Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-10-23

due returns shall be made % the Governor
OF the vote for and against, said proposed
amendment, as directed by Article XIV of
the Constitution and further proceedings had
in accordance with said Article XIV.
CHAPTER NO. 20 b.
AN ACT to propose an amendment to Sec.
tion So 90, l5) Of Article of the Con.
stitution of Maryland, title Legislative
Department. relating to the State Budget
and to provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION !. Bs.if. eNacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (Three-ffths of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses concurring), That the following sec.
ton be and it, is hereby proposed as an
amendment to Article of the Constitution
of Maryland, title Legislative Department"
amending Section 81 %, (5) Of said Article,
the same, If adopted by the qualified voters
and stand in the place and stead of Section
So 80, go of Article 5 of the Constitution
of Maryland
%. Each Budget shall embrace an [item
ized1 estimate of [thel oil appropriations IN
determine or as may be prescribed by iasv,
as follows: (a) for the General Assembly as
certified to tie Governor in the manner
hereinafter provided; (b) for the Executive
Department; (e) for the Judiciary Depart.
ment, as provided by law, certified by the
Comptroller; (dD to pay and discharge the
principal and interest of the debt of the
State in conformity with Section 81 Of
Article of the Constitution, and all laws
enacted in pursuance thereof; (e) for the
salaries payable by the State and under the
Constitution and laws of the State: (f) for
the establishment and maintenance through.
out the State OF thorough and efficient
system of public schools in conformity with
Article of the Constitution and with tho
laws of the State; (g) for such other pur.
poses as are set forth in the Constitution or
laws of the State.
(5). The Governor shall deliver to the
presiding officer Of each House the Budget
and bill for all the proposed appropriations
of the Budget classified and in such form
and detail as he shall determine or as may
be prescribed by law; and the presiding
officer of each House shall promptly cause
said bill TO be introduced therein, and such
bill shall be known as the Budget Bill"
The Governor may. with the consent of the
General Assembly, before final action there
on by the General Assembly, amend or
supplement said Budget to correct an over.
sight, provide funds contingent on passage
of pending legislation or, in case of an
emergency, by delivering such an amend.
ment or supplement to the presiding officers
of both Houses; and such amendment or
supplement shall thereby become a part Of
said Budget Bill as an addition to the items
of said bill OF as a modification Of or a sub
stitute for any item of said bill such amend.
ment or supplement may affect.
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted, That
the aforegoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution Of the State
of Maryland shall at the next general elec.
tion to be held in November, 1852, be sub
mitted 10 the legal and qualified voters of
the State. for their adoption or rejection, in
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Article IA Of the Constitution Of the State OF
Maryland, and at the said general election
the vote on the said proposed amendment to
the Constitution 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 provided 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.
I, THEODORE R. McRELD1N, GOV.
ERNOR OF THE STATE OF MARY.
LAND, LAND, BY & virtue Of tn the power and suthorty
Maryland, do by this my proclamation, order
that the bills proposing the aforegoins
amendments shall be published In at least
two newspapers in each County where 80
many may be published, and where not more
than one may be published then in that
newspaper, and in three newspapers pub.
lished in the City OF Baltimore, once a week
for four weeks Immediately preceding the
General Election to be held on November 4.
l952, at which Election the proposed amend
ments shall be submitted. in the form pre.
So ibed by the General Assembly, 10 the
qualified voters Of the State for adoption or
rejection.
GIVEN Under my Hand and the Gres,
Seal Of the State Of Maryland, al the City
of Annapolis, this Seventh day Of August in
Hundred and Fifty-Two.
GREAT SEAL Governor