Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-05

WHEREAS, at the January Session Of he
General Assembly uf Maryland. held m the
year 1874, two Acts were passed. to-wti Snap-
ter III proposing an amendment 70 seehoh
Of Article V Of the Constitution Of the state
Of MARYLAND, title attorney. General and state 8
Attorney subtitle 1.-THE States Attorneys,
regulating the compensation and the expenses
Of the States Attorney fof baltimore Ilty and
that Of his deputy and assistanisi ana Shsp'es
gz7 prorosine an amendment TO Section - Of
Article III of the Constitution Of the state
Of MARYLAND, title Legislative Department,
for the purpose Of permitting the state %
uledFe its credit for the raising Of such funds
as may be needed fof the aid or compensation
81 tbose eiti5fns of the State who during the
time Of war have, with honor. served their
country and State. and which said Chapters ~
and 577 arc ia the words and figures Following:
CHAPTER ~.
AN ACT 10 propose an amendment to section
of Article V Of the Constitution OF the
State Of Maryland, title Attorney General
and States attorneys" subtitle The state
Attorneys regulating the compensation and
the expenses Of the States Attorney ior bai
timore City and that Of his deputy and as
sistants, and 20 provide for the submission
Of said amendment 70 the qualified voters
Of the State Of Maryland for adoption or
rejection
dssembip Of MarriaH1. three-hfths Of all the
members OF each of the two Houses con
eufring. that the following be and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
9 Of Article V, title Attorney y-Genefa and
States Attorneys" subtitle "The States Al
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 II any States Attorney
shall receive any other fee OF reward than such
as Is or may be allowed by law. he shall, on
conviction hereof be removed from office;
provided. that the States Attorney tor bslti-
more City shall have the power TO appoint a
Deputy and such other Assistants as the SUI
preme Bench of Baltimore City may suthorize
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 Eve 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 Of 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
sembly shall otherwise provide, and the Mayor
and City Council Of Baltimore shall not be
torney.
SIC. 2. lind Be u further enacted BY the
authority aforeJ0id, 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 twentyfour, be submitted
TO 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 worde "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 IA Of the Constitu-
ton.
Approved April 9, 1924.