The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-08-15
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMFNr,,
1910
PROCLAMATION OF THE COW
ERNOR OF MARYLAND PROP0S
ING AMENDMENTS TO THE con M
STITUTION OF THE STATE O'N-

AANo NV A1AN DII ~ III r CON
STITUTION OF THE STATE. WV
WHEREAS, At the January sass;o
of the General Assembly of MarvIIss,noIh
held in the year 1889, the follo%inu,
Acts were passed, providing for t5g
submission of said amendments r. t tI'e
qualified voters of the State of Nh rme
land for adoption or rejection:
Chapter 40-Proposing an amord
ment to Section II of Article 4 Of tbo
Constitution of the State of Mar rive
land, title Judiciary Department.
subtitle "Part Court of Annaaisn
providing for appointment bv H.
Court Of Appeals of the Clerk Of SAY; G
Court; iu
Chapter 163-Proposing an amend
ment to Article ~ of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland, addiE@
thereto two new sections, to be NM,
bered Ala and Alb under new snb
title "Part V-A-People's Courts y
and to follow Immediately after Ser,
tion Al of said Article, providing for
the establishment of Peoples Conrts.
Chapter 200-Proposing to amend
Section 81 Of Article a, title Judiciary
Department" subtitle "Part III-Cir
cult Courts" of the Constitution Of
this State, providing for an additional
Judge in the Seventh Judicial Circn;t
of Maryland; smIw
Chapter 247-Proposing an amend
ment to Section Is of Article 8 of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland
title Legislative Department." regn'
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 l, 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.
vding for the submission of said amendment
to the qualified voters of the State of Mary.
land for adoption rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As.
sembly of Maryland (three-fifths 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 A 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
become Section IT of Article of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland
II. There shall be a 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
ton, hereby proposed as an 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
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, as directed by said Fourteenth
Article of the Constitution, and further pro-
ceedings had in accordance with said Article
Fourteen.
Approved March 10, 1882
CHAPTER 1853
AN ACT to propose amendment to Article
~ of the Constitution of the State of Mary
land, adding thereto two sections, to be
numbered liza and ALB under a new sub
title Part V-A-People's Courts" and to
Article, providing for the establishment oil
Peoples Courts and to provide for the sub
mission of said amendment to the qualified
voters of the State for adoption or rejection
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-ffths of all the
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 to
follow Immediately after Section Al of said
Article, be and the same are hereby proposed
as an amendment to Article ~ of the Con-
stituton of the State of Maryland, the same.
if adopted by the legal and qualified voters Of
the State as herein provided, to become part
of said Article w of said Constitution and to
be numbered and sub-tited as aforesaid:
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 AS
sociate Judges; the number of such judges
may thereafter be increased or decreased by
the General Assembly by law but no such DE.
crease shall affect the term of any Judge then
in office or his right to stand for election Ior
further terms as hereinafter provided. Inc
Judges of said Court shall have the qualihca-
tions prescribed by Section of this Artelee
and shall have practiced law in the Clty ol
Baltimore for total period Of at least nVe
years shall hold office subject to the provision,
of Sections and of this Article with regalgi
to retirement and removal from office am
shall receive from the Mayor and City Couhcn
of Baltimore City such compensation as shah
be fixed by law by the General Assembly, winch
shall not be diminished during continuance
in office.
The Governor shall appoint to said Conr.
to take office on the first Monday of May, lyal'
one Associate Judge for term expiring De
cember 81, 1912: one Associate Judge io L
term expiring December 81, 1914, and Unei
Judge for term expiring December 81, lgso
and upon the creation of any additional ONCE
said Court by increase in the NUMBER VI
Judges pursuant to this Section, shall apt
point an Associate Judge for such term ~ als
exceeding eight years and expiring on t tu'
thirty-frst day of December Immediately i ior
lowing a Congressional election, as tne Id"