The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-10-14
PROCLAMATION
Proposing an Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State, 1926.

WHEREAS, at the January Session
OF the General Assembly of Maryland,
held in the year 1924,an Act was pass
ed, to-wit: Chapter 116 proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of Ma
ryland, by adding a new section to
Article 4, to follow section 81, and to
be known as Section 31-A, 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 figures as follows:
CHAPTER ZIG.
AN ACT to amend the Constitution of
Maryland by adding new section
to Article 4.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, three
fifth of all the members of both
houses concurring, that the following
section be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State of Maryland, and
if adopted by the legal and qualified
voters thereof, as hereinafter provid-
ed, the same shall stand as an addi-
tional section to Article of said Con-
stitution, to follow section 81, and to
be known as Section 31-A.
31A. In addition to the authority
granted to the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil of Baltimore by the preceding Sec
ton to pay to each of the judges of
the Supreme Bench the annual sum of
Five Hundred Dollars, authority is
hereby given to said Mayor and City
Council to pay to each of said judges
such further annual sum as an addi-
ton 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 it further encated
by the authority aforesaid, that the
said foregoing section hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition, shall be, at the next general
election for members of the General
Assembly to be held in this State, SUBJ
mitted to the legal and qualified vot-
ers thereof for their adoption or re-
jestion, in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article IA of the Consti-
tuition of this State; and at the said
general election the vote on said pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
shall be by ballot and upon each bal
lot there shall be written or printed
the words "For the Constitutional
Amendment" and "Aaainst the Con-
stitutional Amendment" so that the
voter may elect; and Immediately
after said election due return shall. be
made to the Governor of tn vote for
and against said proposed amendment
as directed by the said 14th Article
of the Constitution.
Approved April 8, 1924.
Now, Therefore, l, Albert C. Rit-
chic, Governor of the State of Mary
land, in pursuance of the direction
contained in Section l of Article IA Of
the Constitution of Maryland, do here
bv order and direct that this Procla-
nation containing a full, true and
correct copy of the text of said Chap
ter 116 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1924, be
published in at least two newspapers
in each of the counties of the State
where so many may be published and
where not more than one may be pub
lished, then in that newspaper, and in
three newspapers published in the
City of Baltimore, one of which shall
be published in the German language,
once week for at least three months
next preceding the general election to
be held in the State of Maryland on
Tuesday, the End day of November,
1926, at which election the said pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
shall be submitted in form and man.
ner prescribed by the General Assem-
bly,, to the legal and qualified voters
of the State for their adoption or re-
lection.
Given under my hand and the Great
- Seal of the State of Ma
The ryland. Done at the
Great Seal City of Annapolis this
of 18th day of July, in the
Maryland year Nineteen Hundred
" and Twenty-six.
ALBERT C. RITCHIE.
By the Governor:
DAVID c. WINEBRENNER, Sd,
22-1Gt Secretary of State.