Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-09-25

PROCLAMATION OF THE GOV
ERNOR OF MARYLAND DIRECTING
THE PUBLICATION OF BILLS PRO
POSING AMEN 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 qualified voters Of the state
Of Maryland for adoption or rejection.
namely:
CHAPTER 337
AN ACT 10 propose an amendment to
Section l Of Article IA of the Consti-
tuition Of the State of Maryland, title
amendments to the Constitution,
relating TO the advertisement or pub
LEGATION of amendments TO the COnsti
tuition. and to provide for the sub
mission of said amendment to the
qualified voters Of the State of Mary
land for adoption or rejection.
Section l. BE it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly Of Maryland (three ffths
of all the members of each of the two
Houses concuTrinE), That the following
be and the same is hereby proposed as
an amendment to Section l of Article IA
of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland, title amendments to the
the legally qualified voters of the State,
as herein provided, to become Section l
of Article II Of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland.
/. The General Assembly may pro
pose Amendments to this Constitution:
provided that each Amendment shall b"
embraced in a separate Bill. embOdying
the Article or Section. as the same Will
stand when amended and passed by
three fifths Of all the members elected
n Inv 1fD
nays, to he entered on the Journals
with the proposed Amendment. The Bill
or Bills proposing amendment or amend
mentS shall be published by order Of
the Governor, in at least two news
papers in each County, where so many
may be published. ana where not more
than one may be published, then III
that newspaper, and in three news
papers published 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
mitted, in IA form to be prescribed 10y
the General Assembly, to the qualified
voters of the State for adoption or re-
lection. Provided, however. the General
Assembly may provide for publishing
any proposed amendment or amend
ments in pamphlet form, and for max
ing said pamphlets available to the
registered voters of the State in add
tion to publication in the newspapers.
The votes cast for and against said pro
posed amendment or amendments,
seyerally, shall be returned to the Gov
ernOr, in the manner prescribed in other
cases, and if it 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-
ceived said majority of votes. to have
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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 oil
separately.
Sec. .. And be it further enacted,
That said afOregoing section hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitutiOn 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 II of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, and at the said gem
era1 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 Amendment,
and against the Constitutional Amend
ment", as now provided by law, and i'm
mediately after said election duo returns
shall be made to the Governor Of the
vote for ana 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.
Approved: April %. 1871.