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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Amendment
to Constitu-
tion.

ring), that the following additional section be and the same
hereby is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of
this State; and if adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided, it shall stand and be known as
section eleven of Article fifteen of said Constitution.

Appoint-
ments to be
made on
merit
system.

11. Appointments in the civil service of the State in the
municipalities and counties of the State, shall be made accord-
ing to merit and fitness, to be ascertained so far as practicable
by examination, which shall be competitive, except appoint-
ments which are subject to confirmation by the Senate, and the
General Assembly shall pass all such laws as may be necessary
more fully to carry into effect the provisions of this section.

Amendment
to be voted
on.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore-
said, That the said foregoing section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of this State shall be at the
next general election held in this State, submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their adoption or rejection, in
pursuance of the directions contained in Article fourteen
of the Constitution of this State, and at the said general elec-
tion, the vote on said proposed amendment to the Constitution
shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot used at said election,
shall be printed, after the list of candidates, the question con-
cerning the adoption or rejection of said proposed constitu-
tional amendment, so that each voter at such election can
designate thereon in the manner prescribed by law, whether
his vote is "For the Constitutional Amendment," or "Against
the Constitutional Amendments," as he shall elect, and imme-
diately after said election, due return shall be made to the
Governor of the State, of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by said fourteenth article of the
Constitution.
Approved April 4, 1896.