Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-23
CHAPTER 275.

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec.
tion 10 of Article XIV of the Constitu.
ton of the State of Maryland, title
miscellaneous" providing that words
or phrases used in creating public OF.
ices and positions shall be construed
10 Include the feminine gender: and
providing for the submission of said
appointment TO the qualified voters OF
the State COR adoption or rejection.
Section ]. BE il. enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland (three-flfths of all
the members of each of the two Houses
coDcurring), That the following section be
anu the same Is hereby proposed as an
amendment TO Section 10 Of Article XIV OF
title miscellaneous" the same If adopted
by the legally qualified voters of the State
as herein provided. to become Section IL
State of Maryland:
Section 10 Any officer elected or APP
pointed III pursuance OF the provisions OF
cording to the existing provisions of law
IN reiation TO officers under the present
IonHtitution or before the Governor of the
state. or before any Clerk of any Court OF
Record in any part of the state: but I'm
ease an officer shall qualify out of the
County 10 which be resides. an Official
cory Of his oath shall be filed and rec.
orded in the Clerks Office Of the Circuit
Court of the County In which be may re.
side. or In the Clerks Office Of the Superior
Court Of tbs. City Of Baltimore. II be shall
/ n. nlr1NpA UnpH
in creating public ofices and positions un.
der the ConstItution and laws of this
state. which denote the masculine gender
shall be construed TO include the feminine
specifically expressed.
Sec. .. Aud be IL further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That said aforegoiDg
section. hereby proposed as an amendment
10 the. Constitution. shall be AT the next
general election for Members Of the House
OF Representatives of Congress held in
this State submitted 10 the legal and
qualified voters Of the State for adopflon
or rejection. in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article XIV of the constltu-
ton OF this State. and ~ the said general
election the vote on the said proposed
aiDepdment to the Constitution shall be By
ballot. and upon each ballot there shall be
printed the words For the Constitutional
Amendment aud Against the constitu-
Iaw. and lmmediately after ssid election
due returns shall be made ia the Governor
OF the vote for and against said proposed
amendment as directed by said Four
teenth Article OF the Constitution and fur
thor proceedin.s bad in aceordaDce with
said Article Fourteen.
Approved April i3. 1922.
NOW. THEREFORE,. ]. ALBERT c.
RlTCHIE. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND.
In pursuance of the direction contained in
Section ] of Article u OF the Constitution
Of Maryland. do hereby order and direct
that this Proclamation. containing n fnll
true and correct COPY OF the text II said
Chapters :. 20. 141, 227 and e75 OF the Acts
Of the General Assembly Of Maryland OF
1922. be published In at least two news
papers in each of the counties Of the State
where so many may be published and
where not more than one may be pub
lished then in thai newspaper and in
three newspapers Dublished in the CITY NJ
Baltimore. one of which shall be pub
lished In the German language. once n
week for at least three months next pre-
ceding the election to be held I'm the State
of Maryland on Tuesday. November I'm
1872. at which said election the said pro
fosed amendments to the Constitution OF
the State shall he submitted in the form
and manner prescribed by the General
Assembly. to the legal and qualified voters
pf the State for their adoption or rejec-
ton.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND
AND THE GREAT SEAL. OF
MARYLAND. Done at the
Great City If Annapolis this 25fh
Seal) day OF July. IN the year of
our Lord. One thousand Nine
Hundred and Twenty-Five.
ALBERT c. RITcuIE.
Ev the Governor:
PHILIP b. PERLMAN.
Secretary OF State.