Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-08-24
Proclamation.

WHEREAS. as the January Session Of
the General Assembly Of Maryland. held
in the year of Our Lord. one Thousand
nine hundred and four, two bills we're
passed. one proposing an amendment 10
Section Of Article Of the Consxixu.
tion Of the State. the other proposing 81
amendment to Section "a Of Article 5 Or
The Constitution of the State, whieh said
bills are in the words followins. 10 VT
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT to amend Section az Article
OF the Constitution OF this State AID
TO provide for the submission Or said
amendment 20 the qualified voters Of
this State FOR adoption or rejection
SECTION 1. Belt enacted blythe f7eue-
raj Assembly of Maryland (three-fifths or
all the members Of each Of the two Houses
concurringl, That the following section
be and the same Is hereby proposed rs
an amendment TO Section OF Article
Of the Constitution OF this State. and IL
adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof, rs herein provided, Il shall sn-
persede and stand In place and stead or
Section of said Article I.
SRcTIox 1. 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 21 years or
upwards. who has resided In this skale
for one year and In the Legislative 1is-
trict OF Baltimore city or In tie county
In which he may offer 20 vote for six
months next preceding the election, and
who moreover In duly registered as Q
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 so divided a. TO form por-
tons of different electoral districts for
the election Of Representatives in Con-
gress, Senators, Delegates or other off,
GERS, then, TO entitle person 10 vote for
such officer, he must have been o resi-
dent Of that part of the county or city
which shall form part Of the electoral
district in which he offers 20 vote for sir
months next preceding the election, but
| Q person who shall have acquired resi-
dence 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 he has re-
novel. Every such male citizen Of the
United States having the above rrescrib-
ed qualifications of age and residence
shall be entitled to be registered so as to
become qualified voter il he be-.
First-A person able to read any see
ton of the Constitution of this State
submitted to him by the officers of regis
tration and to give a reasonable explain
alton Of the same; or II unable to read
such section Is able To understand and
give a reasonable explanation thereof
when read to him by the registration of
| ficers; or asa
SecOnd-A person who on the first day
af 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 (21) years Of age or over In
the year 1906.
No person not thus qualified by coming
under some one of the above descriptions
shall be entitled TO be registered as n
qualified voter, nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted,
That the foregoing section hereby pro-
posed as amendment 70 the Constitution
OF this State shall be at the next general
election for members of the General As
sembly to be held in this State submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof
for their adoption or rejection in pursu-
ance of the direction contained in Ar
ticle 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 Amend
ment," or Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as the voters shall elect;
and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor of
the vote on said proposed amendment as
directed by the said XlVth Article OF the
Constitution.
This il 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 3, 1904.
SPENCER G. JONES,
President OF the Senate.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary of the Senate.
This is to certify that this engrossed
doeument DrOpOsing an Amendment to