Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-10-29
PROCLAMATION.
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE. 1925.

OllOlN vi HE OAHA AO6Os
WHEREAS, at the January Session Of
the General Assembly OF Maryland, held in
the year 1924. an Act was passed. to-wit:
Chapter 1l6 proposing an amendment 10
the Constitution Of Maryland. by adding a
new section to Article 4. to follow section 81.
and to be known as Section STA, granting
authority to the Mayor and City Council Of
Baltimore to pay each Of the judges Of the
Supreme Bench Of Baltimore additional
salaries In words and figure as follows
CHAPTER Ii6.
AN ACT TO amend the Constitution Of
Maryland by adding a new section to
Article 4.
Section l. Be II enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland. three-fifthS OF all
the members Of both Houses concurrina,
that the following section be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution Of the State OF Maryland,
and II adopted by the legal and qualified
voters thereof. as hereinafter provided. the
same shall stand as an additional section
TO Article 4 Of said Constitution. to follow
section 81, and to DO known as Section
STA.
oA-h' IA duuitiOu " tuo dutuOtlty BIduh-
ed to the Mayor and City Council Of Baltl-
more by the preceding section to pay to
each OF the judges Of the Supreme Bench
the annual sum Of Five Hundred Dollars,
authority 10 hereby Given TO said Mayor
and City Council to pay to each Of said
judges such further annual sum a. an ad-
dition to their respective salaries as the
Mayor and City Council Of Baltimore shall
from time to time deem right and proper,
provided. that any such sum being once
granted shall not be diminished DURING the
continuance Of said judges In Office,
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. that the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution shall be. at the next
general election for members Of the General
Assembly to be held In this State, sub
mitted TO the legal and qualified votGs
thereof, for their adoption or rejection. In
pursuance Of the directions contained in
Article IA Of the Constitution OF this State |;
and at the said general election the vote
on said proposed amendment to the Con-
stitutlon shall be BY ballot and upon each
ballot there shall be written or printed the
words For the Constitutional Amend
ment." and Against the Constitutional
Amendment, so that the voter may elect
and Immediately after said election due
return shall be made to the Governor OF
tho vote for and against said proposed
amendment. as directed By the said 14th
Article Of the Constitution
Approved. April 8. 1924
Now. Therefore. |. Albert C Richie, Gov
ernor Of the State OF Maryland, 10 pur-
suance OF the direction contained In Section
! OF Article IA OF the Constitution OF Merry
land, do hereby order and direct that this
Proclamation containing a full, true and
correct copy Of the text Of said Chapter
1l6 OF tho Acts Of the General Assembly
Of Maryland Of 1924. be published In al
least two newspapers In each Of the coun-
ties OF the State where % many may be
published and where not more than one
may be published then In that Newspaper
and 10 three newspapers published In the
City OF Baltimore, one OF which shall b
published In the German Language, once q
week for at least three months next pre-
cedine the general election to be held In
the State Of Maryland on Tuesday, the End
day Of November. 1925. at which election
the said proposed amendment TO the Con-
stitution shall be submitted In form and
manner prescribed by the General Assem-
bly,. to the legal and qualified voters Of the
State for their adoption or rejection.
-- Given under my hand and
the Great Seal Of the
The State Of Maryland. Done
Great Seal at the City Of Annapo.
Of lie. this 18th day OIL
Maryland July, In the year Nine.
-- teen Hundred and Twer
ty-six
ALBERT C. RICHIE.
By the Governor:
DAVID C. WINEBRENNER. SD,