Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-16
CHAPTER 2T5.

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec
ton 10 of Article XIV of the Constitu.
ton of the state " Maryland. title
miscellaneous" providing that words
or phrases used in creating public of
fees and positions shall be construed
to include the feminine gender aud
providing for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters Of
the State Cor adoption or rejection.
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland tthree-tfths of all
the members IF each of the two Houses
coucurriDel. That the following section he
and the same 10 hereby proposed az an
amendment to Section 10 of Article XIV of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland
title miscellaneous the same If adopted
by the legally qualified voters of the State
"a hcrefi provided, to +beeDme Section 10
Of Article Nv of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland:
Section 10. Any officer elected or ap-
pointed in pursuance of the provisions Of
thfs Constitution. may qualify. either ac.
cording 10 the existing provisions of law
in relation 10 officers under the present
Constitution. or before the Gov srnor OF the
State. or 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
ordcd in the Clerks Office al the Circuit
Court of the County in which he may re.
side. or in the Clerks Office of the Superior
Court of the City OF baltimore. If he shall
in creating PUBLIC offices and positions UNI
der the Constitution and laws Of this
State. which denote the masculine genIler
shall be construed 10 include the feminine
gender. unless the contrary intention is
specifically expressed.
Sec. -. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That said aforegolnS
sertion. hereby proposed as an aInendnent
10 the Constitution. shall be at the next
general election FOR Members Of the HOUSE
Of Representatives of Congress held in
this State-snhmitted to the legal and
qualified voters of the State for adoption
or rejection. in pursuance Of the direct ions
contained in Article NV of the ConstitIp
ton of this State. and AT the said general
election the vote on the said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot. and upon each ballot there shall be
printed the words -For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Constitn-
iional Amendment as now provided nv
law. and Immediately after said election
due returns shall be made to the Governor
OF the vote for and against said proposed
amendment. as directed by said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution and fur-
Their proceedin IS had in accordance with
said Article Fourteen
Approved April l.. 1922.
: Now. THEREFORE,. T. AI,BEI,T- q
R1TCHIE. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND.
In pursuance of the direction contained in
Section Of Article IL of the Constitution
OF Maryland. do hereby order and direct
that this Proclamation containing y fnlI
true and correct copy of the text " said
CHAPTERS J. 20. III. OF and 20 of the Acts
o. the General Assembly Of Msryland of
1922. be published in at least two news.
papers in each ri the counties Of the STATE
where so many NAV be published and
where not more than one NAV be DIih
Gshed then IN that new snarfer = and n,
three newspapers published in The CITY ~
Baftimore. one Of which shall no nub
ifshed In the German. language once n
week for at least three months next pre-
ceding the election to be held in the State
II Maryisnd on Tuesday. November TN
1922. at which said election the said pro
rosed amendments IN the Constitution OF
the State shall he submitted In the form
and manner prescribed by the General
assembly. to the legal and qualified voters
Of the State for their adoption or rejec-
ton. -
GIVEN UNDER NY HAND
AID THE GREAT SEAL, or
MARYLAND. Done at fhe
Nfrsst City IF Annapolis. this 18Th
Seal) day Of July. in the year Of
our Lord. One Thousand Nine
Hundred and twenty-five.
ALBERT c. NTcHrF.
Ey the Governor:
PHILIP p. PERLMAN. !
, Secretary Of State.