The Republican., 1942-09-03
CHAPTER S2i

! AN ACT to propose an amendment to Article
/ " of the Constitution of the State of Mary
I land, adding thereto a new section, to be
/ known as Section 39A, to be under new sub
| title Part IVA Juvenile Courts, and tc
| follow Immediately after Section 80 of said
( Article. providing for the establishment OF
! ders or denominations, and providing TO,
submission Of said amendment to the quail
| fed voters of the State for adoption or re-
/ rejection.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
! Assembly Of Maryland Cthree-ffths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring), That the following section to be
| known Section 39A to be under new sub
| title Part IV-A-Juvenile Courts and to fol
! low Immediately after Section 80 of said Ar.
ticle, be and the same is hereby proposed as
an amendment to Article " of the Consti
tuition Of the State of Maryland the same, il
adopted by the legal and qualified voters OF
the State as herein provided to become a
part of said Article " of said Constitution
and to be numbered and sub-titled afore
said
PART IV-A-JUVENlLE COURTS
! 39A. A Juvenile Court is hereby created
| for Baltimore City, and the General Assembly
| by law may establish a Juvenile Court fol
any other Incorporated city town any
county of the State. The court hereby created
and any other court established hereundey
by law, shall be court of record, and shall
| have exclusive jurisdiction within such city
/ town or county over all criminal otfenseS
other than those punishable by death or life
| Imprisonment committed by any person under
/ eighteen years of age, and such additiona
jurisdiction as may be from time to time pre-
scribed by the General Assembly by law. The
General Assembly by law shall prescribe, ant
( from time to time may alter.
! /. The number. qualifications, tenure anC
| method of selection of the Judge or judges OF
such courts. and their powers duties and com
! pensation, hut the salary compensation OF
! any judge of any such court shall not be re-
duced during his continuance in office;
| ?. The right Of appeal from such court;
/ s. The number, qualifications tenure. meth.
| DDS of selection, duties and compensation OF
all clerks, bailifs, probation officers or Other
employees of such courts and
A. Any other matters relating to such
| courts.
In the event of any inconsistency between
the provisions of this Section and any of the
other provisions Of this Constitution, the pro
| visions of this Section shall prevail, and such
] other provisions shall be repealed abro.
gated to the extent of such inconsistency, ex-
! cept Section 35-A of Article III. Until the
General Assembly has established a Juvenile
Court for any incorporated city town OF
any county of the State. jurisdiction over
| juvenile causes shall be exercised in the same
manner and to the same extent authorized
] by the Constitution and laws of this State. in
effect prior to the adoption of this Section.
| Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing sec
tion hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution Of the State of Maryland shall
at the election to be held in November 1912
be submitted to the legal and qualified voters
of the State for their adoption rejection
in pursuance of the directions contained in
Article XIV of the Constitution of the State
of Maryland and at the said General Elec-
tion the vote on the said proposed amendment
shall be by ballot and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the following synopsis of said
amendment captioned as follows
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PRO-
VIDING FOR JUVENILE COURTS
Below said synopsis shall be printed the
words For Juvenile Courts Amendment
and Against Juvenile Courts 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 directed by Arti-
Gle XIV of the Constitution and further pro-
ceedings had in accordance with said Article
XIV.
Approved May 6, 1874.
/ NOW, THEREFORE,. I, HERBERT r..
O'CONOR, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND, in pursuance of the direction
contained in Section l of Article II of the
Constitution of Maryland, do hereby order and
direct that this proclamation containing a
full, true and correct copy of the text of said
Chapters 337 494, 500, GOT, 695 7l6 and S24
of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary
land of 1911 be published in at least two
newspapers in each of the counties of the
State where many may be published and
where not more than one may be published
then in that newspaper. and in three news
papers published in the City of Baltimore,
| one of which shall be published in the Ger
man language, once a week for at least
three months next preceding the general elec-
ton to be held in the State of Maryland on
Tuesday. the 3rd day of November, 1912, at
which election the said proposed amendments
to the Constitution shall be submitted in form