Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1934-09-07
1894
PROCLAMATION
or THE
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE

WHEREAS, at the January session Of the
General Assembly Of Maryland, held in the year
1881, an Act was passed, to wit; Chapter leS
proposing an amendment to Section IS Of Arti
Gle Of the Constitution Of the State Of Mary
land. title Legislative Department regulating
the period that the General Assembly may con
tsue its session and the compensation OF the
n.a8bers thereof, and to provide for the submis-
80 Of raid amendment to the qualified voters
u the State Of Maryland for adoption or re-
hgfion; and
WHEREAS, at the January session Of the
General Assembly Of Maryland, held in the year
1873. an Act was passed, to wit. Chapter $50
proposing an amendment to Section ?, Of Arti
Gle XI, Of the Constitution Of the State Of Mary
land. title "City Of Baltimore" requiring the
Mayor and City Council Of Baltimore, in con
tracting any debt or giving any credit, to dis
charge the same within forty 900 years;
amending the powers Of The Mayor and City
Council Of Baltimore to borrow money for
emergency purposes; and providing for the sub.
mission Of said amendment to the qualihed
voters Of the State Of Maryland for adoption Of
rejection; in words and figures as follows:
CHAPTER 1855
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
IS Of Article Of the Constitution Of the
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 to
provide for the submission Of said amendment
70 the qualified voters Of the State Of Mary
Section /. Be Il enacted by the General As
senbly Of Maryland. lthree-hfths Of all the
members Of each Of the two Houses eoneurring),
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, 4 adopted by the legally qualified voters
Of the State, as herein provided. to become Sec
ton is Of Article Of the Constitution of the
State Of Maryland.
IS. The General Assembly may continue its
session 50 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 Gay be 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 a member and be shall
also receive such mileage as may be allowed by
law, not exceeding twenty cents per mile; and
the presiding officer Of each House shall receive
an additional compensation OF hve dollars per
day. When the General Assembly shall be con-
vened by proclamation Of the Governor, the sea-
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 1t 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 theft 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 Constitu-
tional Amendment" and Against the Constitu-
tional Amendment" a. 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.
reeted by said Fourteenth Article Of the Con-
stitution, and further proceedings had in accord
anes with said Article Fourteen.
Approved; April s, 1881.