Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-08-19
Proclamation

WHEREAS. NJ the January Session
If the General Assembly of Maryland.
held in the year 81 our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred aud four, two bills
were passed. one proposing an amend.
mrnt to Section of Articl | Of the Con.
siiiuiion of the State, the other propos-
| ing an amendment tn Section "a of Arti-
Gle 2 Of the Constitution Of the State,
which said bills are in the words follow.
ing, to wit:
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT To amend Section / of Article
| of the Constii ution of this State aud
to provide for the submission ol said
amendment to the qualified voters Of
this state State for adoption ar reject
ton.
SECTIONS |. BE II spacied by The Gen.
crm .ismmJiy of Maryland (three-fifths
Ut all the members Of each Of the two
concurring). That the following section
be aud the same IL hereby proposed as
an amendment to Section Of Article |
Of the Constitution Of this State. and IL
adopted by the legal and qualified vot-
ers thereof. AS herein provided. il shall
.upersede and stand in place and stead
Of Section Of said Article /.
SECTION /. All elections by the peo-
ple shall be- by ballot Every male citi-
zen of the United States. whether native
horn or naturalized. of the age of 81
wears upwards. who has resided in this
State for one year and IN the Legislative
district of Baltimore city or in the conn
~ in which he may offer To vote for six
months next ~ oceeding the election. and
who moreover Is duly registered as -
qualified voter. rs provided in this Arti-
Gle. shall be entitled tn vote in the ward
or election district in which he resides
40 all elections hereafter TO be held in
this State; and in case any county or
city shall be so divided as TO form p0r.
tions Of different electoral districts for
the election of Representatives In Con
gress, Senators, Delegates or other Off
GERS, then, to entitle a person To vote r
such officer, he must have been resi-
dent Of that part Of the county or city
which shall form part Of the electoral
district in which he offers to vote for six
months next preceding the election. but
person who shall have acquired a resi-
deuce IN such county or city. emitting
him to vote at any such election. shall
be entitled to vote in the election dis
trict from which he removed until he
shall have acquired residence in the
part Of the county or city To which he
has removed. Every such male citizen
of the United States having the above
prescribed qualifications of age and resi-
dence shall be entitled to be registered
so as to become qualified voter II he
| be-
First-A person able to read any sec
ton of the Constitution OF this State
submitted to him by the officers of regis
tration and TO give reasonable explain.
alton Of the same; or II unable 10 read
such section IL able to understand and
give a reasonable explanation 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
entitled to vote under the laws Of this
State or of any other STATE Of thu United
States wherein he then resided; or
Third-Any male lineal descendant
OF such last mentioned person who may
he twenty-one t2l years of age or over
in the year 1906.
No person not thus qualified by com
ing under some one Of the above des-
criptions shall be entitled To be- register.
ed ~ a qualified voter. nor b. entitled
| 10 vote.
SECTION 2. And h. II further endcied.
That the foregoing section hereby pro-
posed as amendment To the Constitution
OF this State shall be ut the next gener
al 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. aud
at said election the vote on said propos-
ed amendment shall be by ballot. and
upon g ch ballot there shall be written
| or printed the words ''For the Constitu-
tionai Amendment, or against the
| Constitutional Amendment" "a the vot-
ers shall elect: and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made
TO the Governor of the vote on said pro-
posed amendment as directed by the
said XIVth Article of the Constitution.
This il TO certy that this engrossed
document proposing AN Amendment To
the Constitution of the State of Mary
land, the original of which was passed
by the Senate by yeas and nays. more
than three ifths Of all members elected
voting in the affirmative. on March 3.
1904.
SPENCER G. JONES,
President cf he Seaafe.
ROBERT MOSS.
Secretary II The SENATE.