon nor Of ,5Ppe
Section II. The General Assembly; at the
regular session in the year nineteen hunoreu
and twenty-four, shall make such changes III
the primary and general election laws anu
| otherwise, as NAV be necessary to carry gu.
the provisions of this Article. There shall be
no election for, State or county otheers IN inc
year nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
Section 49, In the event of any inconsis-
tency between the provisions of this Article
and any of the other provisions Of the Con,
stltution, the provisions of this Article snaii
pealed or abrogated to the extent of such IN
consistency.
Section 2. And be it further enacted by the
authoity aforesaid, That said aforegoing sec
ton, hereby proposed as an amendment 10 tne
constitution shall be at the next general elec
ton for Members of the House of Representa-,
tives of Congrass held in this State submitted
to the legal and qualified voters of the state ate
| TOR adoption 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 sald pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall! pc
by 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 all State
Ulcers except judges, and all county officers
elected by qualified voters shall be elected III
every fourth year for terms of four years be-
ginning with the election in November, nine,
teen hundred and twentysix. 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
Of The Rs sn 1 Xsss gnS% h ass a
nineteen hundred and twenty-f four for reg
uiar session, and again in nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, and every two years there
after. Other provisions of the Constitution and
of the Laws adjusted to harmonic with the
above changes; and the words "For Fewer
Elections Amendment" and against Fewer
Elections ions Aendment as now provided by
| 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 proceedings
| had in accordance with said Article Fourteen
Approved April Is, 1922.
CHAPTER us.
| AN 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 rejection.
Section 1. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-6fths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section 10 of Article XIV of the Constitu-
ton of the. State of Maryland, title "Mscel-
laneous," the if adopted by the legally
! 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 Consti-
| t,,t1N a,tL
existing provisions of law in relation to officers
under the present Constitution, before the
Governor of the State, or before any Clerk of
| any Court of Record in any part of the State;
but in case officer shall qualify out of the
County in which he resides an official copy of
| lis oath shall be filed and recorded in the
Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of the Coun-
tys- 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 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.
authority aforesaid, That said aforegoing sec
| ton, hereby proposed 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
for 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 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
said election due returns shall be made to the
| Governor of the vote for and against said pro-
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.
RITCHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYL AND, in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec
ton 1 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 !, 20,
| 141, 227 and us 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 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 and qualified voters of the State for
their adoption rejection.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE
GREAT SEAL OF MARYLA AND Done at
the City of Annapolis, this 18th day of
| July in the year of Lord, One Thou
| sand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Five.
| ALBERT =. RITCHIE,
| By the Governor;
| PHILIP r. PERLMAN