Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-09-16
PROCLAMATION
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE. 1889


CONSTITUTION or THE STATE. 1899
WHxRxAs, at the January session Of the Gen
aal Assembly of Maryland, held in the year
1881, an Act was passed, to wit: Chapter 40
proposing an amendment to Section 5, Article ",
Of the Constitution of the. State Of Maryland.
title Judiciary Department, eliminating the pre-
vision empowering the General Assembly to con-
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 H9
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 rejection.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly Of Maryland (three-ffths of all the mem
bers Of each of the two Houses concurring), That
the following be and the same is hereby proposed
an amendment to Section 3 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, herein
provided, to become Section Of Article ~ of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland:
). 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 to be 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, until he
shall have attained the age of 20 years, whichever
may first happen, and be reeligible 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
Anrf1J hall h. ffad IN in
Office 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 infrmity, il
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 an amendment to the Constitu-
ton, shall be at the next general election for
Members of the House of Representatives of Com
gress held in this State submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of the State for adoption or re-
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
SAID 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', now provided by law, and immediately
alter said election due returns shall be made to
tue GOVernor OF the vote Tor ana against SAID
proposed amendment, as directed by said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution, and further
proceedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen. AEt
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this
Act shall take effect June LIST, 1881.
Approved: April IL, 1881.
Now, THEREFORE, /, Albert c. RrTcHIE, Gov
RRNoR OF THE STATE OF MAINLAND, in pursu.
anee Of the direction contained in Section ! Of
Article IA of the Constitution Of Maryland, de
hereby order and direct that this proclamation
containing full, true and correct copy OF the
text Of said Chapter 479 of the Acts of the Gen.
sral Assembly of Maryland of 1881, be published
IN at least two newspapers in each OF the counties
where not more than one may be published then
IN that newspaper, and in three newspapers pub
hshed 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 election to be held in the State OF
Maryland on Tuesday the 9Th day Of November,
ly52, at which election the said proposed amend
nent to the Constitution ahall b submitted u
FORM and manner prescribed By The General Az
ssmbly to the legal and qualified voters OF tho
STATE Tor their adoption or rejeetion.i,r -
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