PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND
REFERENDA TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
PEOPLE AT THE GENERAL ELECTION
IN NOVEMBER, 1940
(Acts of 1939)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

CHAPTER 40

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 17 of Article
4 of the Constitution of the State of Maryland, title "Judici-
ary Department," sub-title "Part 2—Court of Appeals,"
providing for appointment by the Court of Appeals of the
Clerk of said Court, and providing' for the submission of
said amendment to the qualified voters of the State of
Maryland for adoption or rejection.

CHAPTER 163

AN ACT to propose an amendment to article IV of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland, adding thereto two
new sections, to be numbered 41-A and 41-B under a new
sub-title, "Part V-A—People's Courts," and to follow im-
mediately after Section 41 of said Article, providing for
the establishment of People's Courts; and to provide for
the submission of said amendment to the qualified voters
of the State for adoption or rejection.

CHAPTER 200

AN ACT to amend Section 21 of Article 4, title "Judiciary
Department," sub-title "Part III—Circuit Courts" of the
Constitution of this State, and to provide for the submission
of said amendment to the qualified voters of this State for
adoption or rejection. (Providing for an additional Judge
in the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland.)

CHAPTER 247

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 15 of Article
3 of the Constitution of the State of Maryland, title "Leg-
islative Department," regulating the period that the Gen-
eral Assembly may continue its session and the compen-
sation of the members thereof, and to provide for the sub-
mission of said amendment to the qualified voters of the
State of Maryland for adoption or rejection.

CHAPTER 371

AN ACT to amend Section 21 of Article 4, title "Judiciary
Department," sub-title "Part III—Circuit Courts," of the