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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1915
Page
10
Proclamation detailing the January 1914 Maryland General Assembly actions to amend Article XV and add new Articles to the Declaration of Rights. It outlines proposals, voting procedure, uniform tax provisions, and submission to voters at the next general election, with approval date noted as April 10, 1914.
Chapter 416 proposes adding Article XI-A to the Maryland Constitution for voter submission. The General Assembly requires three fifths concurrence in both houses to adopt the amendment for submission to qualified voters. If adopted, Article XI-A becomes part of the state Constitution.
Proposed amendment would trigger a city charter vote to create an eleven member charter board in Baltimore or five in each county. Nomination rules set signatures and dates, with ballots listing nominees and a vote on creating the charter. If approved, a charter commission would draft a government plan and submit it for public approval.
A dense historical summary outlines how amendments may be proposed by the Baltimore mayor and city council or county councils, requiring petitions with 20 percent of registered voters or 10,000 signatures, and how such amendments would be submitted to voters at the next general election with “For the Constitutional Amendment” and “Against the Constitutional Amendment” ballots. It also details Section 60 proposals on criminal sentencing and parole, and Article XVI Referendum provisions granting the people power to approve or reject General Assembly acts, with signature and petition rules and emergency law limits.
Maryland Governor Phillips See Goldsborough orders publication of 1914 acts in two newspapers per county and three in Baltimore to precede the November 1915 election. The notice details ballot wording for constitutional amendments and directs publishing in English and German newspapers for voters to approve or reject proposed changes.
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