Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-08-24
PROCLAMATION.
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 2sl,
ACTS OF 1922.

WHEREAS, At the January Session OF
the General Assembly of Maryland, held in
the year 1922. an Act was passed propos
ing an amendment to the Constitution OF
the State by adding a new Section to Arti-
Gle 4 thereof, to follow Section 81 of said
Article and to be known as Section 31A,
and which said Act is known as Chapter
28l of the Acts of 1922, and is in the
words and figures following:
CHAPTER 28l.
An Act to amend the Constitution Of
Maryland by adding new Section to
Article 4.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. three-fifth of all
the members of both Houses concurrine,
that the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution of the State of Maryland,
and if adopted by the legal and qualified
voters thereof. as hereinafter provided, the
same shall stand as an additional section
to Article Of said Constitution. to follow
Section 81, and to be known as Section 31A.
3lA. In addition to the authority granted
to the Mayor and City Council of Balto-
more by the preceding Section to pay to
each of the Judges of the Supreme Bench
the annual sum Of five hundred dollars,
authority is hereby given to said Mayor and
City Council to pay to each of said Judges
such further annual sum as an addition 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 dim nished during the con-
tinuance Of said Judge in Office.
Section 2. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that the said fore
going Section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution. shall be. at the
next general election Tor 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 directions contained in
Article IA of the Constitution of this State
and at the said general election the vote
on said proposed amendment to the Con.
stitution shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be written or printed the
words For the Constitutional Amend
ment." and Against the Constitutional
Amendment" so that the voter may elect
and Immediately after said election due
return shall be made to the Governor of
the vote for and against said proposed
amendment, as directed by the said 18th
Article of the Constitution,
Approved April 18th. 1922.
Now. Therefore, /. Albert c. Richie,
Governor of Maryland. in pursuance of the
direction contained in Section 1, of Article
IA of the Constitution of Maryland, do
hereby order and direct that this Procla-
nation, containing full true and correct
copy of the text of said Chapter 281 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Mary
land Of 1922, be published in at least two
newspapers 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 that newspaper, and in
three newspapers published in the City of
Baltimore. one of which shall be pub
lished in the German language, once a
week for at least three months next pre-
cedine the election to be held in the State
OF Maryland on Tuesday, November 9th,
1928. at which said election the said pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution of
the State shall be submitted, in the form
and manner prescribed by the General AS
sembly. to the legal and qualified voters of
the State for their adoption or rejection.
OlVen Under MY Hand and
CHE the Great Seal of Maryland
Great Seal Done at the City Of An
Of napolis this End day of
Maryland.) July, in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and
twenty-three.
By the Governor:
ALBERT c. RICHIE.
PHILIP B. PERLMAN,
Secretary of State.
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