The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-09-16
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. r o C L A NJ ALTON.

WHEREAS, at the January Session of the
General Assembly of Mary land, held in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and four, two bills we're passed, one proposing
an amendment to Section of Article l 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 90.
AN ACT to amend Section of Article l of the
Constitution of this State and to provide for
the submission of said amendment TO the quail
flied voters of this State for adoption or re-
SECTION l. Be 10 enacted 6y the General Assembly
of MdTyldnd, (three- ifths of all the members of
each of the two Houses concurring), That the
following section be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to s ction of Article
of the Constitution of this State and If adopted
by the legal and qualified voters thereof: as
herein provided. it shall supersede and stand in
place and stead of Section of said Article /.
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 ard in the Legislative
district of Baltimore city or in the county in
which he may offer to vote for six months next
preceding the. election. and who moreover is
duly registered as qualified voter, as provided
In this Article, 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 so d.
| vided as to form portions of different electoral
districts for the election of Representatives in
! Congress, Senators, Delegates or other officers,
them to entite person to vote for such officer'
| he must have been resident of that part of the
| county or city which shall form a 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 q residence in the
part Of the county OF city to which he has re,
| moved. Every such male citizen of the United
/ States having the above prescribed Qualihca-
lions of age and residence shall be entitled to be
if he be = : ' s1-''"s1 ''se'
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
| able explanation of the same or if 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 jan
uary, 1859, or prior thereto was entitled to vote
under the of this State or of any other State
of the United States wherein he then resided or
| Third-Any male lineal descendant of such
| aforementioned person who may be Lweuty-one
(2l) 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 De registered as qualified voter. nor
SECTION q And be II further enacted, That the
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
mlIteu 10 Tue regal ana QuallneQ 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 flfths of all members elected voting
In the Affirmative on March 3, 1904.
SPENCER G. JONES,
- President Of the Senate.
Secretary Of the Senate.
This Is to certify that this engrossed document
proposing 9n Amendment to the Conetitu ton of
the State of Maryland, the original of which was
passed by the House Of Delegates by yeas and
nays. more than three tifths Of all the members
elected voting in the affirmative, on March 10,
1904. GEORGE Y. EVERHART
Speaker of the House of Delegates