The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
PROCLAMATION
Proposing an Amendment to the
Constitution of the State, 1928.

WHEREAS, at the January Session of the
General Assembly of Maryland held in the
year 1921 an Act was passed, to-wit: Chapter
379 proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
ion of Maryland, title Legislative Depart
ment regulating the compensation of the
members of both Houses of the General As
sembly of Maryland, in words and figures as
follows:
CHAPTER $40.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
Is Of Article III, of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Legislative De-
partment, regulating the compensation of
the members of both Houses of the General
Assembly of Maryland, 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 As
sembly of Maryland (three-ffths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concurr-
ing); That the following be and the is
hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
Is of Article III, of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Legislative Depart
ment," the same if adopted by the legally
qualified voters of the State, as herein pro-
vided, to become Section Is of Article Ill of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland.
15 The General Assembly may continue its
session so long as in its judgment the public
interest may require for a period of not longer
than ninety days; and each member thereof
shall receive a compensation of fifteen dollars
per diem for every day he shall attend the
session, but not for such days as he may be
absent, unless absent on account of sickness
by leave of the House of which he is
member and he shall also receive such mile
age as may be allowed by law not exceeding
twenty cents per mile; and the presiding
officer of each House shall receive an addit-
ional compensation of five dollars per day.
When the General Assembly shall be con-
vened by proclamation of the Governor, the
session shall not continue longer than thirty
days; and in such, case the compensation shall
be the same herein prescribed
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That said aforegong Sec
ton hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of MARYLAND shall
Congress held in this State be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters of the State, for
their adoption or rejection, in pursuance of
the directions contained in Article XIV of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland,
and at the said general election the vote on
the said proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be printed the words For
the Constitutional Amendment and "a
gainst 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 proposed amendment as directed by said
Fourteenth Article of the Constitution, and
further proceedings had in accordance with
said Article Fourteen.
Approved: April 5, 1927.
Now Therefore, I, Albert c. Richie, Gov
ernor of the State of Maryland, in pursuance
of the direction contained in Section | of
Article IA of the Constitution of Maryland,
do hereby order and direct that this Procla-
nation. containing "a full true and correct
copy of the text of said Chapter 379 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland
of 1927, be published in at least two news
papers in each of the counties of the State
where so many may be published and where
not more than one may be published then in
that newspaper, and in three newspapers
published in the City of Baltimore, one of
which shall be published in the German
language, a week for at least three
months next preceding the general election
to be held in the State of Maryland on Tues
day the 9Th day of November 1925 at which
election the said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be submitted in form and
manner prescribed by the General Assembly,
to the legal and qualified voters of the State
for their adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and the
| Tho Great Seal of the State of
| croat co.I Maryland. Done at the City
of Annapolis, this 14th day
| MorrI.rd of July, in the year nine
| +i"i ''''N teen hundred and twenty
| eight.
ALBERT C. RTTCHIE.
By the Governor:
DAVID c. WINEBRENNER. Sd,
23-13 Secretary of State