The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-18

upon each ballot there shall be printed the
words: Amendment 70 repeal Article b
Of the Declaration Of Rights Of the Con-
ntitutf0n which requires the General AS
sembiy to consent TO conveyances and cer-
tain gifts TO churches and denominations"
and underneath thereof the words: For
Constitutional Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendment. as now pro.
vided by law. and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against pro:
Fourteenth Article Of the Constitution, and
further proceedings had in accordance with
said Article IA.
Approved: April 80, 1913.
CHAPTER 47e
AN ACT TO propose an amendment to Sec
tion Of Article IA Of the Constitution
Of the State OF Maryland. title Amend
ments to the Constitution, relating to
amendments to the Constitution, and to
amendment to the quaiiiied voters s of the the
State Of Maryland for adoption or re-
lection.
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of MARYLAND three ffths Of all
concurring), That the following be and the
same Is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section OF Article IA Of the Constitu-
Amendments to the Constitution, the
same, IL adopted by the legally qualified
voters Of the State, as herein provided, to
become Section / of Article IA OF the Con-
stitution of the State Of Maryland.
1. The General Assembly may propose
Amendments to this Constitution; provided
that each Amendment shall be embraced
in q separate bill, embodying the Article
or Section, as the same will stand when
amended and passed by three-f ifths Of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses. by yeas and nays, to be entered
on the Journals with the proposed Amend
ment. The bill or bills proposing amend
ment or amendments shall be published by
order of the Governor, in at least two
newspapers, 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 newspapers
published in the City of Baltimore, once a
week for four weeks Immediately preceding
the next ensuing general election, at which
the proposed amendment or amendments
shall be submitted, in a form to be pre-
scribed by the General Assembly, to the
qualified voters of the State for adoption
or rejection. The votes cast for and against
said proposed amendment or amendments,
severally, shall be returned to the Cover
nor, in the manner prescribed in other
cases, and il it shall appear to the Gov
ernor that q majority of the votes cast at
said election on said amendment or amend
ments, severally, were cast in favor there
Of the Governor shall, by his proclamation,
declare the said amendment or amendments
having received said majority of votes, to
have been adopted by the people of Mary
land as part of the Constitution thereof,
and thenceforth said amendment or amend
ments shall be part OF the said Constltu-
ton. 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 on separately.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
said aforegoing section hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Maryland shall, at the next gen
eral election to be held in November, 1914
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
general election the vote on the said pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words For the Con-
stitutional Amendment, and Against the
Constitutional Amendment, as now pro-
vided by law, and Immediately 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 Fourteenth Article of the Constitution,
and further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article Fourteen.
Approved: April 80, 1943.
CHAPTER 772
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Ar
ticle " of the Constitution of Maryland
title Judiciary Department, amending
Section (under subtitle Part Gem
eral Provisions"), Section IA (under sub
title Part II-Court of Appeals'D, and
Section p (under subtitle part Ill
Circuit Courts''), and adding a new Sec
tion, to follow Section IS (under sub
title part II-COurt of Appeals'O and to
be designated Section 1sA; providing for
a Court of Appeals of five judges and
relating to the number, selection, quail
fications and duties of the judges of the
Court of Appeals and other Courts; and
to provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of the
State of Maryland for adoption or re-
lection.
Section 1. Be It enacted by the General
Assembly. of Maryland (three -fifths of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses concurring), That the following
sections be, and the same hereby are, pro-
posed as an amendment to Article Nv OF
ciary Department, amending Section 5
(under subtitle part General Provis-
ions'0, Section IA (under subtitle Part
II-Court. Of Appeals"l, and Section p
and adding a new section, to follow Section
Is (under subtitle part II-Court of APP
peals'') and to be designated Section 1SA,
the same, if adopted by the legal and
vided, to supersede and stand in the place
and stead of Sections 5, IA and 81 of Ar
: ticle Nv of the Constitution of Maryland.
PART 1-GENERAL
sec. o. upon every occurrence OF recur-
renee of a vacancy through death, resigna-
ton, removal, disqualification by reason Of
age or otherwise, or expiration of the term
of fifteen years of any judge, or creation
of the Office of any judge, or in any other
way, the Governor shall appoint a person
duly qualified to fill said Office, who shall
hold the same until the election and quail
fication of his successor His successor
shall be elected at the first biennial general
election for Representatives in Congress
after the expiration of the term of fifteen
years (if the vacancy occurred in that way)
or the first such general election after one
year after the occurrence of the vacancy
in any other way than through expiration
of such term. Except in case of reappOint-
ment of a judge upon expiration Of his
term of fifteen years, no person shall be
appointed who will become disqualified by
reason of age and thereby unable to con-
tinue to hold Office until the prescribed
time when his successor would have been
elected.
PART II-CoURT OF APPEALS
Sec. IA. Until January /, 1915, the Court
of Appeals shall be composed of the Judges
in Office ON November Z. 1914. From and
after January 1, 1915, the Court Of Appeals
shall be composed of five Judges. two from
the City of Baltimore one from the, First
Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting OF
Cecil Kent, Queen Anne's. Caroline, Tai
bot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester and
Somerset Counties; one from the Second
Appellate Judicial Circuit, consisting Of