The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-11-03
Notice of Election.

Notice is hereby given to all persons whit
are qualified to vote that the next genera
| election in Hartford county. will he held OF
| the first Tuesday after the first Monday il
| November, 9O5 the same being the seventh
! day OF November 1905.
The offices to he voted for as follows:
| Comptroller OF the Treasury.
| Chict Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit.
Associate Judge of the Third Judicial Cir
| cult.
State Senator
-Four members of the House of Delegates
Count? Treasurer.
Sheriff.
County Commissioners
County Surveyor.
And also two constitutional amendment 5
Will be submitted to the voters for their
adoption or rejection. Following are rx-
cerpts from said constitutional admenmenus.
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT to amend Section l of Article nt
the Constitution OF this State and to provid
for the submission of said amendment to the
qualified voters of this State for adoption or
rejection.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (thrce.fifths of all the
members OF each Of the two Houses concur
inG,D That the following section be and The
same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section l of Article l of the Constitution of
this State and if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, herein provided, 1t
shall supcrSede and stand i'll the place and
stead of Section l of said Article /.
SECTION /. All elections by the people
shall be by ballot. Every male citizen of the
United States, whether native, born or natur-
allied. o. the age of g years or upwards
who has resided in the 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 months next preceding the cleo
ton, and who moreover is duly registered as
Il qualified voter, as provided in this article
shall be entitled to vote in the ward OF clec.
ton district in which he resides at all eiec-
tions hereinafter to be held in this State; and
in case any county or city shall he 50 divided
as to form portions OF different clectariAI liz
tricts for the election OF Representatives. i'll
Congress, Senators, Delegates or other
officers. then to cntitle person to vote for
such officer he must have been resident OF
that part of the county or city which shall
form part OF the electoral district "a which
he offers to vote for six months mex, preccd-
ing the election. but person VIII" shar! have
acquired a residence in such oounty or city,
emitting him 10 vote at any such election,
STALL be entitled 10 vote in the election dis
trict from which he removed until he shall
have acquired residence in the part of the
county city to which he has removed.
Every such male citizen of the United States
having the above prescribed qualifications Of
age ana sesideHcc shall be cntitlcd to bcrc2i
tered so az TO brpGatc 4 qualified voter if he b
First-A person able to renu any s"otion nj
the Constitution of this Stats suhmttel va
him by the officers of registration and 10 give
u reasonable explanation of the same; or if
unable IL read Such section is able to under
stand and give rRs 'nable expiana tiC n
thereof when read to him by the registration
officers, or
Second--A person vino on the irst dav Of
January, iSG9. or prior thereof entitled
to vote under the lava of this SIT. any
other State of the United States wherein he
then resided, or
Third-Auy male 'ineal descendant of such
aforementioned person who may be twenty
one (2ll years of age or over in the year 9O6.
No person not thus qualified by coming
under some of the above descriptions
shall be entitled to be registered a quail
fed voter E8r be- entitled to vote.
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