The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-10-20
CHAPTER 90.

AN ACT to amend Section of Article / of
the Constitution of this State and to provide
for the submission Of said amendment to the
qualified voters of this State for adoption or
rejection.
SEcTIuN |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three- tifths of I'LL the
members of each of the two Houses CONCUR
ingl That the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as IN amendment to
Section ! Of Article l OF the Constitution OF
this State and il adopted by the legal and
uuaiilicd voters thereof, as herein provided, il
shall supcrscde and stand in the place and
stead of Section | of said Article l.
SECTIaS /. All elections by the people
shall he by ballot, Every male citizen of the
United States, whether native, born or natur-
allied. OF the age of 81 years or upwards:
who has resided iii the State foro year and
in the Legislative district of Baltimore city
or in the county i'll which he may offer to
vote for six months next preceding the cleo
ton, and who moreover is duly registered rs
Il qualified voter, as provided in this article,
shall be entitled to vote in the ward cleo.
ton district in which nc resides at all cleo
tons hereinafter to be held i'll this State; and
in case any county or city shall he 81 divided
as to form portions OF different electoral dis
tricts for the election of Representatives, in
Congress, senators, Delegates or other
officers. then, to cntltle Il person to vote Tor
such officer, he must have been a resident OF
that part of the county or city which shall
form il part of the electoral district in which
he offers 10 vote for six months next proceed
ing the election, but n person who shall have
acquired residence in such county or city,
emitting him to vote at amy such election,
shall he entitled to vote in the election dis
trict from which he removed until he shall
have acquired residence i'll 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 residence shall be entitled to be regis
tered to become a qualified voter II he be.
FirSt-A person able to read any section OF
the Constitution of the State submitted to
him by the officers of registration and to give
a reasonable explanation OF the same or II
..,I
stand and give explanation thereof when
read to HIM by the Tcgistra ton officers; or
Sccond-A person who on the first day of
January, SG9, or prior thereof was entitled
to vote under the laws OF this State or any
other State of the United States wherein he
then resided,
| aforementioned person who may be twenty
one t2l years Of age or over in the year / 200
No person not thus qualified by coming
under some one OF the above descriptions
! shall be entitled to be registered as quail
| fed voter. nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION .. And be it further enacted;
| That the foregoing section hereby proposed
| as amendment to the Constitution OF this
| State shall be a the next general election for
members OF the General Assembly to be held
| in this State su omitted TO the legal ana
| qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
| rejection in pursuance of the direction con
| tanned in Article XIV of the Constitution,
| and at said election the otc 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 ~ gitinSt the constitutional Amendment,
as the voter shall elect; and Immediately after
said election due returns shall he made to the
| Governor OF the vote on said proposed amend
| ment az directed by the said NlNth Article OF
| the Constitution.
| This is to certify that this cngrosscd docu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the Con
stitutien of the State of Maryland, the origi-
| nal of which was passed by the Senate by
yeas and nays moro than thrcc-iifths of al
| members elected voting in the affirmative on
| March 3, 1904.
| SPENCER {. JONDS,
President OF the Senate.
| ROBERT MOSS,
| Secretary OF the Senate.