Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-10-07
PROCLAMATION
PRoPosIN0 An AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION or the STATE. 1854

4 CONSTITUTION Or THk STATk. IOS1
WnHazAs, at the January session ct he Gen.
eral Assembly Of Maryland. held Y the ysas
proposing an amendment to Section ,, Article w.
of the Constitution of the State OF Maryland.
title Judiciary Department, eliminating the pro
tinue in Office Judges who have reached the age
of 20 years, and providing for the submission Of
said amendment to the qualified voters of the
State of Maryland for adoption or rejection; in
words and figures as follows:
CHAPTER 479
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section ,
of Article ~ of the Constitution of the State
OF Maryland, title Judiciary Department,
eliminating the provision empowering the Cen
eral Assembly to continue in office Judges who
have reached the age of 20 years, and provid.
ing 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-hfths of all the menu
bers' of each of the two Houses concurring), That
the following be and the same is hereby proposed
as an amendment to Section OF Article ~ of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland, title
Judiciary Department, the same, if adopted by
the legally qualified voters of the State as herein
provided, to become Section of Article ~ of
the Constitution of the State Of Maryland:
3. The Judges of the said several Courts shall
be elected in the Counties by the qualified voters
in their respective Judicial Circuits herein
after provided, and in the City of Baltimore, at
the general election 10 De held on the TUESDAY
after the first Monday in November, as now pro-
yded for in the Constitution. Each of the said
Judges shall hold his Office for the term of fifteen
years from the time of his election, and until
his successor is elected and qualified, or until he
shall have attained the age of 20 years, whichever
may first happen, and be re-eligible thereto until
he shall have attained the age OF 20 years, and
not after. Provided, however, that any Judge
whose term has been extended beyond the age of
seventy years by the General Assembly prior to
April 2, 1881, shall be permitted to continue in
ONCE in accordance with the resolution OF the
General Assembly in each case. In case Of the
inability of any of said Judges to discharge his
duties with efficiency, by reason of continued
sickness, or of physical or mental inhrmity, it
shall be in the power of the General Assembly,
two-thirds Of the members of each House con.
curing, with the approval of the Governor, to
retire said Judge from Office.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid That said aforegoing section,
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitu.
ton, shall be at the next general election for
Members of the House Of Representatives of Con.
gress held in this State submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of the State for adoption
lection, in pursuance Of the directions contained
IN Article XIV of the Constitution of this State.
and at the said general election the vote on the
sad proposed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
printed the words "For the Constitutional Amends
ment! and against the Constitutional Amend.
ment', as now provided by law, and Immediately
alter said election due returns shall be made to
the Governor of the vote for and against said
proposed amendment. as directed by said Four
tenth Article OF the Constitution, and further
proceedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this
Act shall take effect June LIST, 1881.
Approved: April IL, 1881.
Now, THEREFORE, ], ALBERT c. RITcHIE, Gov
hRNoR OF THE STATE OF MAINLAND, in pursu.
ance of the direction contained in Section ! Of
Article IA of the Constitution Of Maryland, de
hereby order and direct that this proclamation
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text OF said Chapter 40 of the Acts Of the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland Of 1881, 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 published then
10 that newspaper, and in three newspapers pub
iished in the City of Baltimore, Of which
shall be published in the German language, once
week for at least three months next preceding
me general election to be held in the State OF
Maryland on Tuesday the 9Th day Of November,
IVY, at which election the said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shAll b. submitted N
form and manner prescribed By Tia General ~
ssembly, to the legal and qualified voten Of IL
state for their adoption or rejection.
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