The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-08-25
Proclamation.

WHEREAS, at the January session of the
| General Assembly Of Maryland, held in the
| wear of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
| and four. two bills were passed, one pro
posing an amendment to Section / of Article
l of the Constitution of the State, the other
| proposing an amendment to Section 81 OF
Article , of the Constitution of the State.
which said bills are in the words following,
to wit:
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT to amend Section l of Article l OF
| the Constitution OF this State and to provide
for the submission OF said amendment to the
qualified voters OF this State Tor adoption or
rejection.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of MARYLAND tthrer- iiiths of all the
members of each OF the TWO Houses concur
ing That the following section he and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
section l of Article OF the Constitution of
ibis State and If adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof. as herein provided, it
shall supcrsede and stand in the place and
stead of Section of said Article /.
SECTION /. All elections by the people
shall be by ballot. Every male citizen OF the
United States, whether native, born ornatur-
allied of the age of II years or upwards.
who has resided in the state for one year and
in the Legislative district of Baltimore city
ar in the county in which he may offer to
vote for six months next preceding the cleo
ton and who moreover is duly registered
Il qualified voter, as provided i'll this article,
shall be entitled to vote in the ward or cleo.
ton district in which he resides at all cleo
tons hereinafter to be held in this State; and
III case any county or city shall be so divided
rs to form portions of different electoral dis
sriCtS for the election OF Representatives. i'll
Congress. Senator'S Delegates or other
officers. then, to cntitle a person to vote for
such officer he must have been Il resident oi
that part of the county or city which shall
form a part of the electoral district in which
he offers to vote for six months next proceed
ing the election. but person VIII" shall have
acquired = residence in such county or city,
emitting him to vote at anv such election,
shall be entitled to vote in the election dis
trict from which he removed until he shall
have acquired Il residence i'll 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 residence shall be entitled to be regis
tered so as to become a qualified voter if he he.
First-A person able to read amy section of
the Constitution of the State submitted to
him by the officers of registration and to give
IA reasonable explanation OF the same; or if
unable to read such section is able to under
stand and give explanation thereof when
read to him by the registration officers; or
Second-A person who on the first day OF
January, 500, or prior thereof was entitled
to vote under the laws of this State or 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 t21) years of age over in the year 9O6.
No person not thus qualified by coming
under some one of the above descriptions
shall be entitled to be registered as Il quail
fled voter, nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted.
That the foregoiog section hereby proposed
as amendment to the Constitution of this
State shall be at the next general election for
mcmb of the General Assembly to be held
in this State submitted to the legal and
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection in pursuance of the direction con-
tanned in Article XIV of the Constitution.
and at said election the vote on said proposed
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 voter shall elect; and Immediately after
said election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote on said proposed amend
mcnt as directed by the said NINth Article OF
the Constitution.
This is to certify that this engrossed decu-
mcnt proposing an Amendment to the Con
Stitution of the State of Maryland, the origi-
nal of which passed by the Senate by
yeas and nays. more than thrce-hfths of all
members elected voting in the affirmative on
March 3, 1904.