Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-30
Proclamation

WHEREAS, NJ the January Session
If the General Assembly of Maryland.
held in the wear of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and four. two bills
were passed. one proposing an am nd
mcnt to Section Of Artici of the Con
stituiion of the State. the other propos.
ing an amendment to Section "a Of Arii-
Gle 2 of the Constitution of the State.
which said bills are in the words follow.
ing, to wit
CHAPTER M.
AN ACT to amend Section Of Article
| OF the Constii ution of this State aud
to provide for the submission OF said
amendment to the qualified voters Of
this state State for adoption or reject
ton.
SECTIONS t. Be II cndcfcd by The GEN.
ernf assembly NJ Maryland (three-fifths
of all the members of each If 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 il
adopted by the legal and qualified vof
supersede and stand in place and stead
of Section / of said Article /.
SECTION /. All elections by the peo-
pie shall bp by ballot Every male ciii-
zen of the United States. whether native
born 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 p, oceeding the election. aud
who moreover IL duly registered as a
qualified voter. as provided in this Arti-
Gle, 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 80 divided as 10 form por-
tions of different electoral districts for
the election of Representatives in Con
gress, Senators, Delegates or other Off
GERS. then, TO entitle a person To vote I 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 to vote for six
months next preceding the election. but
person who shall have acquired resi-
dence in such county or city. emitting
him 70 vote at 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 10 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 20 be registered
/ D. tnH A
be-
Frst-A person able to read any sec.
ton of the Constitution of this State
submitted tn him by the officers of regis
tration and TO give reasonable explain
alton of the same; or II 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 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 who may
be 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 DIES.
criptions shall be entitled to be register.
ed AS qualified voter, nor b. entitled
| To vote.
SECTION 2. And BE- II further endctcd,
| That the foregoing section hereby pro-
posed as amendment to 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 aud qualified voters
| thereof 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 propos-
ed amendment sha be by ballot. aud
upon ch ballot there shall be write II
or printed the words For the Constitu-
tional Amendment, or against the
Constitutional Amendment, as the vot-
ers 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 XIVth Article of the Constitution.
| This il to certy that this engrossed
document proposing AN Amendment "
the Constitution Of the State of Mary
land, the original Of which was passed
by the Senate by yeas and nays, more
than three-fi fths Of all members elected
voting in the affirmative. on March 3,
1904.
SPENCER g. JONES,
President of The SeRdte.
ROBERT MOSS.
Secretary cf The Senate.
This is to certify that this engrossed