Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-10-28
Proclamation

WHEREAS. at the January Session
of the General Assembly of Maryland.
held in the wear of our Lard one hon
sand nine hundred and four, two bills
were passed. one proposing an am nd
mcnt IL Section OF Artcl Of the Con
stitution of the State. the other propos-
ing an amendment 10 Section 81 Of Arii-
Gle of the Constitution oi the State.
which said bills are Ia The words follow
ing. To wit:
CHAPTER 30.
AN ACT to amend Section OF Article
OF the Cuisii ufinn ~ this State and
to provide for the submission o. said
amendment tu the qualified voters Of
this state State for adoption or reject
ton.
SECTIONS l.. Il, u eapct,d IN M Gen.
rraf .tss.bhig III HsgiplM thr,e.tifths
Of all the members Of each uf the two
concurring) That the following section
be aud the same is hereby proposed a.
an amendment tn Section of Article
Of the Constitution of this State. aud II
idupted by the legal and qualified voi-
ers thereof. as herein provided. II shall
supcrsede aud stand ~ place and stead
of Section of said Article /.
SECTION /. All elections by the peo-
pie shall b.. by ballot Every male ciii-
zen of the United States. whether native
horn or naturalized. Of the age OF q
wears upwards, who hns r. sided III this
State for one year and III the Legislative
district of Balumor city or in the conn
~ in which he may offer tovote for SIX
months nextp oceeding the election, aud
who moreover l. duly registered a. u
qualified voter. a. provided ~ this Arti-
Gle. shall b. entitled to vote III III" ward
or election district IN which he resides
~ all elections hereafter To br held III
this State; ard IN case any county or
city shall he so divided aS To form pnr
iions of different electoral districts tor
the election OF Representatives IN Con
gress. Senators, Delegates ~ other oiti
Gers, then, To cntitlc - person Ia vote
such officer. he must have been u resi-
dent of that part of the county or ciiN
which shall form 4 part ~ the ~, cioral
district in which he offers 10 vote Tor SIX
months next prcc, ding the election. but
"A person who shall have acquired resi-
deuce in such county ar Ciiy. emitting
him a. vote at any snch election, shall
be entitled To vote in the election dis
trlct from which he removed until he
shall have acquired residence III the
part Of the county or city 10 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 10 he registered
sn as Ia become "A qualified voter II he
be-
FirSt-A person able To read any sec
ton uf the Constitution of this State
submitted tn him by the officers of regis
traiiOn and t. give u reasonable explain
alton of the same; or II unable To read
such section Is able tn understand and
give a reasonable explanation thereof
when read "a him hy The registration
officers: or
second \ person who on the first day
of January. 1869. or PRIOR thereto. was
entitled To vote under the laws of tins
State or of any other Stat, of th' United
States wherein he then resided; or
Third-Any male lincal descendant
oI such last mentioned person who may
he twcnty-onc eel years of age or over
in the year 1906.
M person not thus qualified by com
ing under some one of the above de>-
criptions shall be entitled To be- register.
ed as qualified voter. nor b entitled
tO vote.
SECTION =. Ind b., II fpfhcy ,Hdcitd.
That the foregoing section hereby pro-
posed as amendment 10 the Constitution
OF this State shall be at the next gencr
al election for members Of the General
Assembly 10 be held in this State sub
mitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection
in pursuance of the direction contained
in Article NV of the Constitution. and
at said election the vote on said prnpos-
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, ~ the vot-
ers shall elect; and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made
10 the Governor OF the vote on said pro-
posed amendment as directed by the
said XINth 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 in the affirmative, on March 3.
1904.
SPENCER @. JONES.
Presnish II Ne Setaic.
ROBERT MOSS.
!SccriHrg II M Ncnoi,.