The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-09-30

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 96.
AN ACT to amend Section of Article OF the
Constitution of this State and to provide Tor
the submission of said amendment 20 the quail
flied voters Of this State for adoption or re-
SECTToN l. Be u enacted 0y the General Assembly
Of Maryland, (three- ffths Of all the members of
each OF the two Houses concurring). That the
posed as an amendment TO ction of Article /
of the Constitution of this state. and II adopted
by the legal and qualified voters thereof. as
place and stead of Section / Of said Article 1.
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 a. in the Legislative
ess y s9s ns
preceding the election. and who moreover ig
duly registered ae qualified voter, as provided
In this Article, shall be entitled 70 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 di.
districts for the election of Representatives in
Congress, Senators. Delegates or Other officers,
he must have been q resident Of that part of the
county or city which shall form part of the
electoral district in which he offers TO vote for
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 q residence In the
part of the county or city 70 which he has re.
States having the above a % Prescribed BE- % ousIifica
tione of age and residence shall be entitled TO be
registered 30 as TO become qualified voter
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
read such section is able to understand and give
q reasonable explanation thereof when read to
him by the registration officers; or
SecOnd-A person who on the first day of jan
uary. 1859, or prior thereto, was entitled tO vote
under the laws of this state or of any other State
of the United States wherein be then resided or
Third ANY male lineal descendant of such
last mentioned person who may be twenty-One
CID 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 en-
tilted TO be registered as qualified voter. nor
be entitled TO vote.
foregoing section hereby proposed as amend
ment 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 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 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.
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 8, 1904.
SPENCER @. JONES,
President Of the Senate.