The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-01
CHAPTER 9e.

I AN ACT TO amend Section l OF Article I oil
4 the Constitution of this state and To pro
4 vide for the submission of said amendment
! TO the qualified voters of this State for
adoption or rejection,
! SECTION ]. BE IL enacted on he General
assembly Of .udTglgRd tthree-tiIths of ali the
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring. That the following section be and the
same Is hereby proposed IS an amendment
10 section of Article of the Constitution
OF this state. and If adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereo., as herein provided
1t shall be supersede and stand in place and
stead OF Section OF said Article :.
SECTION l. All elections by the ueople
snail be by ballot. Every male citizen OF
the United states, whether native born or
naturalized, of the age of q years or up-
wards, who has resided in this State for one
/ year and in the Legislative district of Balti-
more city or in the county in which he mss
oher 10 vote FOR siN months next preceding
tne election, and who moreover is duly reg
lstered as qualified voter. as provided in
this Article. shall be entitled to vote i'm tn,
ward or election district in which he II
sides at all elections hereafter to be hel, .
IN this state; and in case any county [
city shall be so divided rs to form portiol \
O. Inherent electoral districts for the a.
uou OF Representatives in Congress, +,
aiorS, Delegates or other officers, thejI | G
entitie peS on TO vote for such oflicef
must nave been resident of that pa, I
the county or city which shall form a ! 1
oi the electoral district in which lie on
TO vote for six months next preceding ii /
election, but a person who Shall have y {
quiftl residence in such county or CITY =
eh'llHng MIN TO vote at any such election
/ snail uc entitled 10 Vote la the election dis
trict from which he removed until he shall
nave acquired residence in the part of the
county or city to which he has removed.
Every such male citizen ofthe nfted states
having the abOVe-preSeribed qualifications
oil age and residence shall be entitled TO be
ii he be
First--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;
or IL unable To read such section is able to
understand and give reasonable explana-
ton thereof when read to him by the regis
tration officers; or
Second-A person who on the first day of
January, 1863, or prior thereto, was entitled
to vote under the laws OF this state or of
any other state of the Udited States wherein
he then resided; or
Third-Any male lineal descendant OF
such aforementioned person who may be
year 1906
No person not thus qualified by coming
under some one of the above descriptions
shall be entitled TO be registered as a quali-
ned voter, nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION 2 Ind be IL further enacted,
Ihat the foregoing section hereby proposed
as amendment to the Constitution of this
state shall be at the next general election
for members of the General Assembly to be
held in this State submitted to the legal
ana qualified voters thereof for their adop-
ton or rejection in pursuance of the direc-
ton contained in Arcicle XIV of the Consti-
tuition, and at 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
Amendment" or against the Constitu-
tfonal Amendment" as the voters shall
elect; and Immediately after said election
due returns shall be made to the Governor
OF the vote on said proposed amendment as
directed by the said AINth Article of the
Constitution.