Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-08-10
PROCLAMATION.

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 propos-
ing an amendment to Section of Article OF
the Constitution of the State, the other pro
posing 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
for the submission of said amendment to
the qualified voters of this State for adop-
tion or rejection.
SECTION L. Be IL enacted by the General As.
sembty of Maryland uhree-hfths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concur
ring), that the following section be anu the
to Section OF Article of the Constitution OF
qualified voters thereof, as herein provided;
II shall supersede and stand In place and
stead Of Section of said Article l..
shall be by ballot. Every male citizen of
the United States whether native born or
naturalized, OF the age of q years or up
wards, who has resided IN this s,ate i0p one
more city or in the county in which he may
offer to vote for six months next preceding
the election, and Wh9 moreover nided Is aaH rex, r
this Article, shall be entitled to vote in the
ward or election district in which he resides
at all elections hereinafter to be held IN TINS
State; and in case any county or city shail be
so divided as to form portions OF dl1erent
electoral districts for the election OF Repre-
sentatives in Congress, Senators, Delegates
or other officers, then, to entitle person To
vote for such officer, he must have been
resident of that part of the county or Guy
which shall form part of the electoral di--
trlct in whicn he offers to vote 1or SIX mon,ms
who shall have acquired q 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 heremoved until
he shall have acquired @ residence IN the
part of the county or city to which he mas
removed. Every such male citizen OF the
United States having the above-prescriped
qualifications of age and residence shall be
entitled to be registered SO as to become q
qualified voter If he be-
First-A person able to read any section or
the Constitution of this State subm tied to
him by the officers ofregistration ana 10 give
a reasonable explanation of the same; or II
unable to read such section IL able 10 unuer, a,i
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 entll'ed
to vote under the laws of this state or OF any
other State ofthe United States wherein he
then resided; or . 81,
Third-Any male lineal descendant OF
such last.mentioned person who may be
twenty-one (2D years of age or over IN Ihe
year 1906.
No person not thus qualified by coming
under some one of the above descriptions
shall be entitled to be registered as quail
fed voter, nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION 2. And be 10 fn'thcr cndc'ed
That the foregoing section hereby proposed
as amendment to the Constitution OF inns
State shall be at the next general eleclinh
for members of the General Assembly 10 he
held in this State submitted to the legal ana
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection in pursuance of the direction con-
tanned in Article XIV of the Constitution,
and Mt said election the vote on said propo-
sed amendment shall be bv ballot, and upon
each ballot there shall be written or printed
the words "For tho CONSTITUTIONAL Amend,
ment" or against the constitutional
Amendment" rs the voters shal elect; ana
Immediately after said election due returns
shall be made To the Governor OF the Vo'e on
said proposed amendment as directed by the
said XIVth Article of the Constitution.
This is to certify that this engrossed docu-
mpnt promising an Amendment to the Con
stitution OF the state of Maryland the orlgi-
nal of W hich was passed by the senate ny
yeas and nays, more than three-nfths or all
members elected voting In the anlrmatlVe,
va SPENCER c. JONES,
President Of the Senate.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary OF The Senate.