The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-10-25
CHAPTER 379.

AN ACT to amend Section Is of Arti-
Gle III of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland three
fifths of all the members of each Of
the two Houses concurring), That the
following be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Section
IS of Article III, of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland, title Leg
islative Department" the same if
adopted by the legally qualified voters
of the State, as herein provided, to
become Section Is of Article III, of
the Constitution Of the State of Mary
land.
Is. The General Assembly may
continue it's session so long as in its
Judgment the public interest may re-
Quire for period Of not longer than
ninety days; and each member there
of shall receive a compensation of fiji
teen 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 or by
leave Of the House Of which he is a
member, and he shall also receive such
mileage as may be allowed by law not
exceeding twenty cents per mile; and
the presiding officer of each House
shall receive an additional compensa-
ton OF five dollars per day. When
the General Assembly shall be con-
vened by proclamation of the Gov
ernor the session shall not continue
longer than thirty days, and in such
case the compensation shall be the
same as herein prescribed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That said
aforegoing section hereby proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Maryland shall, at the
next general election for Members of
Congress held in this State, be sub
mitted to the legal and qualified vot-
ers of the State, for their adoption or
rejection, in pursuance of the direc-
tions contained in Article XIV of the
Constitution of the State of Mary
land, and at the said general election
the vote on the said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words 'For the
Constitutional Amendment" and
Against the Constitutional Amend
ment," 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, as directed by said
Fourteenth Article of the Constitu-
ton, and further proceedings had in
accordance with said Article Fourteen
Approved: April 5, 1927.
Also for the Bond Issue, Against
the Bond Issue, said proposed issue
being for the purpose of empowering
and directing the County Commission
ers of Garrett County to borrow mon
ey on the credit of Garrett county for
the purpose of establishing a county
farm and county home, and being
known and designated in the Acts of
Assembly passed at the January ses-
sion, 1925 as
CHAPTER 215.
AN ACT providing for the purchase
of a farm by Garrett County and
the establishment and maintenance
thereon of county home for the
poor and other persons who are
public charges of the said county,
and referring the question to the
voters Of Garrett County.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That the
County Commissioners of Garrett
County be and they are hereby au-
thorized, empowered and instructed to