Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-08-10
PROCLAMATION
Proposing an Amendment
to the Constitution of
the State Authorized by
Chapter ISL. Acts Of 1917

WHEREAS Al the januarF ooneio1
Of the General Assembly Of Maryland.
held In the year 1884. an Act was
passed proposing an amendment TO the
Constitution Of the State by adding .
new Section to Article thereof, 70
follow Section 81 Of said Article 4 and
to be known as Section STA, and
which said Act Is known a. Chapter
ISL Of the Acts Of 1891, and is In the
words and figures following:
CHAPTER ISL
AN ACT to amend the Constitution OF
Maryland by adding new Section
to Article g.
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland, three
ffths Of all the members Of both
Houses eoncurrirE. that the following
section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution Of the etate Of Maryland. ana
II adopted by the legal and qualified
voters thereof, as hereinafter proyid-
Cd. the same shall stand as an add
tional section to Article OF said Con
stitutiou. to follow Section 81. and to
be known as Section ola.
STA In addition to the authority
granted to the Mayor and City Coun-
ell Of Baltimore by the preceding SEQ
ton to pay to each OF the Judges Of
the Supreme Bench the annual sum
Of Eve hundred dollars, authority 10
hereby given to said Mayor and City
Council to pay to each OF said Judges
such further annual sum as an add
tion to their respective salaries as the
Mayor and City Councl; 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 z. And be II 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
tlon 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.
err 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, 1929.
Now. Therefore. |, Albert G. Richie, |
Governor OF Maryland. in pursuance OF
the direction contained in Section Of
Article IA Of the Constitution OF Mary
lane. do hereby order and direct that
this Proclamation, containing 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
iished 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.
1928. at which said election the said
proposed amendment 10 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. |
in the year one thousand nine hun
dred and twenty-three
THE Great Seal OF Maryland).
by the Governor:
ALBERT C. RITCHIM
PHILIP b PERLMAN,
Secretary Of StaAs.