The Republican., 1924-08-07
PROCLAMATION
Proposing Amendments to the Consti-
tuition 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 1T proposing an amendment to Section
of Article of the Constitution of the State
of Maryland title Attorney General and
States Attorney subtitle THE States At
torneys," regulting the compensation and the
expenses of the States Attorney for Balti-
more City and that of his deputy and assis-
tantants; and Chapter 327 proposing
amendment to Section "a of Article III of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland. title
Legislative Department" for the purpose of
permitting the State to pledge its credit for
the raising of such funds may be needed
for the aid 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 III.
AN ACT to propose 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 compen-
sation and the expenses of the States At
torney for Baltimore City and that of his
deputy and assistants, and to provide for
the Submission of said amendment to the
qualified voters of the State of Maryland for
adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted 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
hereDy proposed an amendment to Section
of Article V. title Attorney General 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 of Article 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, are now may hereafter be
prescribed by law, and of any States Attor-
ney shall receive any other fee reward than
such is may be allowed by law, he shall
conviction thereof, be removed from office
provided that the States Attorney for Balti-
City shall have the power to appoint a
Deputy and such other Assistants as the Su-
preme Bench of Baltimore City may author
ize or approve and until otherwise provided by
the General Assembly, the said States Attor-
ney, Deputy and Assistants shall receive the
following annual salaries: States Attorney,
seven thousand five hundred dollars; Deputy
States Attorney, five thousand collars Assis-
tant States Attorneys. four thousand dollars
each; said salaries 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 approve shall
be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Bal
tlmore to the extent that the total of them eX-
ceeds the fees of his office, or as the General
Assemble shall otherwise provide, and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall not
be liable for appearance fees to the States At
torney.
Sec. q And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said aforegoing
section hereby proposed 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 af-
ter the first Monday of November, one thou
sand nine hundred and twenty-four. be sub
mitted to the legal and qualified voters of the
State for their adoption or rejection in con-
formty with the directions contained in Ar
ticle XIV of the Constitution of this State,
and at the said election the vote the said
proposed amendment to the constitution shall
be by ballot and upon each ballot there shall
be printed the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Constitutional
Immediately after said election due returns
shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
and against saio proposed amendment. and