The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-01

Section IS of Article III of the Con-
sttution of Maryland, title Legislative
Department the same, if adopted by
the legally qualified voters of the State,
as herein provided, to become a part of
the Constitution of Maryland:
IS.
The General Assembly may continue
its session so long as in its judgment
the public interest may require, for
period not longer than ninety days in odd
years and thirty days in even years; and
on and after January l, 1868, each
member thereof shall receive a compen-
sation of Eighteen Hundred Dollars
(S1,S0000)I Three thousand Dollars
($3,00O) per annum, payable quarterly,
with a deduction of Fifteen Dollars
excused absence from any session; and
he shall also receive such mileage as
may be allowed by law, not exceeding
Twenty Cents per mile; and the presid-
ing officers of each House shall receive
an additional compensation of 1.-TWO
Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250)l I'ive
Hundred Dollars ($5OO) per ailnum. In
any of said thirty-day sessions in even
years, the General Assembly shall con-
slider no bills other than Cd Bills having
to do with budgetary, revenue and finan-
cial matters of the State Government,
(2) legislation dealing with an acute
emergency, and 60 legislation in the
general public welfare. When the Cen
eral Assembly shall be convened by
Proclamation of the Governor, the ses-
sion shall not continue longer than thirty
days, but IanI no additional compensa-
ton other than mileage and other allow
ances provided by law shall be paid
members of the General Assembly for
special session.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the aforegoing section hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to the Consttu-
ton of this State shall be, at the next
general election, to be held i'll this State
in the year 1862, submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection in pursuance of the
directions contained in Article ii of the
Constitution of this State, and at the
said general election, the vote on the
said proposed amendment shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
be printed the words For the Constitu-
tional Amendment" and against the
Constitutional Amendment, as now pre-
scribed by law, and Immediately after
said election, due returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendment, as di-
rected by said Article IA of the Con-
stituton and further proceedings had in
accordance with said Article IA.
ExPLANATIoN: Italics indicate ne7O matter
added to existing lac.
IBracketsI indicate matter stricken
from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
CHAPTER 121
AN ACT TO propose an amendment to
Section SO of Article III Of the Con-
stitution of Maryland, title "Legisla-
tive Department amending the pro-
vision concerning Imprisonment for
debt in order to provide that a valid
decree of a court of competent juris-
diction or agreement approved by
decree of said court for the support of
an illegitimate child or children shall
not constitute a debt within the mean
ing of this section; and providing for
the submission of this amendment to
the qualified voters of the State of
Maryland for adoption or rejection.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gem
erdl Assembly of Maryland, (three-ffths
of all the members of each of the two
houses concurring), That the following
amendment be and the same is hereby
proposed to Section SO of Article III of
the Constitution of the State of Mary
land, the same, if adopted by the legal
and qualified voters of the State, as
herewith provided, to become Section SO
of Article Ill of the Constitution of the
State of Maryland.
SO. Imprisonment for Debt
No person shall be imprisoned for
debt, but valid decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction or agreement ap-
proved by decree of said court for the
support of wife or dependent children,
or for the SUPPORT of an iHe9itimdte child
or children, or for aimony, shall not
constitute a debt within the meaning of
this section.
That the aforegoing amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Maryland
shall, at the election to be held in No
vember, 1862, 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 Mary
land, and at the same 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 Constitutional
Amendment" and Against 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 proposed
amendment, as directed by said Four
teenth Article of the Constitution, and
further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article IA.
EXPLANATIoN: Italics indicate ne7U matter
added to eFiStin0 lac.
IBracketsI indicate matter stricken
from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
I, ]. WILLARD TAWES, COVER
NOR OF THE STATE OF MARY
LAND, by virtue of the power and
authority conferred upon me by the Com
sutution OF Maryland, do by this, my
proclamation, order that the bills propos-
ing the aforegoing amendments shall be
published 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 news
paper, and in three newspapers published
in the City of Baltimore, once a week
for four weeks Immediately preceding
the General Election to be held on
November 6, 1862, at which Election the
proposed amendments shall be submitted,
in the form prescribed by the General
Assembly, to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection.
GIVEN Under My Hand and the
Great Seal of the State of Maryland, az
the City of Annapolis this 3rd day of
October, in the Year of Our Lord. One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-two.
j. WILLARD TAWES,
BY the Governor:
uAsyLAnn sIMPKINs.
Secyefox4, of State