Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-29
1912

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE.
WHEREAS. at the January session of
the General Assembly of Maryland, held
in the year 1041. 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 1877
AN ACT to propose an amendment to
Section of Article IA of the Consti-
tuition of the State Of Maryland title
Amendments to the Constitution.
relating to the advertisement or pub
lication 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 1. BE it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland (three- fifths
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 l of Article IA
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 IA of the Constitution of the
State Of Maryland. q
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
4 with the proposed Amendment. The Bill
or Bills proposing amendment or amend
n ments shall be published by order Of
q the Governor, in at least two news
n papers, in each County, where SO 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 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 SUBJ
mitted, in a form to be prescribed by
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 addi-
ton to publication In the newspapers.
The votes cast for and against said pro-
q posed amendment or amendments.
b severally, shall be returned to the Gov
ernOr, in the manner prescribed in other
cases, and II 1t shall appear to the
i Governor that a 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-
eeived said majority of votes, to have
been adopted by the people of Maryland
as part Of the Constitution thereof, and
thencef0rth said amendment or amend
ments shall be part of the said Consti-
tuition. When two or more amepdments
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.
Sec. 2. 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 on 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 Amendment,
and Against the Constitutional Amend
ment", 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
tenth Article of the Constitution, and
further proceedings had In accordance
with said Article Fourteen.
Approved: April %, 1911.
CHAPTER 494
AN ACT to amend Section q of Article
4, title Judiciary Department, sub
title part III-Circuit Courts. of
the Constitution of this State, provid-
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
Of this State for adoption or rejection.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen.
erai Assembly Of Maryland, That three.
fifths of all members elected to each
of the two houses concurring) the fol-
lowing section be and the same ia
hereby proposed as an amendment TO
tion of Maryland, title Judiciary De.
partment', subtitle part III-Circuit
Courts, the same, If adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof as
herein provided to become Section q of
A Article e. Of the Constitution the
81. For each of the said circuits, ex-
cepting the eighth, the second, the third,
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-
yided. 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
appointoA reside in the same county
If two OF 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
ern0r to order q new election for one
associate Judge; but the person residing
who 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