The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-10-20
PROCLAMATION.

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 1
of Article / of the Constitution of the
State, the other proposing an amendment
to Section "a of Article of the Constitu-
ton of the State, which said bills are in
the words following, to wit:
CHAPTER 96.
AN ACT to amend Section of Article
1 of the Constitution of the State and to
provide for the submission Of said
amendment to the qualified voters of
this State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION l. Be in enacted blythe General
Assembly IF 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 rs an
amendment to Section l of Article 1 of
the Constitution of this State, and if
adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof, as herein provided, it shall super
sede and stand in place and stead Of Sec
ton 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 81 years or up
wards, who has resided 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 monts next
proceeding the election, and who more
over is duly registered as qualified voter
as provided in this Article, shall be an
titled to vote in the ward or election dis
trict in which he resides at all elections
hereafter to be held in this State; and in
case any country or city shall be SO divid-
ed as to form portions of different elec-
tori districts for the election of Repre-
sentatives in Congress. Senators. Dele
gates or other officers, then, to entitle q
person to vote for such officer, he must
havs been a resident of that part of the
county or city which shall form part
of the electoral district in which he offers
to vote for six months next preceding
the election, but 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 part of the county or city to which
be has removed. Every such male citizen
of United States having the above-pre
scribed qualifications of age and resi-
dence shall be entitled to be registered so
as to become qualified voter If he be-
First-A person able to read any Sec
ton of the Constitu:lo of this State sub
mitted to him by the officers of registra
ton and to give reasonable explanation
of the same; or if unable to read such
sections is able to understand and give a
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 lava Of this
State or any other State Of the United
State wherein he then resided: or
Third-Any male lineal desc endant of
such last mentioned person who may be
twenty one (2D years of age or over in
the year 1905.
No person not thus qualified by coming
under some one of the above descriptions
shall be entitled to be registered as q
qualified voter, nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted,
That the foregoing section hereby pro-
posed as amendment to the Constitution
Of this State shall be at the next general
election for members of the General As
sembly to he held in this State submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof
or their adoption or rejection in pursu-
ance of the direction contained in Arti.
Gle XIV of the Constitution, and at said
election the vote on said proposed amend
ment shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be written or printed
the words. For the Constitutional
Amendment" or, Against the Constitu-
tional Amendment" as the voters shall
elect; and Immediately after said election
due returns shall be made to the Govern
or Of the vote on said proposed amend
ment as directed by the said XIVth Arti-
Gle Of the Constitution.
This is to certify that this engrossed
document 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. fifths Of all members elected voting
in the affirmative, on March 2, 1904.
SPENCER c. JONES,
President Of the Senate.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary of the Senate.
This is to certify that this engrossed
document proposing an 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 ffths of all the members
elected voting i'll the affirmative, on March
10, 1904.
GEORGE Y. EVERHART,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
BENJAM L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk.