Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-10-04
1884
PROCLAMATION
OF 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 1856
proposing an amendment to Section IS of Arti.
Il. 3 of the Constitution of the State of Mary.
lad title Legislative Department" regulating
~. period that the General Assembly may con.
,;nue its session and the compensation Of the
members thereof, and to provide for the submis.
ION of said amendment to the qualified voters
Of the State of Maryland for adoption or re.
WHEREAS, at the January session OF the
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the year
io33. an Act was passed, to wit; Chapter 456
oronosing an amendment to Section 7, of Arti
cIe XII. Of the Constitution of the State of Mary.
land. title "City of Baltimore" requiring the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. in con.
charge the same within forty (40) years;
amending the powers of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore to borrow money for
emergency purposes; and providing for the sub
voters of the State of Maryland for adoption or
rejection; in words and figures as follows:
CHAPTER 1875
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
to the qualified voters of the State of Mary
land tor ADOPTION or re1eCtlOn.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, (three-ffths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concurring)
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, if adopted by the legally qualified voters
of the State, as terein provided, to become Sec.
ton IS of Article 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland.
The General NAV cort;,,,,a see
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 a member; and he 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 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 Constitu-
tional Amendment. and Against the Constitu.
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 di.
rected BY said Fourteenth Article of the Con-
stitution, and further proceedings had in accord.
ance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved: April 6. 1881.