Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-10-11
1894
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
iS3I. an Act was passed. to wit: Chapter 1856
a,onosug an amendment to Section Is of Arti.
X :, of the Constitution of the State Of Mary.
Srd title Legislative Department" regulating
~ oeriod that the General Assembly may con.
tinue its session and the compensation Of the
members thereof. and to provide for the submits
.on Of said amendment to the qualified voters
II the State of Maryland for adoption OF re-
''T WHEREAS, at the January session OF the
General Assembly Of Maryland, held in the year
S3s. an Act was passed. to wit: Chapter 456
oronosine an amendment to Section 2 of Arti
IL 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 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
to the qualified voters of the State of Mary.
land tor ADOPTION or rcJeCLiOn.
Section !. Be it enacted by the General As
s.mbly of Maryland, (three-hfths 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 3 Of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland. title Legislative Department" the
same, if adopted by the legally qualified voters
Of the State, as Eerein provided, to become Sec.
ton IS of Article 8 of the Constitution Of the
State of Maryland.
h. CAuAral ASca~1hIx,
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 be may be absent, unless
absent 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 the compensation shall be the
same as herein prescribed.
Section Q. 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.
tonal Amendment. and Against the Constitu.
tonal 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.
sttution, and further proceedings had in accord.
lnce with said Article Fourteen.
Approved: April s. 1881.