Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-10-27

NINTH DlcIhlGI,
ADAMS STORE.
The polls win open at 8 O'Clock, A. NJ,
and close at q o'clock, p. NJ. The elee-
ton TO be held il for the purpose of elect
ing one person to be Comptroller of the
Treasury OF Maryland; one person TO
represent Sc. Mary's county in the Senate
of Maryland; two persons to be members
OF the House OF Delegates of Maryland; ;
, one person to be County Treasurer for st.
Mary's county; one person TO be Sheriff
OF st. Mary's county; one person to be
County Commissioner of ST. Mary coun-
| ty, from the First Commissioner District:
one person to be County Surveyor for
st. Mary's county.
And also for the purpose of voting for
or against the following Constitutional
| Amendments, viz, Secs SO and 81 Of the
Act OF 1904 of the General Assembly of
Maryland:
CHAPTER 90.
| AN ACT to amend Section of Article I
OF the Constitution of this State and
to provide for the submission of said
amendment to the qualified voters of
this State for adoption or rejection.
session L. Be it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly OF Maryland (three-fifths Of
all the members Ofeaeh Of the tw % Houses
eoneurring), That the following section
be and the same is hereby proposed as
an amendment to Section / of Article |
OF the Constitution OF this State, and if
adopted by the legal and qualified voters
| thereof, as herein provided, it shall super
sede and stand in place and stead of Sec
ton Of said Article 1.
ala -.
| shall be by ballot. Every male citizen of
the United States, whether native born
or naturalized, of the age Of u years or
upwards, who has resided in this State
for one year and in the Legislative dis
trict of Baltimore city or in the county
| in which he may offer 10 voUe for six
months next preceding the election, and
who moreover is duly registered as "a
qualified voter, as provided in this Arti-
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 ease any county or city
shall be so divided as to form portions
| of different electoral districts for the cleo
ton OF Representatives in Congress,
Senators, Delegates or other officers,
then, to entitle person to vote for such
| officer, he must have been u resident of
that part OF the county or city which
| shall form part OF tile electoral district
| in which he offers to vote for six months
next preeedlng the election, but IA person
who shall have acquired a 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
he removed until he shall have acquired a
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 qualifica-
tions of age and residence shall be emit
tied to be registered so as to become a
qualified voter il he be-
Ffrst-A person able to read any sec
ton OF the Constitution of this State sub
mitted to him by the officers of registra-
ton and to give a reasonable explana-
ton OF the same; or nunable to read such
section IL able to understand and give a
| neutrality-suspicious. 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-Any male lineal descendant of
such aforementioned person who may be
twenty-one CID 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 a
qualified voter, nor be entitled to vote.
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT to amend Section 81 of Article 3
OF the Constitution of this State.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland (three-fifths
of all the members of the two Houses con-
curringO That the following section be
and the same il hereby proposed as an
amendment TO the Constitution Of this
State, and If adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, as herein pro-
vided, it shall supersede and stand in the
place and stead OF Section "a of Article 3
Of said Constitution.
SECTION 81. No debt shall be hereafter
contracted by the General Assembly un-
less such debt shall be authorized by a
law providing for the collection of an an
nual tax or taxes sufficient to pay the in
! tereston such debt as it falls due, and also
to discharge the principal thereof within
fifteen years from the time of contracting
the same, and the taxes laid for this pur-
pose shall not be repealed or applied to
any other object until the said debt or inter-
est thereon shall be fully discharged. The
credit OF the State shall not In any manner be
given or loaned to, or in aid of any Individual.
association or corporation; nor shall the Gem
erai Assembly have the power In any mode to
involve the State In the construction of works
Of internal Improvement. nor In granting any
aid thereto which shall involve the faith or
credit OF the State; nor make any anpropFia-
ton therefor. except in aid OF the construction
OF works OF internal Improvement In the coun-
ties Of St. Mary's. Charles and Calvert W hich
had no direct advantage from such works "a
have bean heretofore aided by the State; and
provided that such aid, advances or appropri-
ations shall not exceed In the aggregate the
sum Of I'VE hundred thousand dollars. and they
shall not use or appropriate the proceeds of
the internal Improvement companies or OF the
State tax now levied or which may hereafter
be levied TO pay OF the public debt 20 any 9TH
CT purpose until the interest and debt are full
ly paid. the sinking fund shall be equal 20 the
amount Of the outstanding debt; but the GEN.
ernl Assembly may. without laying q tax. Dor.
row an amount never 20 exceed fifty thousand
dollars 20 meet temporary deficiencies in the
treasury. aud may contract debts to any
amount that NAV be necessary for the defense
OF the State.
But nothing In this section or In this Cousti-
tuition contained shall deprive the General As
sembsy of the power 20 apporfion amongst
and 20 appropriate 90 the city of Baltimore and
the several counties of the State out OF any
funds in the Treasury not otherwise approprf-
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