Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-09-16
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROVIDING FOR FEWER
ELECTIONS"

"This amendment provides that all State
officers, 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 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
ofheeTs are increased or reduced as necessary,
50 that their successors may be elected in nine
teen hundred and twcniy.Six. Terms Of officers
appointed by the Governor and BY County Com.
u'Ssioners 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.
u!ar 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 "Por Fewer
Elections Amendment" and Against Fewer
Elections Amendment" a. 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.
ment. as directed by said Fourteenth Article
OF the Constitution, and further proceedings
had in accordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved April -. 1922.
CHAPTER 27s.
AN ACT to propose an amendmen, to Section
10 Of Article XIV Of the Constitution of the
providing tina, 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 I. he i; enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland Uhree hfths Of all the
members Of each Of the two Houses concur.
n he ~ ~
same 81 hereby proposed AZ an amendmen;
10 Section 10 OF Article XIV OF the Consti,u
ton of the. State Of Maryland. title missed.
laneous," the same i adopted by the legally
qualified voters Of the State. as herein pro.
vided 20 become Section 10 Of Article XV Of
The Constitution Of the State Of Maryland:
Section TO- Any officer elected or appointed
IN pursuance Of the provisions OF this Cons,i
existing provisions OF Law in relation 10 officers
under the presen, 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 shalt qualify oil, OF the
County in which he resides. an ofica copy II
lis oath shall be fled and recorded in the
Clerks Office Of the Circuit Court Of the Coun
" in which he may reside. or in the Clerks
Office OF :he Superior Court Of the City Of bal
iimore. IL he shall reside therein. All words
or phrases, used in creating public Offices and
positions under the Constitution and laws 81
this State. which denote the masculine gender
shall be construed TO include the feminine gen
der. unless the contrary intention is specifically
expressed.
See. ?. And be ], further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. Tha; said aforegoing see.
Constitution shall be a, the next general elee.
ton for Members OF the House Of Representa-.
,iyes OF Congress held in this State submitted
90 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 a, the said
general election the vote on the said proposed
anne ndmeni 10 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 20 the
Governor OF the vote for and against said pro.
posed amendment. as directed BY said Four.
;een,h Article OF the Constitution. and fur.
Their proceedings had in accordance With said
Article Fourteen.
Approved April ~. 1922.
NOW. THEREFORE,, I, ALBERT c.
RICHIE. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND. in
pursuance Of the direction contained in See.
ton / Of Article IL Of the Constitution Of
Maryland, do hereby order and diree, tia, this
Proclamation, containing a full. true and cor.
rec, copy OF the text Of said Chapters 7, 30,
i4i. 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 no; more than one may be
published ,her 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 leas, three months
next preceding the election to be held in the
State OF Maryland on Tuesday. November 9Th.
1922. a, 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 reiee,ioa.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE
GREAT SEAL or MARYLAND. Done a,
the City Of Annapolis. this 3Sth day Of
July IN the year Of our Lord One Thou.
sand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Five.
ATNERT 4 RITCHIR