Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-08-05
Proclamation

WHEREAS. ut the January Session
of the General Assembly of Maryland.
held i'm the wear Of our Lord one hon
sand nine hundred and four, two bills
were passed. one proposing an am nd
ment to Section of Articl. of the Con
stitution of the State. the other propns-
ing an amendment Ia Section "a of Arti-
Gle = of the Constitution of the State.
which said bills are in the words follow
ing. to wit:
CHAPTER SO.
AN ACT to amend Section ! of Article
of the Constil ution of this State and
TO provide for the submission o, said
amendment to the qualified voters of
this state State for adoption or reject
ton
SECTIONS /. BE- u endcfcd Jy The GEM
erdl assembly of Maryland three fifths
of all the members of each Of the two
concurring). That the following section
be and 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 1. All elections by the peo-
ple shall be by ballot. Every male citi-
zen of the United States. whether native
born or naturalized. of the age of 81
wears upwards, who has resided in this
State for one year and in the Legislative
district of Baltimore city or in the coun-
sol. 10 for. ~
months next proceeding the election. aud
who moreover Is duly registered as a
qualified voter. as provided In this Arti-
Gle, shall be entitled to vote IN the ward
or election district III which he resides
at all elections hereafter to be held III
this State; and i'll case any county or
city shall be so divided as to form por-
tions of different electoral districts for
the election of Representatives in Con
gress, Senators, Delegates or other Off
GERS, then, to entitle person TO vote r
such officer, he must have been a 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
a person who shall have acquired resi-
dence 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 Il 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 if 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 and to give reasonable explain
alton of the same; or if unable to read
such section is able to understand and
give 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 the United
States wherein he then resided; or
Thlrd-Any male lineal descendant
OF such last mentioned person who may
he twenty-one (2l) 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 az qualified voter, nor b. entitled
10 vote.
SECTION 2. And be II further endcted,
That the foregoing section hereby pro-
posed as amendment TO the Constitution
of this State shall be at the next gener-
al election for members of the General
10 hal s..f IN ctrh
mitted to the legal and 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 shall be by ballot, and
upon each 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
to the Governor of the vote on said pro-
posed amendment as directed by the
said XIVth Article of the Constitution.
This is to 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 i'm the affirmative, on March 3,
1904.
SPENCER @. JONES.
President Of the Senate.
ROBERT MOSS.
Secretary cf the Sendte.
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