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provide by suitable enactment for voting by qualified
voters of the State of Maryland who are absent at the
time of any election [[from the ward or election
district]] in which they are entitled to vote and for
voting by other qualified voters who are unable to vote
personally [by reason of physical disability which shall
confine said voters to a hospital or cause them to be
confined to bed, ] and for the manner in which and the
time and place at which such absent voters may vote, and
for the canvass and return of their votes.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
aforegoinq section hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of Maryland, at the next general election to
be held in this State in November, 1974, shall be
submitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions
contained in Article XIV of the Constitution of this
State. At that general election, the vote on this
proposed amendment to the constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed the
words "For the Constitutional Amendments" and "Against
the Constitutional Amendments", as now provided by law.
Immediately after the election, all returns shall be made
to the Governor of the vote for and against the proposed
amendment, as directed by Article XIV of the
Constitution, and further proceedings had in accordance
with Article XIV.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 882
(House Bill 709)
AN ACT concerning

Governor — Compensation

FOR the purpose of increasing the salary of the Governor

and submitting this amendment to the qualified

voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption

or rejection.

By proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Maryland

Article II - Executive Department
Section 21