Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-08-24
PROCLAMATION
Proposing an Amendment
to the Constitution of
the State Authorized by
Chapter ISL, Acts of 1927

WHEREAS, At the January Session
Of the General Assembly Of Maryland.
held In the year 1879, an Act was
passed proposing an amendment 10 the
Constitution Of the State by adding .
new Section to Article I thereof, to
follow Section 81 Of said Article and
to be known as Section S1A, and
which said Act is known as Chapter
2s1 OF the Acts Of 1922, 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 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-
stitution Of the State OF Maryland, and
II adopted By the legal and qualified
voters thereof, as hereinafter provid-
cd, the same shall stand as an addi-
tionsl section to Article 4 Of said Cos
stitutlon. to follow Section 81, ana %
be known ~ Section ola.
S1A. 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 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 add
tion 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 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 genera
election for members Of the Genera |
Assembly to be held in this State
submitted to the legal and qualihet
voters thereof for their adoption o.
rejection. in pursuance Of the direc
tons contained in Article IA OF tbs |
Constitution Of this State; and at tho |
said general election the vote on sait |
proposed amendment to the Constitu
tion shall be by ballot, and upon eacl |
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 b,
made to the Governor Of the vote foi
and against said proposed amendment
as directed by said 14th Article Of the
Constitution.
Approved April 18th, 1922.
Now, Therefore, l. Albert c. Richie, |
Governor OF Maryland, in pursuance of |
the direction contained In Section of
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 eth,
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.
(Ths Great Seal of Maryland).
lsy the Governor:
ALBERT c. RITCHIH.
PHILIP B. PERLMAN,
Secretary of Steeo.