The Republican., 1942-09-03

1912
PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF
MARYLAND DIRECTING THE PUBLICA-
TlON OF BILLS PROPOSING AMEND
MENTs TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE.
WHEREAS, at the January session of the
General Assembly of Maryland held in the
year 1871, the following Acts were passed
providing for the submission OF amendments
to the Constitution of the State to the quail
flied voters of the State of Maryland for
adoption or rejection. namely:
CHAPTER 887
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec
ton l of Article IA of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland. title Amendments
to the Constitution, relating to the ad-
vertisement or publication of amendments
to the Constitution, and to provide for the
submission of said amendment to the quail
flied voters of the State of Maryland 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
ringl, That the following be and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to Section
l of Article II of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland. title Amendments to
the Constitution, the same, if adopted by
the legally qualified voters of the State,
herein provided. to become Section of Arti-
Gle IA of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland.
/ The General Assembly may propose
Amendments to this Constitution; provided
that each Amendment shall be embraced in
separate Bill. embodyng the Article or Sec
ton, as the same will stand when amended
and passed by three-fifths of all the mem
bers elected to each of the two Houses, by
yeas and nays, to be entered on the Journals
with the proposed Amendment. The Bill or
Bills proposing amendment amendments
shall be published by order of the Governor
in at least two newspapers, in each County
where 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, once
week for three weeks Immediately preceding
the next ensuing general election, at which
the proposed amendment amendments
shall be submitted in form to be prescribed
by the General Assembly, to the qualified vot-
ers of the State for adoption rejection.
Provided. however, the General Assembly may
provide for publishing any proposed amend
ment amendments in pamphlet form, and
for making said pamphlets available to the
registered voters of the State in addition to
publication in the newspapers. The votes cast
for and against said proposed amendment or
amendments, severally, shall be returned to
the Governor, in the manner prescribed in
other cases, and if it shall appear to the Gov
ernOr that a majority of the votes cast at
said election said amendment or amend
mentS, severally, cast in favor there
of. the Governor shall, by his proclamation de-
clare the said amendment or amendments hav
ing received said majority of votes, to have
been adopted by the people of Maryland as
part of the Constitution thereof and thence
forth said amendment or amendments shall
be part of the said Constitution. When two
more amendments shall be submitted in
manner aforesaid, to the voters of this State
at the election, they shall be so sub
mitted as that each amendment shall be voted
on separately.
said aforegong section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution Of the State