Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-02

| WHEREAS, ~ the January SESSION
1T the General Assembly of Maryland.
| held in the wear nf our Lord one ihnu-
sand nine hundred and four, two bills
were passed. one proposing an am nd.
ment to Section of Articl Of the Con
| sfitutiOn Of the State, the other propos.
ing AN amendment To Section "a of Arti.
Gle of the Constitution of the State,
which said bills are in the words follow.
ing, to wit
CHAPTER 96.
AN ACT to amend Section / of Article
| of the Constitution of this State and
To provide for the submission OF said
amendment to the qualified voters OF
this state State for adoption or reject
ton.
SECTIONS |. BE II cndeisd BIZ Mf Gen.
erdi .lSmHbIy of Maryland three-fifths
of all the members of each IL the two
concurring). That the following section
be- aud the same is hereby proposed as
an amendment to Section Of Article |
of the Constitution Of this State. and II
,dupted BY the legal aud qualified vot-
ers thereof, as herein provided. il shall
supersede and stand in place and stead
of Section of said Article /.
SECTION /. All elections by the peo-
pie shall be- by ballot. Every male ciii-
zen OF the United States. whether native
horn or naturalized. of the age Of 81
wears upwards. who has resided in this
State for one year aud in the Legislative
district of Baltimor, city or in the conn
~ in which he may offer to vote for six
months next pit ocecding the election. and
who moreover is duly registered as "a
qualified voter. as provided in this Arti-
Gle. shall be entitled tn vote in the ward
or election district in which he resides
at all elections hereafter 10 be- held IN
this State; aud in case any county or
city shall be so divided as to form por-
tions of different electoral districts for
the election of Representatives in Con.
gress, Senators, Delegates or other Off
GERS, then, TO entitle IA person to vote L r
such officer, he must have been resi-
dent Of that part of the county or city
which shall form part of the electoral
district in which he offers tn vote for six
months next preceding the election. but
person who shall have acquired resi-
deuce in such county or city. emitting
him To vote ut 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 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 resi-
dence shall be entitled tn he registered
So as to become qualified voter IL he
| be-
First--A person able 10 read any sec
tion of the Constitution Of this State
submitted to him by the officers Of regis.
tration and to give u reasonable explain
alton of the same; or II unable 10 read
such section is able 10 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. 1869. or prior thereto. was
entitled to vote under the laws of this
State or of any other STATE OF thu United
States wherein he then resided; or
Third-Any male lineal descendant
OF such last mentioned person who may
he twenty one (2l years of age or over
in the year 1906.
No person not thus qualified by com
| ing under some one of the above des-
criptions shall be entitled To be register
ed as qualified voter, nor b. entitled
| to vote.
SECTION 2. And be- Il further enacted.
| That the foregoing section hereby pro-
posed as amendment 10 the Constitution
of this State shall be at the next gener
al election for members of the General
Assembly 10 be held in this State sub
mitted TO the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection
in pursuance of the direction contained
in Article XIV Of the Constitution, and
ut said election the vote ON said propos-
ed amendment sha be by ballot. aud
upon g CHI ballot there shall be written
or printed the words For the Consiifu-
tional Amendment" or against the
Constitutional Amendment. as the vot-
ers shall elect; and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made
70 the Governor of the vote on said pro-
posed amendment as directed by the
said X1Vth Article Of the Constitution.
This is TO certy that this cngrossed
document proposing an Amendment TO
the Constitution of the State of Mary
land, the original Of which was passed
by the Senate by yeas and nays, more
than three-fifth OF all members elected
voting in the affirmative, on March 3.
1904.
SPENCER @. JONES,
President Of he Semdte.
ROBERT MOSS.
,Ssrrsinry Of fhS iSennfe