The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04

election in the year nineteen hunareo anu
thirty, and every twenty years thereafter
budgets to the General Assembly at the reg
| ular session of nineteen hundred and twenty.
four, in accordance with the provisions OF
Section 81 of Article III of the Constitution,
FIRST nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and
ending September thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and twentyseven and two budgets to the Cen
eral Assembly at the regular session OF nine
teen hundred and twenty yseven, and thereafter
as now provided by said section.
Section II. The purpose of this Article is
to reduce the number of elections, by proyid1,,
ing that ali State and county elections shall
BE- held only in every fourth hodns aad at ea he
gresisonal elections; and to bring the terms
of appointive officers into harmony with the
changes affected in the time Of the beginning
administrative and judicial officers Of the State
shall construe the provisions of this Article
so as to effectuate that purpose. For the pu,,;;
shall Be es Construed e to only include I those holding
positions and other places of employment IN
the State and county governments whose
terms are fixed by law, but it shall not in,
ciude any appointments made BY the =. b0aho arc
Governor for terms of three years.
Section -. The General Assembly, at the
regular session in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-four,. shall make such changes in
the pri mary and general election laws and
otherwise, as may be necessary to carry out
the provisions of this Article. There shall be
no election for State county officers IN the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
Section 13. In the event of any ineonsis-
tency between the provisions of this Article
and any of the other provisions Of the Con; on
the ,hsp OF sha BE-
pealed OF abrogated to the extent of such IN
consistency.
Section 2. And be it further enacted by the
authoity aforesaid, That said aforegoing sec
eha BE- at he s general
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
directions contained in Article XIV of the
Constitution of this State, and at the said
general election the vote on the said pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall De
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
officers, except judges, and all county officers
elected by qualified voters shall be elected i'll
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 are increased or reduced, as necessary,
so that their successors may be elected in nine
teen hundred and twenty-sx Terms of officers
appointed by the Governor and by County Com
missioners are adjusted in harmony with the
terms of the officials by whom they are ap-
pointed. The General Assembly shall meet in
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 harmonize with the
Elections Amendment" and Against Fewer
Elections 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 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 27s.
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 or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (threeffths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring), That tine following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section 10 of Article XIV of the Constitu-
ton of the. State of Maryland, title "Miscel-
aneous,!" the same 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 conss st
existing provisions of law in relation to officers
under the present Constitution, or before the
Governor of the State, before any Clerk of
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, an Official copy of
lis oath shall be filed and recorded in the
Clerks office of the Circuit Court of the Coun-
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
this State, which denote the masculine gender
shall be construed to include the feminine gem
der, unless the contrary intention is specifically
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-.
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
ther proceedings had in accordance with said
Article Fourteen.
Approved April 49, 1922.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, ALBERT c.
pursuance of the direction contained in Sec
ton 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 7, 20,
141, 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 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 our Lord, One Thou
sand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Five.
ALBERT c. RITCHIE,
By the Governor;
PHILIP B. PERLMAN,
Secretary of State