The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-10-28
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS. At the January Session Of the
General Assembly, Of Maryland, held IN the
war ii nar Lord one thousand uine hundred
and four. iNo hilis Srrv passed, one proposing
an ,rasudn,en! 10 section I of Article ct the
Constisuisug % the State. The other proposing
an amendment g. Section "a ot Article , a
ghr Constitution Of the STATE. which said biils
are n the ~ard. following. to ut
CHAPTER 20.
AN ACT 10 surnd section Of Article Of
th.. Constitution of this State and tn provide
log the .abunsssion Of said amendment To the
qualified voter, ui Jbis SiAIs for adoption or
rejection.
SrrraS l. BE- II enacted bg the General
tsslsaIlg Of Hlrs{aai three tifihs OF ali the
ulrf,s h-.rs 81 each uf the two Houses concur.
iug1 That thu tollowiag section he and the
sanr j. hereby proposed n Ar amendment TO
Section Of Article of the Constitution OF
tbs State. and II adopted By the lrgal and
qualified voters thereof, ~ herein provided. Z
shall supsrs.eie aud stand ga place and stead
OF SECTION l Of said Article l.
Ss,-rioS l. All elections by the people
shsll be by ballot. Every male eiSiEsu Of the
United States, whether native born or uaiur
allied. at the sge OF u years or upwards, who
has resided ia this State Tor onr year and IN
The Legislative district of Baltimore city or in
the county ia whlch be may offer 10 vote for
six months next preceding the election, aud
Sho moreover is duly registered qualified
voter. A< provided IN this Article, shall be en-.
titled TO vote in the ward OF election district m
wh.ch be resides AT all elections hereafter 10
b. held IN his Stale; and IN case any county
OF eat, shall be so divided 10 form portions
OF different electoral districts Tor the election
Of Representatives IN Congress, Senators,
u Il 81. Ia q
person to vote for such officer, be must have
been resident OF that part OF the county or
city whch shall form part OF the electoral
district in which be offers To vote for six
months next preceding the election, but a
person who shall have acquired q residence IN
such county or city, emitting him to vote at
any such election. shall be entitled 10 vote IN
the election district ron which he removed
until he shall have acquired a residence IN the
part OF the county or city 10 which he has re
moved Every such male citizen OF the
United States having the aboye-prescribed
qualifications of age aud residence shall be
entitled to be registered 50 as 10 become
qualified voter il he be
Firsi-A person able to read any section OF
the Constitution of this State submitted to him
by the officers of registration and 10 give
reasonable explanation of the same; OF II un.
able 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
Thrd-Any male lineal descendant of such
last mentioned person who may be twenty one
CD years of age or over in the year 1906.
No person not thus qualified BY coming
under some one of the above descriptions
shall be entitled to be registered a qualified
voter. nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION 2 And be IL further enacted.
That the foregoing section hereby proposed
as amendment to the Constitution of this State
shall be 81 the next general election for mem
bers of the General Assembly to be held in
this State submitted to the legal aud qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or rejection
in pursuance of the direction contained in
Article NV of the Constitution, and ut said
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be written or printed the words
For the Constitutional Amendment, or
Against the Constitutional Amendment" as
the voters shall elect; aud Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made TO the
Governor of the vote on said proposed amend
ment as directed by the said XlVth Article of
the Constitution.
This is to certify that this engrossed docu-
ment proposing an Amendment TO the Constr
tuition of the State of Maryland, the original
of which was passed by the Senate by yeas
and nays, more than three-6fths of all mem
hers elected voting in the affirmative, on March
3. 1904.
SPENCER c. JONES,
President Of the Senate
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary Of the Senate.