Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-09-14

Proposing an Amendment
to the Constitution of
the State Authorized by
Chapter Isl, Acts of 1917

WHEREAS, At the January gession
Of the General Assembly Of Maryland,
held in the year 1924, an Act was
passed proposing an amendment 70 the
Constitution Of the State by adding q
new Section 10 Article 4 thereof, 10
follow Section 81 Of said Article and
to be known as Section siA. ana
which said Act is known as Chapter
2sl Of the Acts Of 1sea, and Is in the
words and figures following:
CHAPTER ISL
AN ACT to amend the Constitution Of
Maryland by adding new Section
to Article l.
Section 1. Be 1t enacted By the
General Assembly Of Maryland. three
ffths 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
ntItution Of the State Of Maryland. and
II adopted by the legal and qualified
voters thereof, as hereinafter provid-
ed. the same shall stand as an add
tlonal section to Article 4 of said Con-
stitution. TO follow Section 81, and to
be known as Section s1A.
stA. In addition to the authority
granted to the Mayor and City Coun-
ell of Baltimore by the preceding Sec
ton to pay to each OF the Judges Of
the Supreme Bench the annual sum
Of five 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 2. And be 1t 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 their adoption or
rejection, In pursuance Of the direc
tons 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
ton shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be written or printed |
the words For the Constitutional |
Amendment" and Against the Con
stitutional Amendment so that the |
voter may elect; and Immediately aft |
er said election due return shall be
made to the Governor Of the vote for |
and against said proposed amendment
as directed by said 14th Article OF the
Constitution.
Approved April 18th, 1922.
Now, Therefore, |, Albert c. Richie,
Governor Of Maryland, in pursuance Of /
the direction contained in Section l Of |
Article IL Of the Constitution OF Mary
land, do hereby order and direct that
this Proclamation, containing a full.
true and correct copy OF the text Of
said Chapter ISL 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 pub
lished and where not more than one
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 the
German language. once a week for at
least three months next preceding the
election to be held in the State OF
Maryland on Tuesday, November sth,
1923, at which said election the said
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton 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 End day OF July,
Ia the year one thousand nine hun
fred and twenty-three.
THE Great Seal OF Maryiand).
by the Governor:
ALBERT c. RITCHIE,
PHILIP q PERLMAN,
GaoRnAAry At ataAA