Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-08-20

WHEREAS at the January session OF
the General Assembly of Maryland, held
in the year 194l, the following Acts were
passed, providing for the submission of
amendments to the Constitution of the
State to the qualified voters of the Stat,
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
licati0n 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 Gen
raj Assembly of Maryland (three- fifths
q all the members of each of the two
Houses c0ncurring), That the following
2 and the same Is hereby proposed as
2 amendment to Section of Article II
the Constitution of the state of
yaryland, title Amendments to the
constitution. the same, If adopted by
ne legally qualified voters of the State
IS herein provided, to become Section
d Article IA of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland.
/. 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 iifths of all the members 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 or amend.
ments shall be published by order of
the Governor, in at least two news
m
nay be published. and where not more
han one may be published, then in
fhat newspaper, and in three news.
)apers published in the City of Balti.
more. once week for three weeks i'm
nediately preceding the next ensuing
general election, at which the proposed
amendment or amendments shall be sub.
snttted. in 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.
posed amendment or amendments
severally. shall be returned to the Gov.
ernOr. In the manner prescribed in other
cases. and IL ii shall appear to the
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
been adopted by the people of Mary and
as part of the Constitution thereof. and
thenceforth said amendment or amend
ments shall he part of the said COnsti
tuition. When two or more amendments
n ho in, ofo III
to the voters of this State at the same
election. they shall be so submitted a.
that each amendment shall be voted
separately
Sec ,. And be 1t further enacted
That said afor2gOing section hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitut on of the State of Maryland snall
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 g2n
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
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.
Approved: April %. 1911.
CHAPTER 494
AN ACT to amend Section q of Article
4, title Judiciary Department, sub
0tYr RI. 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 1t enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That tthree.
s ffths of all members elected to each
of the two houses cOncurringD the fol
hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section p of Article 4, of the Constitu
ton OF Maryland, title judiciary De
partment", subtitle part III-Circuit
legal and qualified voters thereof AZ
herein provided to become Section q OF
Article of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland.
a. For each of the said circuits. ex
ceptine the eighth, the second. the third.
a chief judge and two associate judges,
to I've styled judges of the Circuit Court.
to be selected or appointed as herein
prov ided, 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
&styl@d judges of the Circuit Court, to
Elected or appointed as herein pro
5tded And no two of said associate
judges. for any of the said circuits.
10 81 dir
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
II two or more persons shall be candi
dates for associate Judge in the same
J 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; hut the person residing
In any other county of the circuit and
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
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,
%t0 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