The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-08-10

CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT to amend Section of Article / 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.
| SECTIoNI. BE it cauctcd by the C;cac,qJ IN
| se0tbB Of MQJBiGad three ffths 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 l OF the Constitution
| of this State. and if adopted by the legal and
| qualited voters thereof. as herein provided.
! IL shall Supersede and stand in place and
| stead of section l Of said Article |.
| SECTION /. All elections by the people
| shall be by ballot. Every male citizen of the
| / nlted states, whether native born or nat
| uraliZed, of the age of 81 wears or upwards
| who has resided in this State for one wear
| 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 is duly register
| ed as qualified voter, as provided in this
| Article, shall be entitled to vote in the ward
| or election district i'm 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 portions Ofdiferent cleo
| toral districts for the election OF Represen-
| tativeS in Congress, Senators. Delegates. or
| other officers, then to entitle a person to
| vote for such officer, he must have been a
| resident of that part of the county or CITY
| which SHAH form part of the electoral dis
| CllcU IN which he offers to vote for six months
| llENb lIlGNGiAlil5 I-lt tlttIlOls bQU q person
| who shall have acquired a residence in such
| county or city, emitting him to vote at any
| such election. shall be entitled to vote in the
election district from which he removed un-
| til he shall have acquired a residence in the
! part of the county or city to which he has
| removed. Every such male citizen Of the
| ultcd states having the above prescribed
4uulncaUOhS or age and residence shall be
| entitled to be registered so as to become a
| qualified voter if he be
| tust-A person able to read any section.
| OF Llle CONSTITUTION OF this State submitted
| to him by the officers of registration and to
| give reas Enable explanation of the same;
| or if unable TO read such section is able to
understand and give reasonable eXplana-
| JIOn thereof when read to linn by the regis
| tratiOn officers: OF
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 United States where
| in lie then resided; or
Third-Any male lineal descendant Of such
| aforementioned person who may be twenty
one t2ll years or over in the year 1866
No person not thus qualified by coming
under some one Of the above descriptions
| shall be entitled to he registered as a quali-
| lied voter, nor be entitled to vote
SECTION >. 4Hd BIZ il Ht7de,. c9ucie9 That
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 abortion
or rejection in pursuance Of the direction
contained in Article NV Of the Constitu-
UlOu ana at Salu 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-
tlOnal Amendment as the voters Shall elect:
and Immediately after said election due re
turns shall be made to the Governor of the
| vote On said proposed amendment as direct
ed by the said AlNth Article Of the COustt-
tuition.
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