Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1905-09-29
PROCLAMATION.


General Assembly of Maryland, held in the
year Of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and four, two bills were passed, one propos-
ing an amendment TO Section / Of Article
of the Constitution OF the STATE, the other
proposing an amendment 10 section "a Of Ar.
ticle 8 Of the Constitution Of the State, which
said bills are in the words following, Co. wit:
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT to amend Section Of Article l Of
the Constitution Of this State and TO pro-
vide for the submission of said amendment
to the qualified voters Of this State for
adoption or rejection.
Section /. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-6fths of all the
members OF each Of the two Houses concur
ring), That the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment TO
Section l Of Article of the Constitution of
this State, and il adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, as herein provided,
il shall supercede and stand in place and
stead OF Section of said Article /.
Section /. All elections by the people
shall be by ballot. Every male citizen Of the
United States, whether native born or natur-
allied, Of the age Of al years or upwards,
who has resided in this state for one year
and in the Legislative district of Baltimore
city or in the county in which he may offer
to vote for six months next preceding the
election, and who moreover 10 duly registered
as aqualifed voter, as provided in this Arti-
Gle, shall be entitled TO vote in the ward or
election district in which he resides at all
elections hereafter to be held In this State /;
and in case any county or city shall be so d.
vided as to form portions OF different electoral
districts for the election Of Representatives
In Congress, Senator's, Delegates or other
officers, then, to entitle person 10 vote for
such officer, he must have been resident Of
that part OF the county or city which shall
form part Of the electoral district in which
he otfers 70 vote for six months next proceed
ing the election, but person who shall have
acquired residence In such county or city +,
entitling 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 residence In the part Of tn Q
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 reg
istered so as to become qualified voter il
be be-
First-A person able TO read any section
Of the Constitution of this State submitted
to him by the officers of registration and to
give reasonable explanation 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, 1859, or prior thereto, was enti-
tied TO vote under the laws OF this State or
Of any other State of the United States
wherein be then resided or
Third-Any male lineal descendant OF such
aforementioned person who may be twenty
one (2l) 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 as quail
he'd voter, nor be entitled TO vote.
Section 2. And be it further enacted, That
the foregoing section hereby proposed as
amendment to the Constitution OF this State
shall be at the merit general election for men,
bers of the General Assembly to be held in
this State submitted 10 the legal and quail
fed voters thereof for their adoption or re-
lection in pursuance Of the direction contain
ed in Article XIV of the Constitution, and at
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 and immediate "
after said election due returns shall be made
W tho NoNoTuOr Oi Tue NOte on SAID PROPOSED
amendment as directed by the said XVIII
Article OF the Constitution.
This is to certify that this engrossed doeu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the Con-
stitution OF the State of Maryland, the orig.
inal Of which was passed by the Senate BY
yeas and nays, more than three-ffths of al
members elected voting in the Affirmative, OF
March 3, 1907.
SPENCER @. JONES,
President Of the Senate.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary of the Senate.
This is to certify that this engrossed docu.
ment proposing an Amendment to the Con-
stitution OF the State of Maryland, the orig.
inal Of which was passed by the House O.
Delegates by yeas and nays, more than three
hflhs OF all the members elected voting in the
affirmative, on March 10, 1904.
GEORGE Y. EVERHART,
Speaker Of the House of Delegates.
BENJAMIN l.. SMITH,
Chief Clerk. b.