The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-09-22

MEINDMENl To The CONSTR
TUITION OF THE STATE
"hEREAS, at the January session of tn,
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the
year 1885, an Act was passed to-wit. Cbapte,
963 proposing amendment to repeaI Sectior
90 OIL Article of the Constitution of the stat,
OF maryland, title Legislative Department''
S Salu section prohibiting the General Assembly
tioIh authorizing a lottery, and providing for
IN me submission of said amendment to the dual.
tneo voters Of the State of Maryland for adop.
uon or rejection; and
| - WHEREAS, at the January session of the
General Assembly of MARYLAND held in tbf
year 1887, an Act was passed, to-wit: Chapter
tS4 proposing to amend Section q of Article 4
III 1IIe Judiciary Department, subtitle Part
it!-CircuIt Courts, of :he Constitution of
| .hls state, to provide an additional iudce
IN the Second Circuit and to provide for the
submission of said amendment to the quail
ned voters of this State for adoption or re-
I lection; and
- WHEREAS, at the January session of the
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the
gge ea 1886 an Act was passed, to-wit: Chapter
90 proposing an amendment to Article Is of
tne Declaration of Rights of the Constitution
OF the State of Maryland, authorizing the Gen
eral Assembly to impose taxes on incomes, and
49, lung Tor the submission of said amend
Meht TO the qualified voters of the State of
maryland for adoption or rejection: in word .
and figures as follows:
CHAPTER 463-1935
AN ACT to propose an amendment to repeal
| section S6 of Article of the Constitution
u the state OF Maryland, title Legislative
! department, said section prohibiting the
| General Assembly from authorizing n lot
Terry and providing for the submission of
salu amendment to the qualified voters of
the state of Maryland for adoption or re-
! lection. - ~
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-ffths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
rlnRD, That Section rs of r+;o 6 A.
Stltution of the State of Maryland title 81 epis
latlve Department" prohibiting the General
assembly from authorizing lottery grants, be
and Ii is hereby repealed if adopted bv the
legally qualified voters of the State, as herein
provided. ~
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the
foregoing amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Maryland shall, at the next en-
| SUING general election for members of the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, be submitted to the
legal and qualified voters of the State for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the di-
rectlons contained in Article IA of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland, and at the
said general election the vote on the said pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall be
by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
printed the words: For Constitutional Amend
ment' and Against Constitutional Amend
ment' as now provided by law and immedi-
ately after said election due returns shall he
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against proposed amendment as directed by
said Fourteenth Article of the Constitution.
with said Article IA.
Approved: May IT, 1885
CHAPTER 494-1937
AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article
title Judiciary Department" subtitle Part
IIl-Circuit Courts of the Constitution of
TINS state, to provide an additional judge in
the Second Circuit and to provide for the
submission of said amendment to the quail
ihed voters of this State for adoption or re-
lection.
D. -
sembly of Maryland (three-ffths of all of the
members elected to each of the two Houses
concurring), That the following section be and
the same IS hereby proposed an amendment
to Section q of Article 4, title judiciary De-
partment" subtitle Part III-Circut Courts"
of the Constitution of the State, and if adopted
by the legal and qualified voters thereof as
IN the place and stead of Section 81 of said
Article A.
81. For each of the said circuits excepting
the eighth, the second. the third and the sixth,
there shall be a chief judge and two associate
judges, to be styled judges of the Circuit Court
to be selected or appointed as herein provided,
and for the second circuit the third circuit and
the sixth circuit there shall be a chief judge
and three associate judges to be styled judges
of the Circuit Court, to be elected or appointed
as herein provided. And two of said associ-
ate judges, for any of the said circuits. except
the third and sixth circuits shall, at the time
of their election appointment or during the
term for which they may have been elected or
appointed, reside in the county. If two
more persons shall be candidates for asso-
ciate judge in the same county in any of the
circuits, except the third and sixth circuits,
that one only in said county shall be declared
elected who has the highest number of votes
in the circuit In case any two candidates for
associate judge in any of the circuits, except
the third and sixth circuits, residing in the
same county shall have an equal number of
votes greater than any other candidates for
associate judge in the circuit, it shall be the
duty of the Governor to order new election
for one associate Judge; but the person resid-
ing in any other county of the circuit and who
has the highest number of votes shall be de-
clared elected The said judges shall hold not
less than two terms of the Circuit Court in each
of the counties composing their respective cir
cults, at such times are now or may here
after be prescribed to which jurors shall be
summoned and in those counties where only
two such terms are held two other and in
termedate terms, to which jurors shall not be
summoned they may alter fix the times for
holding any or all terms, until otherwise pre-
scribed and shall adopt rules to the end that
all business not requiring the interposition of
the jury shall be, as far as practicable, disposed
of at said intermediate terms. One judge in
each of the above circuits, including the
ond, the third and sixth circuits, shall consti-
tute quorum for the transaction of any bus
mess and the said judges any of them may
hold special terms of their courts, whenever in
their discretion the business of the several
counties renders such terms necessary. The adj
ditional associate judge for the third circuit
Constitutional Amendment heretofore submit
ted and adopted shall be subject to the
constitutional provisions, hold his office for
the same term of years, receive the same COM
pensation and have the same powers as are
herein provided for the other associate judges
in the third circuit.
The additional associate judge for the second
circuit herein provided for shall be a resident
of Cecil County, shall be appointed by the Gov
ernor after the expiration of six (6) months
after the adoption of this amendment and shall
serve until the first general election for
bers of the General Assembly that shall be held
in said circuit subsequent to the adoption of
this amendment at which election his success
Caroline, Cecil Kent, Queen Annes and Tai
bot counties, constituting the second circuit.
The judge appointed shall be subject to the
same constitutional provisions receive the
same compensation and have the powers
as are herein provided for the other associate
judges in the second circuit, and the judge so
elected shall be subject to the same consti-
tutional provision hold his office for the same
term of years, receive the compensation,
and have the same powers as are herein pro-
vided for the other associate judges in the
second circuit
The additional judge for the sixth circuit
herein provided for and elected by the quali-
fled voters of Frederick and Montgomery Coun-
terms of the Constitutional Amendment hereto
fore submitted and adopted shall be subject
to the same constitutional provisions, receive
the same compensation and have the same
powers as are herein provided for the other
associate judges in the sixth circuit and his
successor shall be appointed and /or elected
in accordance with the constitutional provis-