MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        1693

the said proposed amendments of the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall be printed the words "For the Con-
stitutional Amendments," and "Against the Constitutional Amend-
ments," as now provided by law, and, immediately, after said elec-
tion, all returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed amendments, as directed by said Article XIV
of the Constitution, and further proceedings had in accordance with
said Article XIV.

Approved May 21, 1969.

CHAPTER 788
(Senate Bill 481)

AN ACT to propose amendments to certain sections of the Constitu-
tion of Maryland, being Sections 1, 3 and 13 of Article II, title
"Executive Department," and Sections 14, 15, 27 and 52 (10) of
Article III, title "Legislative Department," providing for the con-
vening of the General Assembly, changing from 70 to 90 days the
maximum duration of regular sessions of the General Assembly,
providing for an additional extension thereof, creating a General
Assembly Compensation Commission to determine the compensa-
tion and retirement allowances of members of the General As-
sembly, making certain compensating changes with respect to the
time for inaugurating the Governor, the time for submitting the
Governor's appointments, the time for completing consideration of
the budget bill, the time for the introduction of bills into the
General Assembly, and providing for the submission of this amend-
ment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their
adoption or rejection.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
(three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two houses
concurring), That the following sections be and the same are hereby
proposed as amendments to Sections 1, 3 and 13 of Article II, title
"Executive Department," and Sections 14, 15, 27 and 52 (10) of
Article III, title "Legislative Department," the same, if adopted by
the legally qualified voters of the State, as herein provided, to become
a part of the Constitution of Maryland:

ARTICLE II
1.

The executive power of the State shall be vested in a Governor,
whose term of office shall commence on the [fourth] third Wednesday
of January next ensuing his election, and continue for four years, and
until his successor shall have qualified; and a person who has served
two consecutive popular elective terms of office as Governor shall be
ineligible to succeed himself as Governor for the term immediately
following the second of said two consecutive popular elective terms.

3.

The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall then open the said
Returns, in the presence of both Houses; and the person having the