Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-13
1884
PROCLAMATION
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF MARYI AMT
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE

WHEREAS, at the January sessio, II 4,
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the vs cue
1871, an Act was passed, to witt Chapter lax
proposing an amendment to Section is of A tto
Gle 5 OF the Constitution of the State of NJ
land. title Legislative Department" reerIat;Sy.
the period that the General Assembly NAV lug
tinue its session and the compensation Of the
members thereof, and to provide for the srbr';O e
sion of said amendment to the qualified vntos-
of the State of Maryland for adoption or re-.
lection; and 'e
WHEREAS, at the January session of III.
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the vs as
1888, an Act was passed, to wit: Chapter AK
proposing an amendment to Section T. of All;
Gle XII, of the Constitution of the State of Mar.
land. title CITY Of Baltimore" requiring the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. in co cre
tracing any debt or giving any credit, to d..
charge the same within forty (4O2 years.
amending the powers of the Mayor and Civ
Council OF Baltimore to borrow money for
emergency purposes; and providing for the sub.
mission of said amendment to the oualissd
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 of the Constitution Of the
State of Maryland, title Legislative Denart.
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 Marv.
land for adoption rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General Az.
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 ~
Article of the Constitution of the STATE Of
Maryland, title Legislative Department" the
Of the State, as herein provided, to become Sec.
ton IS of Article 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland.
IS. The General Assembly may continue its
IAN0 "a s..1. At
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 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 Der
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 tie
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
members of the General Assembly of Maryland
be submitted to fhe 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.