The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-08-29
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
1910
PROCLAMATION OF THE COW
ERNOR OF MARYLAND PROpOS
ING AMENDMENTS TO THE CON
STITUTION OF THE STATE wv

gill AO4N VI LIE SLATE.
WHEREAS, At the January sos.;
of the General Assembly of MarvIssnrudH
held in the year 1889, Che followinua,
Acts were passed, providing for t5s
submission of said amendments 70 tb o
qualified voters of the State of Mor rne
land for adoption or rejection;
Chapter 40-Proposing an amond
ment to Section II of Article a Of tSa
Constitution of the State of War v,le
land, title Judiciary Department
subtitle "Part 2-Court of Appeals
providing for appointment bv tbo
Court Of Appeals of the Clerk Of said
Court;
Chapter 163-Proposing an amend
ment to Article " of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland, addin"
thereto two new sections, to be nnm
bered Ala and Alb under a new sinh
title "Part V-A-People's Courtsn
and to follow Immediately after Spc-
ton Al of said Article, providing for
the establishment of Peoples Courts.
Chapter 200-Proposing to amend
Section 81 of Article 4, title Judiciary
Department" subtitle part III-Cir.
cult Courts" of the Constitution Of
this State, providing for an additional
Judge in the Seventh Judicial Circnit
of Maryland;
Chapter 247-Proposing an amend
ment to Section Is of Article 8 of the
Constitution of the State of MARYLAND
title Legislative Department" regu.
lating the period that the General As.
sembly may continue its session and
the compensation Of the members
thereof;
Chapter 371-Proposing to amend
Section 81 of Article a, title Judiciary
Department" subtitle "Part III
Circuit Courts" of the Constitution of
this State, providing for the residen.
tial qualification and method of selec-
ton of Associate Judges in the Third
Judicial Circuit;
Chapter 381-Proposing an amend
ment to Section /, Article II, title "Ex-
ecutive Department" of the State Con.
stitution, to provide that a Governor
shall not be eligible to succeed him
self for the term directly following
that for which he was elected;
Chapter 771-Proposing an amend
ment to Article III of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland, adding there.
to one new section, to be numbered
35A and to follow Immediately after
Section 35 of said Article, providing
that nothing in the Constitution shall
exempt the salary or compensation of
any Judge or other public officer from
the imposition of a nondiscriminatory
tax upon income; in words and figures
as follows:
CHAPTER 40
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
II of Article of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Judiciary Depart
ment," subtitle Part Court of Appeals"
providing for appointment by the Court Of
Appeals of the Clerk of said Court, and pro-
viding for the submission of said amendment
to the qualified voters of the State of Mary
land for adoption or rejection.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Maryland (thrce-ifths of all the
| members of each of the two Houses concur
ring), That the following be and the same
is hereby proposed as an amendment to Sec
ton II of Article of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Judiciary Depart
ment," subtitle Part Court of Appeals"
the same if adopted by the legally qualified
voters of the State, herein provided, to
1 become Section II of Article of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland
1 ~ H.. There shall be Clerk of the Court Of
| Appeals, who, after the expiration of the cur
rent term of the present incumbent, shall be
appointed by and shall hold his office at the
pleasure of said Court of Appeals.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the au'
thority aforesaid, That said aforegoing Sec
ton, hereby proposed as amendment to the
Constitution of this State shall be, at the
next general election to be held in this State
in the year 1910, submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of the State for adoption or
rejection, in pursuance of the directions con-
tanned in Article IA of the Constitution of this
State and at the said general election the vote
on the said proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be printed the words For
the Constitutional Amendment and Against
the Constitutional Amendment now pro-
vided by law, and Immediately after said cleo
ton due returns shall be made to the Governor
of the vote for and against said proposed
amendment, directed by said Fourteenth
Article of the Constitution, and further pro-
ceedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Approved: March 10, 1889.
CHAPTER 1853
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Article
~ of the Constitution of the State OF Mary
land, adding thereto two new sections TO DC
numbered Ala and Alb under new SUD-
title Part V-A-Peoples Courts" and to
follow Immediately after Section Al OF sag
Article providing for the establishment OIL
Peoples Courts and to provide for the SUB,
mission of said amendment to the quallnea
voters of the State for adoption or relecton;
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-ffths of all tne
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring), That the following two new sections
to be numbered Ala and Alb under the new
subtitle part V-A-Peoples Courts" and %
follow Immediately after Section Al OF saia
Article, be and the same are hereby proposed
as amendment to Article ~ OF the .on'
stitution of the State of Maryland the same,
if adopted by the legal and qualified voters u
the State as herein provided, to become paI'
of said Article " of said Constitution ana !"
be numbered and sub-titled as aforesad
PART V-A-PEOPLE'S COURTS -,
Ala There is hereby created Peoples
Court of Baltimore City. Said Court shall con-
sist originally of a Chief Judge and TWO M,
sociate Judges; the number of Such Ju I hS
may thereafter be increased or decreaSeu w
the General Assembly by law but no such , us
crease shall affect the term of any Judge 'a fa
in office or his right to stand for election IoI
further terms hereinafter proVlueu ~
Judges of said Court shall have the qualli!td1,
tions prescribed by Section OF TINS 6 AL.' of
and shall have practiced law in the Oly e y.
Baltimore for total period of at leaS! Nv.
years shall hold office subject to the pToVl'On5j
of Sections 3 and of this Article with resa aS
to retirement and removal from once an l
shall receive from the Mayor and City oou hoii
of Baltimore City such compensation as SnSi,
be fixed by law by the General Assembly, w Incs
shall not be diminished during continuaH''
in office. =, c.,r+
The Governor shall appoint to SAID C our
to take office on the first Monday OF May M ns'
one Associate Judge for term expiring e. "a a
cember 81, 1912; one Associate Judge i cL;of
term expiring December 81, 1914, ana v"ls.
Judge for a term expiring Decem6ef oil otice
and, upon the creation of any additional oii "
on said Court by increase in the nurnper an n,
, Judges pursuant to this Section snaIl n np
point an Associate Judge for sucn term, i tbs
exceeding eight years and expiring on to J.
thirty-frst day of December Immediately i isr