the person thus appointed during the recess, or of some other
person in his place, shall be made to the Senate [within thirty
days after the next meeting of the Legislature.] on the first day
of the next regular or special meeting of the Senate.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That said aforegoing sec-
tion hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Maryland shall, at the next general election to
be held in November, 1956, be submitted to the legal and quali-
fied voters of the State, for their adoption or rejection, in
pursuance of the directions contained in Article 14 of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland, and at the said 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 the Constitutional Amendment",
and "Against the Constitutional Amendment", as now pro-
vided 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 directed by said Fourteenth Article
of the Constitution and further proceedings had in accordance
with said Article.

Approved April 25,1955.

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Bracketsl indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.

CHAPTER 725*
(House Bill 529)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 52 (3) of Article 3
of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Legislative Depart-
ment", to provide that in the case of a newly elected Gover-
nor, he shall submit the budget to the General Assembly for
the next ensuing fiscal year not later than February 1 RE-
QUIRING THE GOVERNOR TO SUBMIT THE BUD-
GET TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITHIN TWEN-
TY DAYS AFTER ITS CONVENING IN ODD-NUM-
BERED YEARS and submitting this amendment to the
qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, (Three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the
two Houses concurring), That the following section be and it is

* This bill was not signed by the Governor. Presumably it does not
require his signature, following the holding of the Court of Appeals in the
case of Warfield v Vandiver, 101 Md. 78 (1905).