Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-21
PRoCLAMATION

WHEREAS, at the January Session g
the General Assembly Of Maryland, held In
the year OF our Lord enc thousand nine
hundred and four. two bills were passed,
one proposing an amendment 10 Section
Of Article / OF the Constitution OF the
state. the other proposing an amendment
10 Section 81 Of Article Of the Constitu-
ton Of the State. which said bills are IN
Tie words following. to wit:
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT to amend Section ! OF Article
Of the Constitution Of this state ana 70
provide for the sibmissi II OF said amend
gneAt TO the qualified voters or TINS State
Tor adoption or rejection.
SECTION I. BE Ct enacted bv the GeHerdt
Assembly Of Maryland tthree-ffths Of all
the members Of each OF the two Houses con- con-
curringl. That the following section be aad
the same is hereby proposed as an arena
nlent t. Section Of Article OF the consul
tuition OF this State, and il adopted hy the
legal and qualified voters thereon, as herein
provided, Il shall supersede and stand n
place and stead of Section OF said Artl-
Gle /.
section /. All elections by the people
shall he by ballot. Every male citizen or
the United States, whether. native born or
naturalized. OF the age of II years or up
wards, who has resided IN this state Tor ore
year and In the legislative district of Balti-
offer to vote fer six months next preeedi2
the election, and Who moreover IS ully req
isfered as q qualified vcter. as provided n
this Article, SHALL be entitled TO vote IN ire
ward or election district in which he re-
sides at ell elections hereafter to be held
in this State and in case any county or
city shall be so divided as to form portions
OF different electoral districts for the eIec-
tion OF Representatives Ia CONGRESS-, Se2-
ators, Delegates or other officers, then, 70
ea1ltle person 70 vote for such officer, ne
l. ~ TI.a.e - Ha~H M
the county or city which sSsN form pert
of the elect-ral district n which be offers
70 vote fer s--1 mCStbS next preceding tee
election, but q rerson wso shall have &c
CURED d residence in sGcA county or city,
emitting him to vote at any such election,
shall be entitled to vote IN the election dis
trict from which he removed until he shall
have acquired q residence in the part of the
county or city to which he has removed.
Every such male citizen Of the United states
having the above-prescr. bed qualifications
OF age and residence SHALL be entitled to be
registered so as to become Q-alihed voter
ii he be-
First-A person able to read any section
of the Constitution OF this state s%biaitted
10 him -by the officers Of registration ard to
give a reasonable explanation of tae same
or IL unable to read such section is able 70
understand and give reasonable eXplanG-
ton thereof when read to him BY the regis
tratlon officers or
pSecond--A person who on the first day Of
January. 1850, or prior thereto. was e.
IlIitu TO VOTE HlAHI the ldMH VI lis lNt--A~
or of any other State CT the United States
wherein he then resided or
Third-Any male Ideal descendant OF
s-ch last-nentio@ed person w-lo mcy be
tvscnty-c1e CAY years Of age or over In the
year 1905.
No pe-5on not thus qualified by coming
under some o-e OF. the above deseriptio..s
shall be entitled to he registered as quail
fed voter. nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION .. And be % further enacted,
That the foregoi-g section hereby proposed
as amendment TO tie Constitution of this
State shell be at the next general election
for members of TIE General Assembly TO be
held in this State submitted to the legal
and qualified voters thereof for their adop-
tion or rejection in p-rsv9rce of the direc-
ton contained in Article XIV Of the Const-
tuition, and ct said election the vote on said
proposed amendment shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot there shall be written or
printed the words For the Constitutional
Amendments" or against the Constitu-
tlonaI amendment" as the voters shall
elect; and immediately after said election
due returns shall be made 70 the Governor
OF the Ycta on said prouosed amendment as
directed by the said XIVth Article OF the
Constitution.