The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-09-09
miscellaneous.
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WHEREAS, at the January Session of the
General Assembly Of Maryland, held in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and four, two bills were passed, one proposing
an amendment to Section ! of Article of the
Constitution of the state, the other proposing
an amendment to Section "a of Article of the
Constitution of the State, which said bills are in
the words following, to wit:
CHAPTER SO.
AN ACT to amend Section of Article of the
Constitution of this State and to provide for
the submission of said amendment to the quail
flied voters of this State for adoption or re-
SECTION l. Be IL enacted 5y the General assembly
of Mdryland, (three afths of all the members of
each of the two Houses c0ncurring), That the
following section be and the same Is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to Section of Article
of the Constitution of this state. and If adopted
srs sne ,egdi ana l. 9Saned vosers as
place and stead of Section l of said Article l.:
SECTION !. All elections by the people shall
be by ballot. Every male citizen of the United
States, whether native born or naturalized, of
the age OF II years or upwards, who has resided
in this State for one year and in the Legislative
which he may offer to vote for six months next
preceding the election. and who moreover is
in this Article, 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 di-
vided as to form portions of different electoral
districts for the election of Representatives in
Congress, Senators, Delegates or other officers,
then, to entitle person to vote for such officer,
he must have been a resident of that part of thS
county or city which shall form part of the
electoral district in which he offers to vote for
six months next preceding the election. bat
person who shall have acquired 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 a residence in the
81 tne or city e which ne has
States having the above prescribed qualifica-
tions of age and residence shall be entitled to be
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 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 jan
uary iS69' or prior thereto, was entitled to vote
of the United States wherein he then resided or
Third-Any male lineal descendant of such
| Aforementioned person who may be twenty-one
| GIL 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 en-
| titled to be registered as qualified voter, nor
| be entitled to vote.
SECTION 2. And be 1t further enacted, That the
menf 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 SUBJ
| for their adoption or rejection in pursuance of
| the direction contained in Article XIV OF the
| Constitution, and at said election the vote on
| said proposed amendment shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot there shall be written or print
ed the words For the Constitutional Amend
ment,' or Against the Constitutional Amend
| ment," as the voters shall elect; and Immediate
| ly after said election due returns shall be made
| to the Governor of the vote on said proposed
amendment as directed by the said XIVth Arti-
| Gle of the Constitution
| nL.. q. a. .....e.. ~ u ~
| proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, the original of which was
| passed by the Senate by yeas and nays, more
! than three f1fths of all members elected voting
| in the affirmative, on March g. 1904.
| SPENCER G. JONES,
| - President Of the Senate.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary Of the Senate.
This is to certify that this engrossed document
| proposing en- Amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, the original of which was
/ passed by the House of Delegates by yeas and
nays. more than three-fifths 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.