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Provisions
Sec. 3. When said new County shall have been so created, the inhabit- ants thereof shall cease to have any claim to, or interest in, the county build- ings and other public property of every description belonging to said Counties of Somerset and Worcester respectively, and shall be liable for their propor- tionate shares of the then existing debts and obligations of the said Counties, according to the last assessment in said Counties, to be ascertained and apportioned by the Circuit Court of Somerset County, as to the debts and obligations of said County, and by the Circuit Court of Worcester County as to the debts and obligations of Worcester County, on the petition of the County Commissioners of the said Counties, respectively ; and the property in each part of the said Counties included in said new County shall be bound only for
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the share of the debts and obligations of the County from which it shall be separated ; and the inhabitants of said new County shall also pay the County taxes levied upon them at the time of the creation of such new County, as if such new County had not been created ; and on the application of twelve citizens of the proposed County of Wicomico, the Surveyor of Worcester County shall run and locate the line from Meadow Bridge to the Pocomoke River, previous to the adoption or rejection of this Constitution, and at the expense of said petitioners.
Sec. 4. At the first general election held under this Constitution the quali- fied voters of said new County shall be entitled to elect a Senator and two Delegates to the General Assembly, and all such County or other officers as this Constitution may authorize, or require to be elected by other Counties of the State; a notice of such election shall be given by the sheriffs of Worcester and Somerset Counties in the manner now prescribed by Law ; and in case said new County shall be established, as aforesaid. then the Counties of Somerset and Worcester shall be entitled to elect but two Delegates each to the General Assembly.
Sec. 5. The County of Wicomico, if formed according to the provisions of this Constitution, shall be embraced in the First Judicial Circuit, and the times for holding the Courts therein shall be fixed and determined by the General Assembly.
Sec. 6. The General Assembly shall pass all such Laws as may be necessary more fully to carry into effect the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE XIV
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
Proposal - Publication - Vote-Returns - Proclamation
Section 1. The General Assembly may propose Amendments to this Con- stitution ; provided that each Amendment shall be embraced in a separate Bill, embodying the Article or Section, as the same will stand when amended and passed by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses, by yeas and nays, to be entered on the Journals with the proposed Amendment. The Bill or Bills proposing amendment or amendments shall be published by order of the Governor, 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 newspaper, and in three newspapers published in the City of Baltimore. one of which shall be in the German language, once a week for at least three months preceding the next ensuing general election,
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at which the proposed amendment or amendments shall be submitted, in a form to be prescribed by the General Assembly, to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection. The votes cast for and against said proposed amendment or amendments, severally, shall be returned to the Governor, in the manner prescribed in other cases, and if it shall appear to the Governor that a majority of the votes cast at said election on said amendment or amendments, severally, were cast in favor thereof, the Governor shall, by his proclamation, declare the said amendment or amendments having received said majority of votes, to have been adopted by the people of Maryland as part of the Constitution thereof, and thenceforth said amendment or amend- ments shall be part of the said Constitution. When two or more amendments shall be submitted in manner aforesaid, to the voters of this State at the same election, they shall be so submitted as that each amendment shall be voted on separately.
Convention every twenty years
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide by Law for taking, at the general election to be held in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and every twenty years thereafter, the sense of the people in regard to calling a convention for altering this Constitution ; and if a majority of voters at such election or elections shall vote for a convention, the General Assembly, at its next session, shall provide by Law for the assembling of such convention, and for the election of Delegates thereto. Each County and Legislative District of the City of Baltimore shall have in such convention a number of Delegates equal to its representation in both Houses at the time at which the convention is called. But any Constitution, or change, or amendment of the existing Constitution, which may be adopted by such con- vention, shall be submitted to the voters of this State, and shall have no effect unless the same shall have been adopted by a majority of the voters voting thereon.
ARTICLE XV MISCELLANEOUS
Returns of fees - Salary limit
Section 1. Every person holding any office created by, or existing under the Constitution, or Laws of the State (except Justices of the Peace, Consta- bles and Coroners), or holding any appointment under any Court of this State, whose pay or compensation is derived from fees or moneys coming into his hands for the discharge of his official duties, or in any way growing out of or connected with his office, shall keep a book in which shall be entered
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every sum or sums of money received by him, or on his account, as a pay- ment or compensation for his performance of official duties, a copy of which entries in said book, verified by the oath of the officer by whom it is directed to be kept, shall be returned yearly to the Comptroller of the State for his inspection, and that of the General Assembly of the State, to which the Comptroller shall, at each regular session thereof, make a report showing what officers have complied with this section ; and each of the said officers, when the amount received by him for the year shall exceed the sum which he is by Law entitled to retain as his salary or compensation for the discharge of his duties, and for the expenses of his office, shall yearly pay over to the Treasurer of the State, the amount of such excess, subject to such disposition thereof as the General Assembly may direct ; if any of such officers shall fail to comply with the requisitions of this section for the period of thirty days after the expiration of each and every year of his office, such officer shall be deemed to have vacated his office, and the Governor shall declare the same vacant, and the vacancy therein shall be filled as in case of vacancy for any other cause, and such officer shall be subject to suit by the State for the amount that ought to be paid into the Treasury ; and no person holding any office created by or existing under this Constitution or Laws of the State, or holding any appointment under any Court in this State, shall receive more than three thousand dollars a year as a compensation for the discharge of his official duties, except in cases specially provided in this Constitution.
Sec. 2. The several Courts existing in this State at the time of the adop- tion of this Constitution shall, until superseded under its provisions, continue with like powers and jurisdiction, and in the exercise thereof, both at Law and in Equity, in all respects, as if this Constitution had not been adopted ; and when said Courts shall be so superseded, all causes then depending in said Courts shall pass into the jurisdiction of the several Courts, by which they may be respectively superseded.
Sec. 3. The Governor and all officers, civil and military, now holding office under this State, whether by election or appointment, shall continue to hold, exercise and discharge the duties of their offices (unless inconsistent with or otherwise provided in this Constitution), until they shall be super- seded under its provisions, and until their successors shall be duly qualified.
Sec. 4. If at any election directed by this Constitution, any two or more candidates shall have the highest and an equal number of votes, a new elec- tion shall be ordered by the Governor, except in cases specially provided for by this Constitution.
Trial by jury
Sec. 5. In the trial of all criminal cases, the jury shall be the Judges of Law, as well as of fact.
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Sec. 6. The right of trial by Jury of all issues of fact in civil proceedings in the several Courts of Law in this State, where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of five dollars, shall be inviolably preserved.
General election
Sec. 7. All general elections in this State shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November, in the year in which they shall occur ; and the first election of all officers, who, under this Consti- tution, are required to be elected by the people, shall, except in cases herein specially provided for, be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
Notice
Sec. 8. The Sheriffs of the several Counties of this State, and of the City of Baltimore, shall give notice of the several elections authorized by this Constitution, in the manner prescribed by existing Laws for elections to be held in this State, until said Laws shall be changed.
Terms of office
Sec. 9. The term of office of all Judges and other officers, for whose elec- tion provision is made by this Constitution, shall, except in cases otherwise expressly provided herein, commence from the time of their election ; and all such officers shall qualify as soon after their election as practicable, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices immediately upon their quali- fication ; and the term of office of the State Librarian and of Commissioner of the Land Office shall commence from the time of their appointment.
Qualification of officers - Oath to be recorded
Sec. 10. Any officer elected or appointed in pursuance of the provisions of this Constitution, may qualify, either according to the existing provisions of Law, in relation to officers under the present Constitution, or before the Gov- ernor of the State, or before any Clerk of any Court of Record in any part of the State; but in case an officer shall qualify out of the County in which he resides, an official copy of his oath shall be filed and recorded in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of the County in which he may reside, or in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court of the City of Baltimore, if he shall reside therein.
VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION
For the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the people of this State in regard to the adoption or rejection of this Constitution, the Governor shall
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issue his Proclamation within five days after the adjournment of this conven- tion, directed to the Sheriffs of the City of Baltimore and of the several Counties of this State, commanding them to give notice in the manner now prescribed by Law in reference to the election of members of the House of Delegates, that an election for the adoption or rejection of this Constitution will be held in the City of Baltimore, and in the several Counties of this State, on Wednesday, the eighteenth day of September, in the year eighteen hun- dred and sixty-seven, at the usual places of holding elections for members of the House of Delegates in said city and counties. At the said election the
vote shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be written or printed the words, "For the Constitution," or " Against the Constitution," as the voter may elect ; and the provisions of the Laws of this State relating to the hold- ing of general elections for members of the House of Delegates, shall in all respects apply to and regulate the holding of the said election. It shall be the duty of the Judges of Election in said city and in the several counties of the State to receive, accurately count and duly return the number of ballots so cast for or against the adoption of this Constitution, as well as any blank ballots which may be cast, to the several Clerks of the Circuit Courts of this State, and to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, in the manner now prescribed by Law, in reference to the election of members of the House of Delegates, and duplicates thereof, directly to the Governor ; and the several clerks aforesaid shall return to the Governor, within ten days after said election, the number of ballots cast for or against the Constitution, and the number of blank ballots ; and the Governor, upon receiving the returns from the Judges of Election, or the clerks as aforesaid, and ascertaining the aggregate vote throughout the State, shall, by his proclamation, make known the same; and if a majority of the votes cast shall be for the adoption of this Constitution it shall go into effect on Saturday, the fifth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
Done in Convention, the seventeenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States the ninety-second.
RICHARD B. CARMICHAEL, President of the Convention.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Secretary.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
First List
The following are suggested as forming an excellent supplementary list of books obtainable at comparatively small expense. There are definite references to most of these works throughout this book, and their use in the schoolroom would add greatly to the interest and value of the study. The prices in all cases are publishers' list ; and from these, discounts can usually be obtained, either from the publishers or dealers.
MARYLAND: THE HISTORY OF A PALATINATE. Revised Edition. By William Hand Browne. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Boston. $1.25. pp. 292. This is the most valuable single book for the schoolroom.
MARYLAND AS A PROPRIETARY PROVINCE. By Newton D. Mereness. The Macmillan Company. New York, 1901. $3.00 net. pp. 530. A very valuable book ; contains the charter of the province and bibliography.
THE LORDS BALTIMORE AND THE MARYLAND PALATINATE. By Clayton Colman Hall. John Murphy Co. Baltimore, 1902. $1.25. pp. 216. Six lectures delivered at the Johns Hopkins University ; interesting and valuable for the schoolroom.
GEORGE AND CECILIUS CALVERT. By William Hand Browne, in series, " Makers of America." Dodd. Mead & Co. New York. $1.00. pp. 181. An interesting and critical account of the first two Barons Baltimore.
MCSHERRY'S HISTORY OF MARYLAND. Edited and continued by B. B. James. The Baltimore Book Co. Baltimore. $3.50. pp. 420. A very use- ful book for schools.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. By Henry William Elson. The Mac- millan Co. New York. $1.75.
INSTITUTIONS AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MARYLAND. By Bernard C. Steiner. Ginn & Co. Boston. $1.00. This book, having been adopted as a text by the State Board of Education, will probably be found in every school- room. It is very useful for reference.
OLD VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBORS. By John Fiske. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Boston. $4.00. 2 Vols. pp. 318 and 421. Valuable for its lucid and entertaining style, and for containing the history of the sister colonies. Vir- ginia and Carolina. It is also very useful for the excellent account of the life of the people in colonial times.
MEN, WOMEN AND MANNERS IN COLONIAL TIMES. By Sydney George Fisher. The J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia. $1.80 net. 2 Vols.
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pp. 391 and 393. 104 pages in Vol. II are given to an interesting account of Maryland. Like Fiske's Old Virginia and Her Neighbors it contains much other material useful both in the history of Maryland and the history of the United States.
THE BEGINNERS OF A NATION. By Edward Eggleston. D. Appleton & Co. New York. $1.50. Pages 220-265 are devoted to Maryland ; the author takes the less favorable view of the Calvert policy of toleration, but the account is a careful summary.
THE COLONIAL CAVALIER, OR SOUTHERN LIFE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. By Maud Wilder Goodwin. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. $2.00. An ex- cellent account of the life of the people of Maryland and Virginia in colonial times. Probably no more suitable book for the schoolroom. on this subject, is obtainable ; it is valuable in classes studying United States history as well as in those studying Maryland.
THE SUN ALMANAC. Printed annually by the Baltimore Sun, contains much useful statistical matter, lists of officers, and current history. It is dis- tributed gratuitously to subscribers, and several copies ought to be easily ob- tainable for any school.
MARYLAND AS IT IS. By N. E. Foard. Published by order of the Board of Public Works, 1904. Sun Job Printing Office, Baltimore.
Additional Works
For teachers and others who desire to make a more thorough study of Maryland history the following works are suggested. It is hardly necessary to say that the list is not exhaustive. Books that are out of print can some- times be purchased from second-hand dealers, and in most cases may be con- sulted at the large libraries. Perhaps few will care to study the entire list, but it is extended in order that information may be readily obtained on any particular phase of the subject desired. A few useful works of fiction are included.
CHRONICLES OF COLONIAL MARYLAND. By James Walter Thomas. The Baltimore Book Co. Baltimore. $5.00. Contains an elaborate map of St. Mary's and vicinity in the early days.
HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MARYLAND. By John V. L. McMahon. The Cushing Co. Baltimore. $2.50.
THE FURNITURE OF OUR FOREFATHERS (VOL. I, VIRGINIA AND THE SOUTH). By Esther Singleton. Doubleday, Page & Co. New York. $2.00. (Complete in eight parts, $16.00.) The work contains numerous handsome plates and an inventory of the possessions of Governor Leonard Calvert.
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HISTORY OF MARYLAND (to 1658). By John Leeds Bozman. 2 Vols. Out of print. An exhaustive work.
FOUNDERS OF MARYLAND, and TERRA MARIA. By E. D. Neill. Both out of print.
HISTORY OF MARYLAND (to 1880). By J. Thomas Scharf. Three large vol- umes. Out of print. This is the most extensive work on Maryland history. Unfortunately, it is not always critical. One extremely valuable feature of the work is frequent and lengthy quotations from letters, pamphlets, and other original documents.
CHRONICLES OF BALTIMORE. By J. Thomas Scharf. Out of print.
STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF EARLY MARYLAND. By Theodore C. Gam- brall. Out of print.
THE ANCIENT CITY. (A history of Annapolis.) By Elihu S. Riley. Annapolis. $1.50.
MARYLAND : ITS RESOURCES, INDUSTRIES, AND INSTITUTIONS. Prepared by members of the Johns Hopkins University and others in 1893, for the Maryland Board of Managers of the World's Fair.
The admirable series of Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science contains a number of valuable works on Maryland history. A complete list may be obtained by addressing the Johns Hopkins Press, Bal- timore. The following numbers will be found especially useful : -
OLD MARYLAND MANORS. By J. H. Johnson. First Series, vii. 30C.
MARYLAND'S INFLUENCE UPON LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES. By Herbert B. Adams. Third Series, i. 75C.
EARLY RELATIONS OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. By J. H. Latané. Thirteenth Series, iii and iv. 50C.
CAUSES OF THE MARYLAND REVOLUTION OF 1689. By Francis E. Sparks. Fourteenth Series, xi and xii. 50C.
LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION OF SIR ROBERT EDEN. By Bernard C. Steiner. Sixteenth Series, vii-ix. $1.00.
EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL PROJECT. By George W. Ward. Seventeenth Series, ix, x, and xi. 75C.
GOVERNOR HICKS OF MARYLAND AND THE CIVIL WAR. By G. L. Rad- cliffe. Nineteenth Series, xi-xii. 50C.
BEGINNINGS OF MARYLAND. By Bernard C. Steiner. Twenty-first Series, viii-x. 75c.
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Publications of the Maryland Historical Society
A list of these valuable works may be obtained by addressing the Librarian. Athenaum Building, Baltimore, Maryland. The following are especially suggested : -
Fund Publications - 37 Numbers
2. THE FIRST COMMANDER OF KENT ISLAND. By S. F. Streeter. 44 pp. 75C.
7. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO MARYLAND. By Father Andrew White. 128 pp. $2.00.
15. A CHARACTER OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND. By George Alsop. (Originally published in 1666.) $5.00.
18. FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND AND ORIGIN OF THE ACT CONCERNING RELIGION. By Bradley T. Johnson. 210 pp. $2.00.
21. MARYLAND IN LIBERIA. By J. H. B. Latrobe. 128 pp. $1.50.
23. THE GREAT SEAL OF MARYLAND. By Clayton C. Hall. Four plates. $1.25.
36. EARLY MARYLAND POETRY. Ed. by B. C. Steiner. Two plates. $1.25.
Very interesting and valuable also are the selections from the Calvert Papers found in numbers 28, 34, and 35.
Twenty-four volumes of the Archives of Maryland have been published. They embrace proceedings of the General Assembly (from 1637), of the ex- ecutive council (from 1636), and of the provincial court (from 1637) ; the correspondence of Governor Horatio Sharpe ; and papers relating to the Rev- olutionary War. The price per volume is $2.50 in paper. $3.00 in cloth, except Vol. XVIII (Muster Rolls of the Revolution), which is $5.00.
Fiction
RICHARD CARVEL. By Winston Churchill. The Macmillan Co. New York. $1.50.
A MARYLAND MANOR. By Frederick Emory. F. A. Stokes & Co. New York. $1.50.
THE TOWER OF WYE. BY W. H. Babcock. Henry T. Coates & Co. Philadelphia. $1.50.
KENT FORT MANOR. By W. H. Babcock. Henry T. Coates & Co. Philadelphia. $1.00.
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SIR CHRISTOPHER. By Maud Wilder Goodwin. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. $1.50.
MISTRESS BRENT. By Lucy M. Thruston. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. $1.50.
JACK AND HIS ISLAND. By Lucy M. Thruston. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. $1.20 net.
ROB OF THE BOWL. By John P. Kennedy. Out of print.
Periodical Literature
Many useful and interesting magazine articles may be found by consulting Poole's Index to Periodical Literature.
INDEX
The numbers refer to pages. The topics printed in black type are especially intended for review references, making it possible to trace certain movements or developments.
Abolitionists, 168.
Agriculture, the sole occupation in early Maryland, 21, 63-64.
methods in colonial times, 100-IOI. at the present time, 203.
Altona, 53.
American Colonization Society, 167.
Amusements in colonial times, 107-108.
Annapolis, settlement of, 41.
becomes capital of Maryland, 62.
character in early days, 64, 102.
centre of gayety and fashion, 107-108.
capital of the United States, 129.
Washington surrenders his commission in State House at, 129.
loses representation in House of Dele- gates, 162.
Anne Arundel county formed and named, 4I. Antietam, battle of, 177.
Aquarian products of Maryland, in the prov- ince, 19, 63. in the state, 204-205. Archives of the province, 214.
Ark and Dove, 14.
Armistead, Major, in command of Fort McHenry, 150. monument to, 194.
Art galleries, 215.
Articles of Confederation, first constitution of the U. S., 135.
Maryland refuses to adopt at first, 135-136. adopted by Maryland, 137. prove unsatisfactory, 138. supplanted by the Constitution, 139. Assembly, Legislative, the first, 19. of 1638, not representative, proxies, 20.
Assembly, Legislative, continued. of 1639, made representative, 31. made bicameral, 32, 49.
Houses engage in controversy, 58, 72, 82. votes gift of 100,000 pounds of tobacco to second proprietary, 58.
asserts popular rights at time of Revolu- tion, 85.
General Assembly of state established, 94. sessions made biennial, 163.
under Constitution of 1867, 184.
rejects fifteenth amendment to Constitu- tion of the U. S., 186.
Attorney-general of Maryland, 185.
Augusta Carolina, 17.
becomes St. Mary's county, 22.
Australian ballot, 202. Avalon, 5.
Baltimore city, founded, 72.
Germans immigrate to, 74.
rapid growth of, 102. capital of the U. S., 119.
leads in fitting out privateers in the Revo- lution, 129.
zeal and patriotism in War of 1812, 146.
threatened by the British, 147.
attacked by the British, 149-153.
called the " Monumental City," 157.
B. & O. R. R. Co. formed in, 158.
terminal of first electric telegraph line, 162. representation in House of Delegates, 162, 184.
Sixth Massachusetts regiment mobbed in, 172. representation in the General Assembly, 184.
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Baltimore city, continued.
judicial system of, 185. lower parts are flooded, 186.
public buildings of, 186-187. has first electric railway, 193. defense celebrated, 193. manufacturing industries, 205. commercial center of Maryland, 207.
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