Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-09-14
Proclamation.

~ - &WA& &5&& ~ #1tE u UWArW A4&2lnm nf
the Geueral Assembly of M.rvl.na h.,a
II the v.a~ ...f Ca - ->'s
- one sususanu
ns1s n1nuEea ana -FOUR, two bills were
passed one proposing an amendment to
section Of Article 1 of the Const;,u.
ffofs ,of aha Sf... ,h.
80 osA1s paoposlns an
111s11 - session "a OF Article OF
the Constitution OF the State, which said
bills are In the words foIlowin0 In wit /.
CHATTER %.
An ACT "a smeca sec,io, =, A-,;.,.
1.of the fsonefifusi,,r ~ s,ss G,..a
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9. d, s''-''-- ss's'aoA-
- =fse \ tuaeted by The Gene
- AA emmy Of Maryland Three -fifshs Of
aiithe members OF each of the two Houses
concurringh That the following section
be and the same is hereby proposed as
an amendment TO Section / of Article
of the Constitution Of this State, and n
adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof, as herein provided. IL shall su.
persede and stand in place and stead of
Section of said Article 1.
SECTToS /. All elections by the peop,e
shall be by ballot. Every male citizen Of
the United States. whether native horn
or naturalized. of the age of oi veara or
upwards, who has resided in this state
for one year and in the Legislative dis.
trict of Baltimore city or in the county
In which he may offer to vote for six
months next preceding the election, aud
who moreover is duly registered as a
qualifec voter, as provided in this Arti-
Gle, shall bt 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 divided as to form por-
lions OF different electoral districts for
the election OF Representatives in Con-
gress, Senators, Delegates or other off,
GERS, then, to entitle person to vote for
such olncer, he must have been q resi-
dent OF that part of the county or city
Wnich shall form part of the electoral
uis.lic. In "nicn ne oners TO vote for six
months next preceding the election, but
person VINO snail nave acquired a resi-
! SenSe in sucn county or CITY, emitting
lin 20 vote ~ any such election, shall be
entitled 10 vote In the election district
rom Wnich ne removed until he shall
lave acquIred q residence In the part OF
sas So0usI VI city 20 ~nicn ne mas re-
I1o;,I s.y suSh naie citizen Oh the
"a Hieu ,.s nsaees navinK tne tneaoove-rrescrio-
81 HIaiinoa.iols a. ol age ano residence
snar oe entIeiee 20 DC registered SO asto
oecoac quaineu voter IL ne De
First-A person able to read any Sec
tion OF the Constitution of this State
submitted to him by the officers of regis
tration and to give a reasonable explain
alton of the same; or il unable 20 read
such section 10 able 20 understand and
give q reasonable explanation thereof
when read 20 him by the registration Of
iicers; or
Second--A person who on the first day
af January, 1869, or prior thereto, was
entitled to vote under the laws of this
State or of any other State of the United
Third-Any male lineal descendant Of
such last mentioned person who may be
(21) 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 a
qualified voter, nor lee entitled to vote.
SECTION 2. And be il further enacted
That the foregoing section hereby pro.
posed as amendment to the Constitution
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