The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-08-05
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, al The January srsssnn 0i tsr
Csrnrral Assembly Of Maryland, held iu tie
wear 81 oar Lord ans Thousand bins hanarea
and faur. twu balls wsFg paesed, oue proposing
A. amendment to Section Of Article ! g toe
Cousi,tsgloa uf the State, ihe other proPs-seG
an amendment "a Section a u Art'Cic 3 si
ihr Consultation 81 The state, sh8eh ,ald ailss
Az. ia the words following. % wgi.
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AN ACT 10 amead section Of Astssl~ Of
The Constitution OF this State and o. pravlje
for the submission 1T sAsi amendment g. ghr
Qualified voters OF ibis State ior Aiapliaa ur
rejection
Sgtrtnx /. Be a roasted D. az Gsasrai
Issssshls n Maynard ihr~s hiths Of al ihv
members 81 each Of the t~U Heasss eonsurs-
ing1 That lhe ioiloSing seet1un D. and ihr
ssne : herrhy proposed an amrudmTui 60
Section / uf Article nf the Consultation ui
this Stale. and Il adopted by the legal aud
qualified sutrfs thereof a. hsrrtn provided. IS
shall suprr-..dr aud stand iu place and stead
ol section u sAii Ar;icle !.
Sp-rloS !. al elections by the people
shsn be bv ballot. Every male ci,iz-a nf The
Unilrd States, ~helhsr native born vr usiur
ahEeJ. OF lho age 0f p yeass or aP~aris. who
has resided ia tbs Stale loo one year and go
the Legislative district " Baltimore cily aF %
the county in whlch be- may osscv 10 vote iHr
SIX months next preceding The election. AHd
wha moreover is daly registered a. = qualitsd
voter. a. provided 10 ghss Article, shall '-c en-
utIrd to vote IN the ~Ari 90 election district in
which be resides At oil elections hereafter 10
be held 10 this Stale: aud IH case any cpunfy
OF ciiy shall De 80 divided a. a. form portions
of different electoral districts Tor the election
ct Representative 10 Congress, Senators,
Delegates OF other officers, then. 20 rutlile a
person 20 vote for such oIhcer. be must baFe
been resident OF that part OF The county OF
ciiy winch shall form part Of the electoral
district iu which he offers 20 vote toy Sax
months urxi preceding the election, uGl -
person who shall have acquired residence m
such county or city, emitting him 10 vote u
any such election. shall be entitled to vote in
the election district from which he removed
until he shall have acquired residence ga ihe
part Of the county or city TO which he has re-
moved Every such male citizen OF the
United States having the abcve-p prescribed
qualifications Of age aud residence shall be
entitled 10 be registered 50 As 10 become n
qualified voter Il be be
Firsi-A person able 10 read any section Of
the Constitution Of this State submitted 10 htu
by the officers of registration and to give a
reasonable explanation Of the same; or It un.
able to read such section Is able 10 understand
aud give 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 the United States wherein he
then resided; or
Third-Auy male lineal descendant OF such
last mentioned person who may be twenty one
f2l) wears 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 qualified
voter nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION ,. And be IL further eBdctsd,
That the foregoing section hereby proposed
MS amendment TO the Constitution OF this State
shall be at the next general election tor mem
bers of the General Assembly to be held IN
this State submitted to the legal aud qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or rejection
in pursuance of the direction contained in
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 Amendment 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 amend
ment as directed by the said AlVth Article of
the Constitution.
This is to certify that this engrossed docu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the Consti.
tuition of the State of Maryland. the original
of which was passed by the Senate by yeas
and nays, more than three fiths of all mem
bers elected voting in the affirmative, on March
8, 1904.
SPENCER c. JONES,
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