Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-03
PROCLAMATION
Proposing Amendments to the Constitution Of the State 1924

WHEREAS. a, the laruary Session Of III.
year 1924 two Acts were passed, to-wii. Chap
Ter III proposing an amendment TO Section
Of Maryland. title "Attorney General and States
Asorncy.~ subtitle The States Attorneys"
regulating the compensation and the expenses
Of the States Attorney for Baltimore City and
that Of his deputy and assistantsi and Chapter
17T proposing an amendment 70 Section u Of
Article Ill of the Constitution Of the State
q Maryland. title Legislative Department
for the purpose Of permitting the State 10
pledge ils credit for the raising Of such funds
as may be needed for the aid or compensation
time Of war have. with honor. served their
country and State. and which said Chapters III
and J77 are in the words and figures following:
CHAPTER III.
AN ACT 10 propose an amendment to Section
2 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
iimcre City and that Of his deputy and as-
sistants. and to provide for the submission
Of said amendment to the qualified voters
Of ths State Of Maryland for adoption OF
rejection.
sEcT1oH /. Be u enaeisd B, fhe General
dsssvbly Of hsrJiaHd. three-hfths 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
. Of Article " title ATTORNEY General and
States Attorneys" subtitle THE States At
totneys,' Of the Constitution Of Maryland, the
same II adopted by the legally qualified voters
Of the State, as herein provided to become
Section 9 Of Article v Of the Constitution
SEc- 2. 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 OF reward than such
as is or may be allowed by law. he shall, on
conviction thereof, be removed from Office;
provided, that the States Attorney for Baiti.
more City shall have the power to appoint
Deputy and such other Assistants as the Su.
pfeme Bench Of Baltimore City may authorize
or approve and until otherwise provided BY the
General Assembly. the said States Attorney,
Deputy and Assistants shah receive the follow
inE annual salaries: States Attorney, seven
thousand FIVE hundred dollars; Deputy States
Attorney, five 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 States
Attorney as the Supreme Bench Of 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 exceeds
the fees Of his Office, or as the General As
and City Council Of baltimore shall not be
liable for appearance fees to the States At
torney.
sEc. ?. And De Il farther eHseies BY the
osftorify 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 hrst Monday Of Novsr Der, one thousand
nine hundred aad twenty-four, be submitted
20 the legal and qualified voters of the State
for their adoption or 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"
as now provided by law. and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against said pro
posed amendment. and further proceedings had
IN accordance with Article II Of the Constitu.
eon.
Approved April 9. 1924.
CHAPTER ,77.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
"a Of Article Of the Constitution of the
State Of Maryland. title Legislative Depart.
ment," for the purpose Of permitting the
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 or rejection.
SEcTros l. Be Il ssoefed BY the General
dtssmbiy Of Maryland (threeffths Of all the
members Of each Of the two Houses concur
rins). That the following section be and the
same IS hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section 81 Of Article Of the Constitution Of
Maryland. title Legislative Department." the
sanie II adopted by the legally qualified voters
Of the State, as herein provided. to become
Section "a Of Article Of the Constitution of
the State Of Maryland.