The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-10-06

election in the wear nineteen hundred and
thirty, and every twenty years thereafter.
, section 10. The Governor snail submit 'hlee
budgets to the General Assembly at the reg
ular session of nineteen hundred and twenty
Tour, in accordance with the provisions VI
Section 81 of Article III of the Constltution,
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, ana lnd
| ending September thrtieth, nineteen hundreu
| and twenty-seven and two budgets to the ceh-
eral Assembly at the regular session OF nt..e t.e-
| teen hundred and twenty-seven, and Thereafter
as now provided by said section.
Section IL. The purpose of this Article IS
to reduce the number OF elections, by proEkidiii
ing that all State and county elections sha.. ,.a
time. now provided by law for holding con.
| greslsonal elections; and to bring the teltns NE
OF appointive officers into harmony with tne
changes affected in the time Of the beSlnn,h,s ing
| OF the terms of elective officers; ana tne
administrative and judicial officers OF the ota1e
| shall construe the provisions of this Article
as of fhs s7te that anv ,ne word
| snail be construed to include those holaiiis
| positions and other places of employment IN
are 6ag agd bS n bt sha not in
ciude any appointments made by the soar aha
OF Public Works, nor appointments by INC
| Governor for terms of three years:
estoR ~ The h C., General 5sfee 5ssnyh hundred
and twenty-four, shall make such changes II,
the primary and general election laws anu
| otherwise, as may be necessary to carry oul
the provisions of this Article There shall be
| election for State or county officers in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-five
Section Is. In the event of any. ineonsls-
tency between the provisions OF this Aricie
and any of the other provisions of the Con.
stitution, 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 g. And be it further enacted by the
authoty aforesaid That said aforegoing sec
ton, hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution shall be at the next general eIec-
tives of Congrass held in this State submitted
to the legal and qualified voters OF the state
TOR adoption or rejection. in pursuance OF the
directions contained in Article XIV OF inc
Constitution of this State, and at the SAID
general election the vote. on the said pro
posed amendment to the Constitution shall be
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
-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 twentythree are 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
missloners are adjusted in harmony with the
terms of the officials by whom they are ap-
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 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" 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
OF the Constitution, and further proceedings
had in accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April 13, 1922
CHAPTER 275.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
10 of Article NV of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title "Miscsllaneous,"
providing that words 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 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland (three- -hfths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring), That the following section be and the
SANG is hereby. proposed as an amendment
to Section 10 of Article XIV of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Maryland, title "Mscel-
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
oS IL:
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 officer shall qualify of the
County in which he resides, official copy of
lis 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
tlmore, If he shall reside therein: All words
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
tion, 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 in pursuance Of the
Constitution of this State, 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 Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made to the
posed amendment, as directed by said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution, and fur
ther proceedings had in accordance with said
Article Fourteen
Approved April IS, 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE, l, ALBERT c.
RITCHIE, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, in
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec
tion l 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 l. 20,
AL 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, once 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 or rejection.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE
GREAT SEAL OF MARYLAND. 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 c. RITCHIE,
By the Governor;
PHILIP B. PERLMAN,