Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-27
1884
PROCLAMATION
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND
ppoPoSING AMENDMENTS
TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE

,,,orpFAS. at the January session of the
WI Assembly of Maryland. held in the year
G Si, an Act was passed, to wit: Chapter 1856
lSl, , am an amendment to Section Is of Arti-
plOposHiS, hs Constitution of the State of Mary.
Gle .;.,s Legislative Department" regulating
land, u.1 that the General Assembly may con-
the P';, s session and the compensation of the
tlhuIh thereof, and to provide for the submits
nsnUt said amendment to the qualified voters
y tbe State of Maryland TOR adoption or re-
leCTIIITWIiF PFAS, at the January session of the
WI VIII Assembly of Maryland, held in the year
y .S'I an Act was passed. to wit: Chapter 456
SS9, ,; o. an amendment to Section 2 of Art-
pgI.'TI Of the Constitution of the. State of Mary
&c lille "City of Baltimore" requiring the
,and "s and City Council of Baltimore, in con.
i Main any debt giving any credit, to dis
uaVuns the same within forty (40) years;
cnn asJ; the powers of the Mayor and City
ansncITI0 of Baltimore to borrow money for
.~.rSency purposes; and providing for the sub
as.on of said amendment to- the qualified
msoI of the State of Maryland for adoption or
Wet WESTON: in words and figures as follows:
''''' CHAPTER 1876
AN ACT TO propose an amendment to Section
~ ~ Article of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Legislative Depart.
r,rnt." regulating the period that the General
Assembly may continue its session and the
CONDENSATION of the members thereof, and to
orov;de for the submission of said amendment
y the qualified voters of the State of Mary
land for adoption or rejection.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General As
emily of Maryland, (three-ffths of all the
That the following be and the same is hereby
a-nnosed as an amendment to Section IS of
Trt;rle of the Constitution of the State of
MARYLAND, title Legislative Department" the
.ame il adopted by the legally qualified voters
II the State, as Herein provided, to become Sec.
e e A.
State of Maryland.
IS, The General Assembly may continue Its
session so long as in its judgment the public
interest may require, for a period not longer
thsn ninety days; and each member thereof shall
receive a compensation of ten dollars per diem
far 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-
y.nsd 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 g. And be it further enacted, That
said aforegoing section hereby proposed az 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
il 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-
stituton, and further proceedings had in accord.
ance with said Article, Fourteen.
Approved: April 6. 1881.