SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the aforegoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of this State shall be, at the next general election, to be
held in this State in the year 1958, submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their adoption or rejection
in pursuance of directions contained in Article 14 of the
Constitution of this State, and at the said general election,
the vote on the said proposed amendment shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be printed the words "For
the Constitutional Amendment" and "Against the Constitu-
tional Amendment", as now prescribed by law, and imme-
diately after said election, due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said proposed amend-
ment, as directed by said Article 14 of the Constitution.

Approved March 28,1957.

EXPLANATION : Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

CHAPTER 522
(House Bill 66)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section 11 of Article
5 of the Constitution of Maryland, title "Attorney-Gen-
eral and State's Attorneys", sub-title "The State's At-
torneys", providing for filling vacancies in the several
offices of State's Attorneys and submitting this amend-
ment to the qualified voters of the State for their adop-
tion or rejection.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, (Three-fifths of all Members elected to each of
the two Houses concurring), That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to Sec-
tion 11 of Article 5 of the Constitution of Maryland, title
"Attorney-General and State's Attorneys", sub-title "The
State's Attorneys", the same, if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters of the State as herein provided, to become
Section 11 of Article 5 of the Constitution of Maryland.

SEC. 11. In case of a vacancy in the office of State's At-
torney, or of his removal from the county or city in which
he shall have been elected, or on his conviction as herein
specified, the said vacancy shall be filled by the [Judge of
the county or city, respectively, having criminal jurisdiction
in which the said vacancy shall occur,] Judge or Judges