Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-08-18
PROCLAMATION
Proposing an Amendment
to the Constitution of
the State Authorized by
Chapter 2S1, Acts of 1922

the STATE AurnOr1ZeQ Dy
Chapter ISL, Acts of 1922
:
WHEREAS, At the January Session
Of the General Assembly OF Maryland.
held in the year 1922. an Act was
passed proposing an amendment to the
Constitution Of the State by adding
new Section to Article thereof, to
follow Section 81 Of said Article and
to be known ~ Section 31A, and
which said Act il known a. Chapter
281 OF the Acts Of 1899. and Is In the
words and figures following:
CHAPTER 2Sl
AN ACT to amend the Contribution Of
Maryland BY adding new Section
to Article I.
Section 1. Be- Il enacted by the
General Assembly OF Maryland. three
1lfths Of all the members OF both
Houses concurring. that the following
section be and the same Ia hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution Of the State of'Maryland. and
II adopted by the legal and qualified
voters thereof, as hereinafter provid-
cd, the came shall stand as an addi-
tional section to Article 4 Of said Con-
stitution, TO follow Section 81, and to
be known as Section 31A.
31A. In addition to the authority
granted to the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil 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 10
hereby given to said Mayor and City
Council to pay to each of said Judges
such further annual sum o. an addi-
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 % IL 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 Athe
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
AID against said proposed amendment.
as directed by said 14th Article Of the
Constitution.
Approved April 18th, 1922.
Now, Therefore, I, Albert G. Richie,
Governor of Maryland, in pursuance of
the direction contained in Section 1 o.
Article IA of the Constitution of Mary
land, do hereby order and direct that
this Proclamation, containing full.
true and correct copy of. the text of
said Chapter 2S1 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 week for at
least three months next preceding the
election to be held in the State of
Maryland on Tuesday, November 9Th,
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,
in the year one thousand nine hun
,dred and twenty-three.
(The Great Seal of Maryland).
BY the Governor: v
ALBERT C.. RITCHIE,
PHILIP B. PERLMAN,
Secretary of State.