The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-09-04
CHAPTER 348

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
Is of Article of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Legislative Depart
ment," regulating the compensation of the
members of both Houses of the General AS
sembly of Maryland, and to provide for the
submission of said amendment to the quail
fled voters of the State of Maryland for
adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland (three-fifths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring), That the following be and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
Is of Article of the Constitution of the State
of Maryland, title, Legislative Department"
the same, if adopted by the legally qualified
voters of the State. as herein provided, to be-
come Section Is of Article 8 of the Consttu-
ton of the State of Maryland.
Is. The General Assembly may continue its
session so long in its judgment the public
interest may require, for period not longer
than ninety days; and each member thereof
shall receive compensation of fifteen dollars
per diem for every day he shall attend the ses-
sion, but not for such days as he may be abb
sent, unless absent on account of sickness or
by leave of the House of which he is a mem
Der; 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 additional compen-
saton of ten dollars per day. When the Gen.
eral Assembly shall be convened by Proclama-
ton of the Governor. the session shall not con-
tinue longer than thirty days, and in such
case the compensation snail be the same as
herein prescribed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, 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 the General Assembly of Mary
land, be submitted to the legal and qualified
voters of the State, for their adoption or re-
lection, in pursuance of the directions con-
tanned in Article IA of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, and at the said general
election the vote on the said nrODOSpd armand.
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be printed
the words For the Constitutional Amend
ment" and Against the Constitutional
Amendment now provided by law. and i'm
mediately after said election due returns shall
be made to the Governor of the vote for and
reeted by said Fourteenth Article of the Con-
sttution, and further proceedings had in ac-
cordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved: April IL, 1929.
NOW. THEREFORE. I. ALBERT C. RIT-
CHE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND, in pursuance of the direction
contained in Section l of Article IA of the
Constitution of Maryland, do hereby order and
direct that this proclamation containing FULL
true and correct copies of the text of said
Chapters 1873 and 34S of the Acts of the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland of 1929, be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in each Of
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, once week for at least
three months next preceding the general cleo
ton to be held in the State of Maryland on
Tuesday. the 4th day of November, 1880, at
which election the said proposed amendments
to the Constitution 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 rejection.
Given under my hand and the
The Great Seal of the State of
Maryland. Done at the
Great Seal City of Annapolis, this
14th day of July, in the
of year nineteen hundred and
thirty.
Maryland a, r,,
By the Governor:
DAVID c. WINEBRENNER, 3rd
2S-1St. Secretary Of State.