Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-10-19
PROCLAMATION
Proposing an Amendment
to the Constitution of
the State Authorized by
Chapter Isl, Acts of 1877

WHERbA6, At the January 1esaioa
Of the General Assembly Of Maryland.
held in the year 1928. an Act was
passed proposing an amendment 10 the
Constitution OF the State By adding .
new Section 70 Article 4 thereof, 70
follow Section 81 OF said Article 4 and
to be known as Section siA. and
which said Act 70 known a. Chapter
2si Of the Acts Of 1881, and is in the
words and figures following;
CHAPTER ISL
AN ACT to amend the Constitution Of
Maryland By adding a new Section
to Article 4
Section /. Be Il enacted By the
General Assembly OF Maryland. three
fifths Of all the members OF both
Houses concurring. that the following
section be and the same Is hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitutlon Of the State Of Maryland, and
II adopted BY the legal and qualified
voters thereof. as hereinafter provid.
ed, the same shall stand az an add.
tional section to Article OF said Con
stitution. to follow Section 81, and to
be known as Section 31A.
s1A. In addition to the authority
granted to the Mayor and City Coun.
Gil Of Baltimore by the preceding SEQ
ton to pay to each Of the Judges Of
the Supreme Bench the annual sum
OF ave hundred dollars, authority IL
hereby given to said Mayor and City
Council TO pay to each OF said Judges
such further annual sum as an add
ton to their respective salaries as the
Mayor and City Council Of Baltimore
shall from time to time deem right
and proper, provided. that any such
sum being once granted shall not be
diminished during the continuance Of
said Judge in Office.
Section :. And be It further en-
acted by the authority aforesaid, that
the said foregoing Section hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tuition, shall be. at the next general
election for members OF the General
Assembly to be held in this State
submitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for theft adoption OF
rejection, in pursuance OF the direc
lions contained in Article IA OF the
Constitution Of this State; and at the
said general election the vote on said
proposed amendment to the Constitu
xto~ nbaN ba hv hofiof aud ttuor an Oh
ballot there shall be written or printed
the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Con
sttational Amendment" 50 thet the
voter may elect: and Immediately aft
er said election due return shall b
made to the Governor OF the vote fol
and against said proposed amendment
as directed by said 14th Article OF the
Constitution.
Approved April 18th, 1929.
Now, Therefore. |, Albert C. Richie
Governor OF Maryland, in pursuance Of
the direction contained in Section 1 o.
Article II Of the Constitution Of Mary
land, do hereby order and direct thai
this Proclamation. containing a full
true and correct copy OF the text o.
said Chapter ISL Of the Acts Of the
General Assembly OF Maryland o.
1922. be published in at least two
newspapers in each Of the counties o.
the State where so many may be pub
lished and where not more than on,
may be published then in that news
paper. and In three newspapers pub
lished in the City OF Baltimore, one
Of which shall be published in thi
German language. once a week for a
least three months next preceding III.
election to be held in the State o
Maryland on Tuesday, November 9Th
1928, at which said election the SAID
proposed amendment to the Constitu
ton Of the State shall be submitted
in the form and manner prescribed b.
the General Assembly. to the isga
and qualified voters Of the Stats fol
their adoption or rejection.
Given Under MY Hand and III,
Great Seal Of Maryland. Done at u.
City Of Annapolis this End day Of July
in the year one thousand nine hun
drsd and twenty-three.
(Ths Great Seal Of Maryiand).
~ the Governor:
ALBERT G. RITCHIR.
PHILIP q PERLMAll,
seossaary Of sta1A