The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-09-26
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

III of the Constitution of the State of Mary
land. adding thereto one new section, to be
numbered 35A and to follow Immediately
after Section 35 of said Article, providing
that nothing in the Constitution shall ex-
empt the salary or compensation of any
judge or other public officer from the impo-
sition Of a non-discriminatory tax upon in
come and providing for submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland (three-fifths of all mem
bers of each of the two Houses concurring) ,
That the following new section. to be numbered
Section 35A, to follow Immediately after Sec
ton 35 of Article III. be and the same is here
by proposed as an amendment to Article III of
the Constitution of Maryland. the same if
adopted by the legal and qualified voters of
the State as herein provided to become part
of Article III of said Constitution. to be num-
bered aforesaid
35A. Nothing in this Constitution shall ex-
empt the salary or compensation of any Judge
or other public officer from the imposition by
the General Assembly of non-discriminatory
tax upon income.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the
foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constition of the State of
Maryland shall, at the election to be held in
November 1910, be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of the State for their adop-
ton or rejection in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article XIV of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, and at the said general
election the vote on the said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot and
upon each ballot there shall be printed the
words For Constitutional Amendment
and Against Constitutional 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 said
proposed amendment as directed by Article
XIV of the Constitution and further proceed
ings had in accordance with said Article XIV.
Approved; April &c, 1889.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT
R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND, in pursu-
ance of the direction contained in Sec
ton l of Article IA of the Constitution
of Maryland, do hereby order and d.
rect that this proclamation containing
full, true and correct copy of the
text of said Chapters 40, 1853, 200, 247,
371, 381 and I'll of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of 1899
be published in at least two newspa-
pers in each of the counties of the
State where so many may be published
and where not more than one may be
published then in that newspaper, and
in three newspapers published in. the
City of Baltimore, one of which shall
be published in the German language,
once week Iof at least Cnfee months
next preceding the general election to
be held in the State of Maryland on
Tuesday, the 9Th day of November,
1910, at which election the said pro-
posed amendments to the Constitu-
ton shall be submitted in form and
manner prescribed by the General
Assembly, to the legal and qualified
voters of the State for their adoption
or rejection.