Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-17

WHEREAS. Al the January Session Of the
General Assembly Of Maryland, held IN the
year 1924, two Acts were passed. to-wits Chap
Ter III proposing an amendment 70 Section
= Of Article V Of the Constitution Of the State
Of Maryland, title Attorney General and States
Attorney" subtitle "The States Attorneys.
regulating the compensation and the expenses
Of the States Attorney for BALTIMORE City and
that Of his deputy and assistants; and Chapter
127 proposing an amendment to Section - Of
Article III Of the Constitution Of the State
u Maryland. title Legislative Department.
for the purpose Of permitting the State 70
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 l77
and s27 are in The words and figures following
CHAPTER III.
AN ACT TO propose an amendment to Section
9 Of Article v Of the Constitution Of he
State Of Maryland. title -Atiorney-Genefai
and States Attorneys" subtitle The States
Auorneys,T regulating the compensation and
the expenses of The States Attorney for Bal
timore City and thai Of his deputy and as
sistants, and to provide for the submission
Of said amendment TO the qualified voters
Of the State Of Maryland fer adoption or
rejection.
SrcrIos 4. Be u enacted by the Generai
Assembly Of Moryidnd three-ffihs Of all the
members Of each Of the two Houses con
curing, that the following BE- and the same is
3 Of Article v. title "Aiiorney-Generai and
States Attorneys" subtitle The States At.
torneys," Of the Constitution Of Maryland, the
same II adopted BY the legally qualified voters
Of the State, herein provided, to become
Section 9 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, as arc now or may hereafter be
prescribed by law; and il any States Attorney
shall receive any other fee reward than such
as is OF may be allowed BY law, be shall on
conviction thereof, be removed from Office;
provided, that the States Attorney for Daiti
more City shall have the power to appoint
Deputy and such other Assistants as the Su-
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
thousand Eve hundred dollars Deputy State's
Attorney, hvc 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
senbly shall otherwise provide, and the Mayor
and City Council Of Baltimore shall not be
liable for appearance fees to the States At
torney
SIC. 2. dns bs It further enacted By tic
aathorify aforesaid. That the said aforegoing
section hereby proposed as 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
az a.=s Monday 6. Hs-zi'issf, one Thousand
nine hundred and twenty-four, 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 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 Consttu-
ton.
Approved April 3. 1924.
CHAPTER s77.
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 It's 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
rent to the qualified voters Of this State for
adoption or rejection.
SzcrIos l. Be Il enacted by the General
Assembiy of Maryland (three-ffths Of all the
members Of each Of the two Houses concur
ring), That the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment 10
Section - Of Article } Of the Constitution Of
Maryland. title Legislative Department." TIE
same if adopted by the legally qualified voters
Of the State. as herein provided, TO become
Section 81 Of Article J Of the Constitution of
the State Of Maryland