The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-03-30

cided that the constitutional amend
ment must be submitted to a vote of
the people by Governor Warfield.
The court overruled the demurrer
filed by Attorney General BRYAN for
the Governor and decided to grant
the writ of mandamus asked for by
Murray Vandiver, state treasurer,
who filed the bill as private Citizen.
The Governor at once appealed, and
the Court of Appeals took up the
matter for final adjudication.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
An act to amend section of
article of the constitution of this
state and to provide for the submis-
sion of said Amendment to the quail
fled voters of this state for adoption
or rejection"
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, three
fifths of all the members of each of
the two houses cOncurring. that the
following section be and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to
section / of article of the constitu-
ton of this state, and il adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof,
as herein provided, it shall supersede
and stand in place and stead of see
ton / of said article 1.
election. Tho 400
pie shall be bv ballot. Every male
citizen of the United States, whether
native born or naturalized, of the age
of u years or upward who have resid-
ed 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 pre-
ceding the election. and who, more
over, is duly registered as qualified
voter, as provided in this article, shall
be entitled TO vote III the ward or
election district in which he resides at
all elections hereafter to be held in
this state, and in case any cOuntylor
city shall he so divided as to form
portions of different electoral district
for the election of representative in
Congress, senators, delegates or other
officers, then TO entitle person to
vote for such officer he must have
been resident of that part of the
county or city which shall form a
part of the electoral district in which
he offers to vote for six months next
preceding the election, but 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 until he shall
have acquired residence in 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 so as to become,a qualified voter
if 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 to give reason
able explanation of same: or if un-
able from physical disability to read
such section, able to understand and
give IA reasonable explanation there
of when read TO him by the registra-
tion officers; or
Second. \ person, who on the frs t
day.of January, 1869, or prior thereto
was entitled to vote under the laws
of this state or of any other state of
the United States wherein he then
resided; or
Third Any male lineal descendant
of such last mentioned person. No
person not thus qualified by coming
under some one of the above descrip-
tions shall be entitled to be registered
as qualified voter nor be entitled to
vote
Sec. ,. And be 1t further enacted,
That the foregoing section hereby
proposed as an amendment to the
constitution of this state shall be at
the next general election of members
of the General Assembly to be held in
I this state submitted to the legal and
qualified Yotors thereof for their adop-
ton or rejection in pursuance of the
direction contained,in article IA of the
constitution, and at said election the
vote on said proposed amendment
shall be by ballot, and upon such bal
lot shall be written or printed the
words For the Constitutional
Amendment, - or'Against the Consti-
tutional Amendment as the voters
shall elect and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made to
the Governor of the vote on said pro-
posed amendment, as directed by the
said fourteenth article of the consti-
tuition"
CASTORIA