Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-31
PROCLAMATION
Proposing Amendments the Constitution of the State 1924

WHEREAS, at the January Session Of the
General Assembly Of Maryland, held in the
year 1924, two Acts were passed, to.wit Chap.
ter ~ proposing an amendment TO Section
9 OF Article V of the Constitution OF the State
of Maryland, title attorney. General and State
Attorney" subtitle 1.-THE States Attorneys, "
regulating the compensation and the expenses
OF the States Attorney for Baltimore City aud
that of his deputy and assistants; and Chapter
32 proposing an amendment to Section 81 of
Article III of the Constitution of the State
OF Maryland, title Legislative Department"
for the purpose OF permitting the State to
pledge It's credit for the raising of such funds
as may be needed for the aid or compensation
OF those citizens of the State who during thc
time of war have, with honor, served their
country and State, and which said Chapters ~
and J27 are in the words and figures following:
CHAPTER III.
AN ACT TO propose an amendment to Section
OF Article V of the Constitution OF the
State of Maryland. title attorney. General
and States Attorneys" subtitle THE States
Attorneys" regulating the compensation and
the expenses of the States Attorney for Bal
timore City and that Of his deputy and as
sstants, and to provide for the submission
OF said amendment to the qualified voters
OF the State of Maryland for adoption or
rejection.
SEcrIoN |. Be il enacted BY the General
assembly Of MdryiGHd. three.ffths Of all the
members of each Of the two Houses con
curing, that the following be and the same Is
hciNpy plupuaNu us all amendment TO pcNunI
9 of Article V, title ATTORNEY General and
States Attorneys" subtitle "The States At
torneys,' of the Constitution Of Maryland, the
same IL adopted by the legally qualified voters
Of the State, as herein provided, to become
Section of Article V OF the Constitution,
SEC, 9. The States Attorney shall perform
such duties and receive such fees and com.
missions or salary, not exceeding three thou
SAND dollars, as are now or may hereafter be
prescribed by law; and il any States Attorney
fee nF r1 attgl
as is or may be allowed by law, he shall. on
conviction thereof, be removed from office
provided, that the States Attorney for Balti
more City shall have the power to appoint a
Deputy and such other Assistants as the Su
preme Bench of Baltimore City may authorize
or approve and until otherwise provided by the
General Assembly, the said States Attorney
Deputy and Assistants shall receive the follow
ing annual salaries: States Attorney, seven
thousand five hundred dollars Deputy State.
Attorney, hve thousand dollars; Assistant
States Attorneys, four thousand dollars each;
said salaries, or such salaries as the General
Assembly. may subsequently provide, and such
expense for conducting the Office of the State,
Attorney as the Supreme Bench OF Baltimore
City may authorize or approve shall be paid
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
to he extent that the total of them exceeds
the fees of his Office, or as the General As
sembly shall otherwise provide, aud the Mayor
and City Council Of Baltimore shall not be
liable for appearance fees to the States At
torney.
SEc. 2. Amd be il further enacted BY the
authority dforcsaid, That the said aforegoins
section hereby proposed as an amendment Ia
the Constitution, shall at the next ensuing
general election for members of Congress, to
be held IN this State on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday Of November, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty four. be submitted
to the legal and qualified voters Of the State
for their adoption rejection in conformity
with the directions contained in Article XIV
OF the Constitution of this State. and at the
said election the vote the said proposed
amendment TO the Constitution shall be by tai
lot and upon each ballot there shall he printed
the words "Fur the Constitutional Amendment
and against the Constitutional Amendment
as now provided by aN, aud Immediately aftci
said election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said pro
posed amendments and further proceedings had
in accordance with Article IL Of the ConstiNl
ton.
Approved April 9, lp24.