Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-08-16
10 "a
PROCLAMATION
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE

WHEREAS, at the January session Of ..
General Assembly of Maryland, held in H.. ue
1881, an Act was passed, to wit: Cbants. year ySr
proposing an amendment to Section is NJ .o 20;
Gle of the Constitution of the State of M Tru'
land, title Legislative Department" reouIst;Iy
the period that the General Assembly may con-.
tinue its session and the compensation ~ IN ~.
members thereof, and to provide for the sIbr.;u e
sion of said amendment to the qualified uo4nsr
Of the State of Maryland for adoption or sp, =.
lection; and 'e
WHEREAS, at the January session ot 81.
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the vs cue
1888, an Act was passed, to wit: Chanter AZ
proposing an amendment to Section 7. nj A.?
Gle XII, of the Constitution of the State of MAJ.
land, title Getty of Baltimore" reouirino ~.
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. IN co one
tracing any debt or giving any credit to AZ.
charge the same within forty (401 vears.
amending the powers of the Mayor and C;t1,
Council of Baltimore to borrow money Ivy ~.
mission OF said amendment to the uuali6sd
voters Of the State of Maryland for ADOPTION 81
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 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 amendmert
to the qualified voters of the State Of Marv.
land for adoption or rejection.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General A.
sembly of Maryland, (three-hfths of all The
members of each of the two Houses concurrinoI
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 herein provided, to become Sec.
ton IS of Article 8 of the Constitution Of the
State of Maryland.
Is. The General Assembly may continue ,ts
session so long a: in its Judgment the public
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
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 per
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
IA of the Constitution of the State of Maryland,
and at the said general election the vote or 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 d.
rected by said Fourteenth Article of the Con.
stitution, and further proceedings had in accord
ance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved: April s. 1881.