Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1923-08-25
PROCLAMATION
Proposing an Amendment
to the Constitution of
the State Authorized by
Chapter 2S1, Acts of 1922

SAAC Ol0lC LAulA4O44 4ACO ny
Chapter 2S1, Acts of 1922
WHEREAS, At the January Session
Of the General Assembly Of Maryland,
held in the year 1929. an Act was
passed proposing an amendment to the
Constitution Of the State by adding q
new Section to Article 4 thereof, to
follow Section 81 Of said Article 4 and
to be known 40 Section 31A, and
which said Act is known as 0hapter
281 Of the Acts Of 1892, and 10 In the
words and figures following: ;.
CHAPTER 2S1 :
AN ACT to amend the Constitution Of
Maryland by adding new Section
to Article 4.
Section 1. Be II enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland, three
ffths of all the members Of both
Houses conourring. 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-
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
tion 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 addi-
tion to their respective salaries az 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-
tions 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, I, Albert G. Richie,
Governor Of Maryland, in pursuance OF
the direction contained in Section O.
Article IA of the Constitution Of Mary
land, do hereby order and direct tina.
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. |
1928, 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). Il
BY the Governor:
ALBERT C.: RITCHIE.