Year: 1875

WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State
of Maryland, by Article IA, Section l.,
directs amendments to the Constitution, to
be made as follows:


"The General Assembly may propose amendments to
the Constitution, provided that each amendment shall
be embraced i'll separate bill, embudy the Ar le
Section, the will stand when amended and
passed by three-tifths of all the members elected
each of the two Houses. ly and tn be entered
on the Journals, with the proposed amendment The
bill or bills, proposing amendment amendments
shall be published by order of the Governor in
two newspapers, in each county, where many may be
published, and where not more than may he pub
lishc, then in that newspaper, and in three ncws-
papers published ia the City of Baltimore one Of
which shall be in the German language once a week
for at least three months preceding the ensuing
general election, at which the said proposed amendment
shall he submitted, III form to be prescribed by
General Assembly, to the qualified voters of the State
for adoption rejection The votes for against
sad proposed amendment or amendments severally,
shall lie returned to the Governor in the pre-
scrihed in other cases, and if it shall appear the
Governor that majority of the votes at said ecc
ton said Amendment amendments. severaly were
i'll favor thereof the Governor SHALL by his procla
nation, declare the said amendment amendments,
having received said majority of votes, to have been
adopted by the people of Mary land part Con-
stntion thereof and, tn nceforth, said amendment or
amendments shall bo part of the said Constitution.
When two or more amendments shall be submitted, in
manner aforesaid, to the voters of this State. the
same election they shall be submitted that each
amendment shall be voted on separately


AND, wAEREAs, An Act of the General
Assembly, at January Session, 1874, Chap
ter 2G4, was passed, for amending the Con
stitution of the State, as follows:


"An Act to amend Section s, Of Article j. Of the Con-


Stitution Of the State Of Maryland"


"sEcr1oN l. Be it enacted By the General ASseanJlv
of Maryland, threefths Of all the members Of the t.c0
Houses concurring That the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of this state and if adopted by the legal
and qualified voters thereof provided may the
to supercede and stand in the place of Section
of Article 1, of said Constitution"


"sEcrIoN s. The parties to any may submit
the same to the court for mnatioH without the aid
OF jury and in all suits actions at law, issued from
the Orphans Court, from any court sitting equity
and all cases of presentmcnts indictments offences
which may Le punishable by death, pending in
any of the courts of law in this State having urislic-
tion thereof upon suggestion in writing, under oath
Of either Of the part to said proceedings that such
party cannot have fair and impartial trial in the court
in which the same may be pending the said shall
order and direct the record of proceedings such
action, issue presentmeut Indictment trans
mtted to some other court having jurisdiction such
case for trial but in all other of
Indictment pending in any of the courts of law this
State having jurisdiction thereof, iu addition TO the
suggc-tinn writing of either the parties to such
presentmeut Indictment that such party cannot have


fair and impartial trial in the in which the same
may bo pending, it shall lie necessary for the party
making such suggcstio to make satisfactorily appar
to tn court that snch suggestion is true that there
is reasonable ground for the and thereupon the
said court shall order and direct record of proceed
lnss IN such pr ment Indictment to be trans
mited to some other court having jurisdiction in such
Tor trial, and such right of removal shall exist
upon suggestion cases when all the iudres of sail
court may be disqualified under the provisions of this
Constitution to sit in any such and said court to
which the record of proceedings in such suit or action
issue, presentment indictment may he transmitted
shall hear and determine the same in like manner if
such suit or action, issue presentmcnt Indictment
had been originally instituted therein and the General
Assembly shall make such modification of existing law
may he necessary to regulate and give force this
provision


SECTION .. And be it further enacted by the aathor
iy aforesaid, That said foregoing section hereby pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall be Mt
the next general election to be held this State sub
mitted TO the leg and qualified thereof their
adoption rejection in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article H. of the Cons titution Of this
State and at the said general election the vote on said
proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall lie written or
printed these words For the Constitutional Amend
ment," or Against the Constitutional Amendment" as
the voter shall elect, and Immediately after said eec
on due returns shall he made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amendment as
directed by the said l4th Article of the Constitution


Now, THEREFORE,, I, JAMES BLACK
GROOME, Governor of the State of Mary
land, in compliance with the requirements
of the provisions of the Constitution, do
order and direct the foregoing proposed
to the Constitution of the
State of Maryland, to be published in 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 pub
lished in the City of Baltimore, one of
which shall be in the German language,
once week, for at least three months,
preceding the next general election, to be
held in November next, the said news.
papers to be by me designated.


Given under my hand and the Great


Seal of the State, at the City


of Annapolis, this 2Sth day of
I SEAL )July, in the year of our Lord


eighteen hundred and seventy.


five.


JAMES BLACK GROOME.
BY order of the Governor,


r. G. IIOLLYDAY,
August Z, 1879. Secretary of State