Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-10-04
PROCLAMATION
proposing Amendments to 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 s
Attorney" subtitle "The States Attorneys"
regulating the compensation and the expenses
that of his deputy and assistants; and Chapter
327 proposing an amendment to Section "a of
Article III of the Constitution of the State
OF Maryland, title Legislative Department"
pledge lis sreds for the raising Of s such funds
as may be needed for the aid or compensation
of those citizens of the State who during the
time of war have, with honor, served their
country and State, and which said Chapters III
and 327 are in the words and figures following:
CHAPTER ~.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
9 of Article v of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title attorney General
Attorneys" regulating the compensation and
the expenses of the States Attorney for Bal
timore City and that of his deputy and as
sistants, and to provide for the submission
of said amendment to the qualified voters
OF the State of Maryland for adoption or
rejection
SECTION 1. Be it enccted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, three-ffths of all the
members of each of the two Houses con-
curing, that the following be and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
9 of Article v, title "Attorney-G and
States Attorneys" subtitle "The States At
torneys,' of the Constitution of Maryland, the
same if adopted by the legally qualified voters
OF the State, as herein provided, to become
Section 9 of Article v of the Constitution.
SEC g.. 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 if any States Attorney
shall receive any other fee or reward than such
q &c nr law he oil Nv, low he cta11 mr.,
conviction thereof, be removed from office;
provided, that the States Attorney for Bati-
more City shall have the power to appoint a
Deputy and such other Assistants as the SUI
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
Attorney, five thousand dollars; Assistant
States Attorneys four thousand dollars each;
said salaries, or such salaries the General
Assembly may subsequently provide, and such
expense tor conducting the Office of the States
Attorney as the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City may. authorize approve shall be paid
. by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
to the extent that the total of them exceeds
the fees OF his office, the General AS
sembly shall otherwise provide, and the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore shall not be
liable for appearance fees to the States At
torney.
Sec. 2. And be it turtle, enacted BY the
authority aforesaid, That the said aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
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 on the said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be by bal
lot. and upon each ballot there shall be printed
the words "For the Constitutional Amendment
and Against the Constitutional Amendment -
said election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for aud against said pro-
posed amendment, and further proceedings had
in accordance with Article IA Of the Constitu-
ton.
Approved April 9, 1924.
CHAPTER 327.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
"a of Article 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Legislative Depart
State to pledge its credit for the raising OF
such funds as may be needed for the aid or
compensation of those citizens of the State
who during the time of war have, with
honor, served their country and State, and
providing for the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters of this State for
adoption rejection.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (threehfths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section "a of Article of the Constitution of
Maryland, title Legislative Department" the
same if adopted by the legally Qualified voters
OF the State. as herein provided, to become
Section "a of Article 3 of the Constitution of
~the State -of MARYLAND