Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-08-09
1894
PROCLAMATION
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE

WHEREAS, at the January session ot A..
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the vs se
1881, an Act was passed, to wit: Chantsr 1897 Sor
proposing an amendment to Section Is Of Art.
land. title Legislative Department" reguIat;5y.
the period that the General Assembly NAV cnr
tinue it's session and the compensation ot III ~.
members thereof, and to provide for the subn;.s
sion of said amendment to the qualified votar.
of the State of Maryland for adoption or 81,
lection; and
WHEREAS, at the January session ot ~.
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the vs cue
proposing an amendment to Section 7, Of Art;'
Gle XII, of the Constitution of the State of Mar.
land, title "City of Baltimore" reouirino Il.
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, in co -e
tracing any debt or giving any credit, to dis.
amending the powers of the Mayor and Cir,
Council of Baltimore to borrow money e.,
emergency purposes; and providing for the s,h
mission of said amendment to the qualified
voters of the State Of Maryland for adoption ~
rejection; in words and figures as follows:
CHAPTER 1856
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
Is of Article 8 Of the Constitution of m.
State of Maryland, title Legislative Depart.
ment.". regulating the period that the General
Assembly may continue its session and the
compensation of the members thereof, and tn
provide for the submission of said amendment
to the qualified voters of the State of Mary.
land tor adoption or rejection.
Section !. Be it enacted by the General A.
sembly of Maryland, (three.6fths Of ali the
members of each of the two Houses concurrinr1.
That the following be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Section Is Of
Article of the Constitution of the State Of
Maryland, title Legislative Department" the
same, il adopted by the legally qualified voters
of the State, as herein provided, to become Sec.
ton Is of Article 8 of the Constitution Of he
State of Maryland.
H.. q.
session SO long as in its judgment the public
interest may require, for a period not longer
than ninety days; and each member thereof shall
receive a compensation of ten dollars per diem
for every day he shall attend the session. but not
for such days as he may be absent, unless
absent on account of sickness or by leave of the
House of which he is member; and he shall
also receive such mileage may be allowed BY
law, not exceeding twenty cents per mile; and
the presiding officer Of each House shall receive
, an additional compensation OF FIVE dollars per
day. When the General Assembly shall be con.
vened by proclamation of the Governor, the ses.
sion shall not continue longer than thirty days,
and in such case the compensation shall be the
same as herein prescribed.
Section 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 Maryland,
be submitted TO the legal and qualified voters Of
the State, for their adoption or rejection, in
pursuance of the directions contained in Article
IA of the Constitution of the State of Maryland,
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 Consttu-
tional Amendment" and Against the Consttu-
tional Amendment" as now provided by law,
and Immediately after said election due returns
shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
and against the said proposed amendment, as d.
rected by said Fourteenth Article of the Con.
stitution, and further proceedings had in accord.
ance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved: April s. 1881.