Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-08-12
PROCLAMATION
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION or THE STATE. 1882

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WHEnxAs, at the January session Of the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, held in the year
1881, an Act was passed, to wit: Chapter 40
proposing an amendment to Section ), Article ~,
of the Constitution Of the State of Maryland.
title Judiciary Department, eliminating the pro-
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 47o
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
of Article w of the Constitution of the State
of Maryland, title Judiciary Department,
eliminating the provision empowering the Gen.
eral Assembly to continue in office Judges who
have reached the age of 20 years, and provids
ing for the submission of said amendment 10
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
amendment to Section of Article ~ of
the Constitution of the State of Maryland, title
the legally qualified voters of the State as herein
provided, to become Section 5 of ArticlefIV 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 as 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, now pro-
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
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 ], 1881, shall be permitted to continue 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 hi:
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, 10
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 or re-
in Article xiv Of the Constitution Of this State.
and at the said general election the vote the
said proposed amendment 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 Amend.
ment", as now provided by law, and Immediately
after said election due returns shall be made to
the Governor OF the vote Tor and against sad
proposed amendment. as directed by said Four.
teenth Article of the Constitution, and further
proceedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
SEC. ). And be it further enacted. That this
Act shall take effect June LIST, 1881.
Approved: April IL, 1881.
Now, THEREFORE, /, ALBERT c. RIrcHIE, Gov
RRNoR OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, in pursu-
ance of the direction contained in Section OF
Article II Of the Constitution of Maryland, do
hereby order and direct that this proclamation
containing full, true and correct copy Of the
text of said Chapter 47o of the Acts of the Gen.
eral 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
lished in the City of Baltimore, one Of which
shall be published in the German language, once
a 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,
1882, at which election the said proposed amend.
ment to the Constitution shall be submitted in
form and manner prescribed By the General A.
semby, to the legal and qualified voters Of The
State for their adoption or rejection.
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