Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-12

year lSOU, SUBMITTED W tilC leSdl
and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection, in pur-
suance of directions contained in
Article IA of the Constitution of
this State, and at the said general
election, the vote on the said pro-
posed amendment shall be by bal
lot, and upon each ballot there shall
be printed the words For the
Constitutional Amendment" and
Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as now prescribed by
law, and Immediately after said
election, due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for
and against said proposed amend
ment as directed by said Article
IA of the Constitution.
CHAPTER NO. 407,
AN ACT to propose an amend
ment to Section 5 of Article Is
of the State Constitution, title
Miscellaneous" providing that
the Jury shall be the Judges of
Law as well as of the fact in
the trial of all criminal cases,
except that the Court may pass
upon the sufficiency of the evil
dence to sustain a conyiction.
SECTION 1. Be 1T enacted by the
General Assembly of MARYLAND,
(three-fifths of all of the members
elected to each of the two Houses
concurring). That Section of
Article Is of the State Constitu-
ton, title Miscellaneous" be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:
SEC. 5. In the trial Of all Grim
inal cases, the Jury shall be the
Judges of Law, as well as of fact,
except that the Court may pass
upon the sufficiency of the evidence
to sustain a conviction.
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted,
That the aforegoing section pro-
posed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of this State shall be, at
the next general election to be held
in this State in the year 1850, sub
mitted to the legal and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption
or rejection in pursuance of direc-
lions contained in Article Ia of
the Constitution of this State, and
at the said general election, the
vote on the said proposed amend
ment shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot there shall be printed
the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the
Constitutional Amendment" as
now prescribed by law, and i'm
mediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Gov
ernor of the vote for and against
said proposed amendment as di-
rected by said Article IA of the
Constitution.
CHAPTER No. TIA
AN ACT to propose an amendment
to Section IL of Article 2 of the
Constitution of the State of
Maryland, title Executive De-
partment," relating to the recon
sideration of Bills which are
vetoed or which fail by reason
of not being signed following
the adjournment of the General
Assembly.
SECTION /. Be 1T enacted by the
General Assembly of MARYLAND
(three--ffths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses
concuring), That the following pc
and the same is hereby proposed
as an amendment to Section II of
Article of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, title Executive
Department" the same, if adopted
by the legally qualified voters of
the State, as herein provided, to
become Section II of Article 2 of
the Constitution of the State of
Maryland.
II. To guard against hasty or
partial legislation and encroach-
ments of the Legislative Depart
ment upon the coordinate Executive
and Judicial Departments, every
Bill which shall have passed the
House of Delegates, and the SEN
ate, shall before it becomes law,
be presented to the Governor of the
State; if he approves he shall sign
it, but if not he shall return it with
his objections to the House in
which it originated, which House
shall enter the objections at large
on its Journal and proceed to re-
consider the Bill; if, after such
reconsideration, three-fifths of the
members elected to that House shall
pass the Bill, it shall be sent with
the objections to the other House,
by which it shall likewise be re-
considered, and ifNit pass by three
fifths of the members elected to
that House it shall becomes a law;
but in all such cases the votes of
both Houses shall be determined
by yeas and nays, and the names
of the persons voting for and
against the Bill shall be entered
on the Journal of each House res
pectively. If any Billishall not be
returned by the Governor within
six days Sundays excepted), after
it shall have been presented to him,
the same shall be a law in like man