The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-08-31
CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT to amend Section l Of Articl Of
the constitution of this State and tDrn-
vide for the submission of said amenlent
to the qualified voters of this sta for
adoption or rejection.
SECTION I. BE il cluctcd by the Genelr As
N"ibiV Of jIdYWl0ad lthree-fifths of a the
members Of each Of the two Houses CcsuT-
ring, That the following section be an the
same is hereby proposed as an amenaent
to Section ! of Article / of the Constitution
OF this state, and if adopted by the legland
qualified voters thereof, as herein prOIed,
it shall supersede and stand in plaCand
stead Of Section Of said Article /.
SECTION ]. All elections by the pple
Slall be by ballot. Every male citizen the
United states, whether native born omat-
uralized, OF the age Of q wears or upWrds,
who has resided in this State for One7ear
and in the Legislative district OF BaltaOre
city or in the county in which he maylffer
to vote for six months next preceding the
G ection, and who moreover is duly reateI-
ed as qualified voter, as provided iLthiS
Article, shall be entitled TO vote in the ard
or election district in which he residesJ all
elections hereafter to be held in this ate:
and IN case any county or city shall : so
divided as to form portions of ditferentlec-
tOral districts for the election of RepBen-
tatiVeS in Congress, Senators, Delegate or
other officers, then to entitle q perSa to
vote for such officer, he must have ben a
resident of that part of the county Orcity
which shall form part of the eleCtOradiS-
trict in which he offers to vote for six maths
next preceding9he election but a ptson
who shall have acquired a residence in UGH
county or city, emitting him to vote aany
such election, shall he entitled to vote 1.-THE
election district from which he remOveun-
til he shall have acquired a residence i the
part of the county or city to which hehas
removed. Every such male citizen othe
United States having the above preScbed
qualifications of age and residence Sha be
entitled to be registered so as to becole a
l TO 40 ~If or no lNA
First-A person able to read any scion
of the Constitution of this State submitted
to him by the officers OF registration an to
give reaS unable explanation of the sme;
or if unable to read such section is alb to
understand and give a reasonable eXpma-
| ton thereof when read to him by the igis-
tration officers; OF
Second-A person who on the first de of
January, 1869, or prior thereto, was entitled
TO vote under the laws of this State of
any other State of the United States WIRE
in he then.reSided; or
Third-AnY male lineal descendant ofuch
aforementioned person who may be twaty-
one l2ll Years or over in the year 1906.
No person not thus qualified by coing
under some one OF the above deSCripDns
shall be entitled to be registered as a cali
fed voter nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION ,. And be il further enacted. hat
the foregoing section hereby propose as
amendment to the Constitution of this safe
shall be at the next general electionfoI
members of the General Assembly be
held in this State submitted to the legalnd
qualified voters thereof for their adolion
or rejection in pursuance of the direction
contained in Article XIV of the Cons tu-
tion and at said election the vote on aid
proposed amendment shall be by ballot. nd
upon each ballot there shall be writer OF
printed the words For the Constitution
Amendment or Against the Cons tn
tional Amendment" as the voters shall e,ct
and Immediately after said election duere-
turns shall be made to the Governor ofjhe
vote on said proposed amendment as dirct-
ed by the said NlNth Article of the CoBti-
tuition.
This is to certify that this engrr ssed dcu-
ment proposing an amendment to the ON
stitutiOn of the State of Maryland, the olgi-
nal of which was passed by the Senateby
yeas and nays, more than three-flfths ofal
members elected voting in the affirmative
on March 3, 1904.
SPENCER c. JONES,
- President CfHie ScRdi.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary Ofthe Se0dtc.
This is to certify that this engrossed dcu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the On.
stitution of the State of Maryland, the orgi-
nal of which was passed by the Houseo1
Delegates by yeas and nays, more tan
three-ffths of all the members elected vt
ing in the affirmative on March 10. 1904
GEORGE Y. EVERHART,
Speaker Of The House Of Delegate.
BENJAMIN L. SMITH,
chief Clerk.