Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-08-06
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PROCLAMATION OF THE Coz
fRNOR OF MARYLAND, DIRECTING
The PUBLICATION OF BILLS Pro
POSING AMENDME TO THE
a CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE.
WHEREAS, at the January session OF
the General Assembly of Maryland. hcla
in the year 1941, the following Acts wer
passed. providing for the Submission %.
amendments to the Constitution of tin
state to the qualified voters OF tn Sta.
Of Maryland for adoption or r. ct,oi.
namely:
CHAPTER 337
AN ACT to propose an amendment To
Section ! of Article II of the COnSti
tuition of the State of Maryland, titir
Amendments to the Constitution"
relating to the advertisement or pub
l1eation of amendments to the CoDSti
tuition, and to provide for the sub
mission of said amendment 20 the
qualified voters of the State OF Mary.
land for adoption or rejection.
Section l. lie II enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland (three tifths
OF all the members of each of the two
Houses concurring). That the following
be and the same is hereby proposed as
an amendment to Section 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,
as herein provided, to become Section ]
of Article II of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland
l. The General Assembly may pro
pose Amendments to this Constitution;
provided that each Amendment Shall be
embraced in a separate Bill, embodying
the Article or Section, as the same will
stand when amended and passed by
three ffths of all the members elected
to each of the two Houses, by yeas and
nays. to be entered on the Journals
3 with the proposed Amendment. The Bill
or Bills proposing amendment or amend
ments shall be published by order of
fthe eGoyernOr. in at least two news
4.
may be published. and where not more
slithanl one may be published, them in.
3 that newspaper, and in three news.
papers punished in the City of Balti.
more. once a week for three weeks i'm
mediately preceding the next ensuing
general election, at which the proposed
amendment or amendments shall be sub
mltted. in form to he prescribed by
4, the General Assembly, to the qualified
Svoters of the State FOR adoption or re-
yjection.e ProYided,i however, the General
Assembly may provide for publishing
any pr0posed amendment or amend.
ments in pamphlet form, and for max
ing said pamphlets available to the
: Registered voters of the State in addi-
ton to publication in the newspapers.
8 The votes east for and against said pro
posed amendment or, amendments
= seyefally, shall be returned to the Gov
ernor, in the manner prescribed in other
cases, and If 1t shall appear to the
Governor that majority of the votes
cast at said election on said amendment
or amendments, severally, were cast in
favor thereof, the Governor shall, by
his proclamation, declare the said
amendment or amendments having re-
ceiYed said majority of votes, to have
been adopted by the people of Maryland
as part of the Constitution thereof. and
thenceforth said amendment or amend
ments shall be part of the said Consti-
tuition. When two or more amendments
shall be submitted in manner aforesaid,
to the voters of this State~at the same
election, they shall be so submitted as
that each amendment shall be voted OH
separately. M
Sec .. And be it further enacted,
That said aforegoing section hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Con-
EtitutiOn of the State of Maryland shall,
at the next general election for mem
bers of the General Assembly of Mary
land in November, 1912, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters of the
State. for their adoption or rejection, in
pursuance of the directions contained
In Article IA of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland. and at the said gen.
eral election the vote on the said pro
posed amendment to the Constitution
shall be by ballot, and upon each bal
lot there shall be printed. the words
For the constitutional mendment',
and Against the CONSTITUTIONAL Amend
laent" as now provided by law, and i'm
mediately after said election due returns
shall be made, to the Governor of the
vote for and against the said proposed
amendment, as directed by Said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution, and
further proceedings had In accordance
with said Article Fourteen. ss-sfsasT-s
Approved: April %, 1871.
CHAPTER 494
AN ACT to amend Section p of Article
title ssJudiciary Department, sub
title Part III-Circuit Courts, of
Il the Constitution Of this State. proyid-
IA ing for the residential qualification
and method of selection Of Associate
Judges in the Third Judicial Circuit
and to provide for the submission of
said amendment to the qualified voters
8 Of this State for adoption or rejection.
s. Section l. Be It enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly OF Maryland, That three
hfths OF all members elected to each
z of the two houses concurring) the fol-
( lowing section be and the same is
y Section p Of Article 4, of the Constitu-
y ton of Maryland, title Judiciary De-
partment", subtitle part III-Circuit
Courts, the same, If adopted by the
herein provided to become Section 81 OF
Article of the Constitution of the
Y State of Maryland {t f9YgUTft 1851
21. For each of the said circuits, ex-
~epting the eighth, the second, the third,
a the sixth and the seventh there shall be
chief judge and two associate judges,
to be styled judges of the Circuit Court,
:, to be selected or appointed as herein
provided, and for the second circuit, the
third circuit, the sixth circuit, and the
seventh circuit, there shall be a chief
judge and three associate judges to be
styled judges of the Circuit Court, to
be elected or appointed as herein pro-
* vided. And no two Of said associate
judges, for any of the said circuits,
except the third. sixth and seventh cir
cults shall, at the time Of their election
or appointment or during the terms for
which they may have been elected or
appointed, reside in the same county
# two or more persons shall be candi-
dates for associate Judge in the same
county in any of the circuits except the
third, sixth and seventh circuits, that
one only In said county shall be de-
clared elected who has the highest num-
Der of votes in the circuit. In case any
two candidates for associate judge In
any of, the circuits, except the third,
sixth and seventh circuits, residing in
the same county shall have an equal
number Of votes greater than any other
candidates for associate judge in the
circuit, 1t shall be the duty of the Gov
ernor to order new election for one
associate Judge; but the person residing
VINO has the highest number of votes
shall be declared elected The said
judges shall hold not less than two
terms Of the Circuit Court in each of
the counties composing their respective
circuits, at such times as are now or
may hereafter be prescribed to which
jurors shall be summoned; and in those
counties where only two such terms are
held, two other and intermediate terms,
to which jurors shall not be summoned;
they may alter or fix the times for
holding any or all terms, until other
wise prescribed, and shall adopt rules
to the end that all business not requir.
ing the interpretation Of the jury shall
be. as far as practicable, disposed Of at