The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-07-24
CHAPTER 34S

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
Is of Article 8 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
fed voters of the State of Maryland for
adoption or rejection.
Section 1. 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 3 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 of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Maryland.
Is. The General Assembly may continue its
session so long as in its Judgment the public
than ninety days; and each member thereof
shall receive a compensation of fifteen dollars
per diem for every day he shall attend the ses-
sion, but not for such days as he may be alb
sent, unless absent on account of sickness or
by leave of the House of which he is a men,
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 an additional compen-
sation 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 shall be the same US
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 proposed amend
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
mediately after said election due returns shall
against the said proposed amendment, as Ill
rected by said Fourteenth Article of the Con-
stitution, and further proceedings had in ac-
cordance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved: April IL, 1929.
NOW, THEREFORE, l, ALBERT G. 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
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, once week for at least
three months next preceding the general elec-