The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-11-03
PROCLAMATION
Proposing an Amendment to the Con-
stitutiOn of the State, 1882.

WHEREAS, At the January Session of the
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the
year 1881, an Act was passed, to-wit: Chapter
479, proposing an amendment to Section g. Ar
ticle ~, of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland, title Judiciary Department" elm
mating the provision empowering the General
Assembly to continue in Office Judges who
have reached the age of 70 years, and provid-
ing 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 Depart
ment, eliminating the provision empower
ing the General Assembly to continue in
office Judges who have reached the age of
70 years, and providing for the submission
of said amendment to the qualified voters of
the State of Maryland for adoption or re-
lection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland three ffths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
rng), 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 Depart
ment", the same, if adopted by the legally
qualified voters of the State, herein pro-
vided. to become Section of Article ~ Of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland:
8. The Judges of the said several Courts
shall be elected in the Counties by the qualified
voters in their respective Judicial Circuits as
hereinafter provided, and in the City of Balti-
more, at the general election to be held on the
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
as now provided 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 70 years, whichever may first hap
pen and be re-eligible thereto until he shall
have attained the age of 70 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 z, 1881, shall be permitted to con-
tinue in office in accordance with the resolu-
ton 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, it shall be in the power OF
the General Assembly, two-thirds of the mem
bers of each House concurring, with the APP
proval of the Governor, to retire SAID Judge
from office.
Sec q And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That said aforegong sec
ton, hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution, shall be at the next general
election for Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives of Congress held in this State sub
mitted to the legal and qualified voters OF the
State for adoption or rejection, 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 printed the words, For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Constitutional
Amendment" now provided by law, and
Immediately after said election due returns
shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
and against said proposed amendment. as de
rected by said Fourteenth Article of the Con-
stitution, and further proceedings had in &C.
cordance with said Article Fourteen.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That this
Act shall take effect June LIST, 1881.
Approved: April II, 1881:
CHE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND, In pursuance of the direction
contained in Section ! of Article Ia of the
Constitution of Maryland, do hereby order and
direct that this proclamation containing q
Chapter 479 of the Acts of the General AS
sembly of Maryland of 1881, be published in at
least two newspapers in each of the counties
of the State where many may be published
and where not more than one may be pub
lished then in that newspaper, and in three
newspapers published in the City of BAti-
more, 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 8th day of November, 1882, at
which election the said proposed amendment
to the Constitution shall be submitted in form
and manner prescribed by the General AS
sembly, to the legal and qualified voters OF
the State for their adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and
THE the Great Seal of the State OF
GREAT SEAL Maryland Done me. at the e.. city
MARYLAND July, in the year nineteen hum
dred and thirty-two.
ALBERT C. RITCHIE.
DAVID c. WNEBRENNER, Sd,
Secretary Of State.