Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
PROCLAMATION
Proposing Amendments the Constitution of the State 1924

WHEREAS. at the January Session Of the
General Assembly Of Maryland. held in the
year 1874, two Acts we're passed ic-ri. Chap.
Ter ~ proposing an amendment 20 Seetior
. Of Article V Of the Constitution q the State
Of MARYLAND. tile ATTORNEY General and States
Attorney" subtitle "Thc States Attorneys"
regulating the compensation and The expenses
Of the States Attorney for Baltimore City and
that Of his deputy and assistants; and chapter
t27 proposing an ainendment 10 Section = Of
Article III cf the Constitution gt the STATE
q Maryland. title Legislative Department"
for the purpose Of permitting the State 70
pledge its credit for the raising Of such funds
a. may be needed for the aid or compensation
time Of war have, with honor, served their
country and State. and which said Chapters va
and 527 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 "Auorney 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 bis deputy and as
sistants. and 10 provide for the submission
Of said amendment 10 the qualihed voters
Of The State Of Maryland for adoption or
rejection,
SrcrIow l. Be Il eaacfsd BY the General
dgsembly Of Mofyiand, thrce-hfths Of all the
nembers Of each Of the two Houses con
curing, that the following b. aud The same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
Of Article V. title Attorney General and
States Attorneys" subtitle The States Al.
terneys," Of the Constitution Of Maryland, the
same Il adopted By the legally qualified voters
Of the State. as herein provided, to become
Section 9 Of Article v Of the Constitution.
SEC, 3. 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 Aftorney
shall receive any other fec or reward than such
as IS or may be allowed by law, he shall. on
conviction thereof, be -femoved from Office.
provided, that the States Attorney for Balti.
more City shall have the power 10 appoint a
Deputy and such other Assistants as the Su-
prene 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 States
Attorney, Eve thousand dollarss Assistant
States Attorneys four thousand dollars each:
Assembly may subsequently provide. and such
expense for conducting the office Of the States
Attorney as the Supreme Bench y baltimore
City may. authorize Or approve shall be paid
BY the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
10 the extent that the total Of them exceed.
the fees Of his ofice. or as the General As.
semhly shall otherwise provide and the Mayor
and City Council Of baltimore shall not be
. .saple io' appearance ices 70 the otAies ~
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20 the legal and qualified voters Of the State
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81 the Sohssitnsion q this state, and at ths