Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-08-02
10 "a
PROCLAMATION
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAMn
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE

WHEREAS, at the January session :.
General Assembly of Maryland, held in ths u .ne
1871, an Act was passed, to wit: Chapter ' 1877
Gle 3 of the Constitution of the State os M hru,
land title Legislative Department. reaI aaly'
the period that the General Assembly re. Eating
tinue its session and the compensation NJ III ~.
members thereof, and to provide for the submis.
of the State of Maryland for adoption w U'. 81.
lection; and VI re-
WHEREAS, at the January session Of ~.
General Assembly OF Maryland, held in the ve.e
1888, an Act was passed, to wit: CHAPTER AZ Sss
proposing an amendment to Section 2. of A.;
Gle XI, of the Constitution of the State of NJ,
land, title CITY of Baltimore" reouirins ~.
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, in cue ore
charge. the. same within forty (4O5 YEARS. s.
amending the powers of the Mayor and r.,
Council of Baltimore to borrow monev ~
emergency purposes; and providing for the su nj.
voters of the State of Maryland for adontion 81
rejection; in words and figures as follows: VI
CHAPTER 1876
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sect;o,
IS of Article of the Constitution of tSa
State of Maryland, title Legislative Denarte.
Assembly may continue its session and the
compensation OF the members thereof, and N
provide for the submission of said amendr,.r,
to the qualified voters of the State Of Marv.
IduQ IOf 80OptlOu OF TeJeCtiOn.
Section /. Be 1t enacted by the General A..
semby of Maryland, (three-6fths Of ali tbe
members of each of the two Houses concurrno1
That the following be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Section Is Of
Article 8 of the Constitution of the STATE al
Maryland, title Legislative Department" the
same, if 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 confirm. ,,s
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 account of sickness or by leave of tbe
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
additional compensation of five dollars ner
day. When the General Assembly shall be CON.
vened by proclamation of the Governor, the SEES.
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
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 Constitr.
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 d.
rected by said Fourteenth Article of the Con-
stitutien, and further proceedings had in accord
ance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved; April g. 1881.