Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-10-21
Proclamation

WHEREAS. ~ the January Session
nf the General Assembly of Maryland.
held in the wear Of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and four. two bills
were passed. one proposing an mud
ment to Section | Of Articl Of the Con
stitution of the State, the other prOpos-
ing AN amendment To Section 81 Of Arii-
Gle , Of the Constitution Of the State.
which said bills are in the words follow
ing. to wit
CHAPTER 96.
AN ACT 10 amend Section Of Artic'.
| OF the CONSTR ution Of this State anh
to provide for the submission OF said
amendment to the qualified voters Of
this state State for adoption or reject
ton.
SECTIONS L. BE il endcied by The Gen.
erdi .issembiy Of Maryl1nd (three.fifths
of all the members of each If the two
concurring). That the following section
be aud the same is hereby proposed as
AN amendment to Section OF Article
of the Constitution Of this State. and il
adopted BY the legal and qualified vot-
ers thereof, as herein provided. il shall
supersede and stand in place and stead
Of Section of said Article /.
SECTION /. All elections by the peo-
pie shall be- by ballot Every male citi-
zen OF the United States. whether native
born or naturalized. of the age Of 81
years upwards, who has resided in this
State for one year and in the Legislative
district of BaltimOrt city or in the coun-
~ in which he may offer to vote for six
months next pr oceeding the election. aud
| saA ssla ftafn r.ad "a "a
qualified voter. as provided in this Arti
Gle, shall be entitled to vote in the ward
or election district in which he resides
at all elections hereafter 10 be held in
this State; aud in case any county or
city shall be so divided rs To form por-
lions of different electoral districts for
the election of Representatives in Con
gress, Senators. Delegates or other Off
GERS. then, to entitle person to vote fir
such officer, he must have been resi-
dent of that part OF the county or city
which shall form part Of the electoral
district in which he offers to vote for six
months next preceding the election. but
person who shall have acquired resi-
deuce in such 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 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
prescribed qualifications of age and resi-
dence shall be entitled TO he registered
so as to become qualified voter II he
be-
First-A person able TO read any sec.
ton of the Constitution of this State
submitted to him by the officers of regis
tration aud TO give reasonable explain.
alton of the same; or II unable to read
such section is able to understand aud
give a reasonable explanation thereof
when read TO him by the registration
officers: or
Second-A person who on the first day
Of January. 1869. or prior thereto, was
entitled To vote under the laws of this
State or Of any other State Of tn United
States wherein he then resided; or
| Third-Any male lineal descendant
OF such last mentioned person who may
be twenty -one (2D years Of age or over
in the year 1906
| No person not thus qualified by com
ing under some one Of the above des-
criptions shall be entitled to be register.
ed as qualified voter. nor b. entitled
to vote.
SECTION 2. Ind be II further enacted,
That the foregoing section hereby pro.
posed as amendment 10 the Constitution
Of this State shall be at the next gener
nj election for members Of the General
Assembly TO be held in this State sub
mitted 10 the legal aud qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection
in pursuance of the direction contained
in Article XIV Of the Constitution, and
at said election the vote on said propos-
ed amendment sha be by ballot. and
upon CHI ballot there shall be written
or printed the words For the Constitu-
tional Amendment" or Against the
Constitutional Amendment. as the vot
ers shall elect; and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made
20 the Governor OF the vote on said pro-
posed amendment as directed by the
said XIyth Article of the Constitution
This is 10 certy that this engrossed
document proposing an Amendment TO
the Constitution Of the State of Mary
land, the original Of which was passed
by the Senate by yeas and nays, more
than three-fifths Of all members elected
voting in the affirmative, on March 5.
1904.
SPENCER G. JONES,
President If The Senate.
ROBERT MOSS.
Secretary of The Senate.