Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-08
PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS. at the January Session Of the
General Assembly Of Maryland. held in the
year 1924 two Acts were passed, to-vit; Chap
ter ~ prepasing amendment 10 Section
2 Of Article q the Constitution Of the State
Of Maryland. title Attorney General and States
Attorney.r 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
521 proposing an amer endmeut to Section "a cl
Article III Of the Constitution Of the State
Of Maryland. title Legislative Department
for the purpose Of permitting the State tc
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 which said Chapters III
and S27 are in the words and figures following
CHAPTER ~.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
Of Article V Of the Constitution of the
State Of Maryland, title ATTORNEY Genera
and States Attorneys" subtitle 'The States
Attorneys regulating the compensation and
the expenses Of the States Attorney for Bal
timore City and that Of his deputy and as
sistants, and to provide for the submission
Of said amendment to the qualified voterl
Of the State Of Maryland for adoption CT
rejection.
sfcrros /. Be Il enacted by the Genera
dssembly Of Mosyiard, three-iifihs Of all the
members Of each Of the two Houses CON
curing. that the following BE- and the same j.
hereby proposed as an amendment 10 Section
Of Article v, title Attorney General 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, as herein provided, to become
Section Of Article v Of the Constitution.
SIC. 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 or 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 Balti
more City shall have the power to appoint
Deputy and such other Assistants as the SUI
prcme Bench Of Baltimore City may authorize
approve and until otherwise provided by ths
General Assembly, the said States Attorney
Deputy and Assistants shall receive the follow
ing annual salaries: States Attorney, sever
thousand FIVE hundred dollars; Deputy State.
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
Cffy 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 Office, or as the General As
sembly shall otherwise provide, and the Mayor
and City Council OF Baltimore shall not b,
liable for appearance fees to the States AT
torney.
SEc. p 4nd Be Il farther. enacted by Tia
oafhodfy dforeSaid That the said aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment tC
the Constitution, shall at the next ensuing
general election for members Of Congress, tC
be held in this State on the Tuesday next after
the FIRST Monday Of Novsr Der, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-four, be submitted
20 the legal and qualified voters Of the State
for their adoption or rejection in conformity
s.istA h. ...1 sr, Al.
Of the Constitution Of this State, and at III,
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 aftei
said election due returns shall be made TO th,
Governor Of the vote for and against said pro
posed amendment, and further proceedings hal
in accordance with Article "A Of the constitu
tion.
Approved April 9. 1924.
CHAPTER 527.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Ssctior
"a Of Article Of the Constitution of N,
State Of Maryland, title Legislative Depart
ment,. for the purpose Of permitting th'
State to pledge its credit for the raising o.
such funds as may be needed for the aid oil
compensation Of those citizens Of the Stat,
who during the time Of war have, Will
honor, served their country and State, snc
providing for the submission Of said amend
ment to the qualified voters Of this State fo
adoption or rejection.
SEcrios /. Be i enacted BY the Genera
Assembly Of Maryland (three hfths Of all th'
members Of each Of the two Houses concur
ring, That the following section be and thu
same is hereby proposed as an amendment t,
Section 81 of Article } Of the Constitution o.
Maryland title Legislative Department" thu
same If adopted by the legally qualified voter
Of the State, as herein provided to beeom'
Section 81 Of Article Of the Constitution o.
the State Of Maryland.