The Democratic advocate., 1905-08-12
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, at the January Session of the
General Assembly of Maryland, held in the
year OF our Lord one thousand nine hundred
ana tour, two bills were passed, one proposing
an amendment TO Section l of Article l of the
Constitution of the State, the other proposing
an amendment to Section "a 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 of
the Constitution of this State and 10 provide
for the submission of said amendment to the
qualified voters of this State for adoption or
rejection.
SECTION l. Be it enacied by the General
assembly of Maryland (three fifths of all the
members of each of the two Houses concurr-
ing), That the following section be and the
same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
Section | of Article l of the Constitution of
this State and if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof herein provided, it
shall supersede and stand in place and stead
of Section of SAID Article l.
SECTION |. All elections by the people
shall be by ballot. Every male citizen of the
United States, whether native born or natur-
allied, Of the age Of 21 years or upwards. who
has resided in this State for one year and in
the Legislative district of Baltimore city or in
the county in which he may offer to vote for
six months next preceding the election, and
who moreover is duly registered as qnallhed
voter, as provided in this Article, shall be en-
titled to vote in the ward or election district IN
which he resides at all elections hereafter TO
be held in this Stale; and i'll case any county
or city shall be so divided as to form portions
of different electoral districts for the election
of REPRESENTATIVES in Congress, Senators,
Delegates or other officers, then, to enttle a
person to vote for such officer, be must have
been Il resident of that part OF the county or
city which shall form a part OF the electoral
district in which he offers to vote tor SIX
months next preceding the election, but
person who shall have acquired residence III
such county or city emitting hun to vote at
any sach election. shall be entitled to vote in
the election district from which he removed
until he shall have acquired IL residence III the
part of tie county or city Ia "hIrh he has re-
moved. Every such male citizen oi the
[ nIei States having the above prescribed
qualifications of aye and residence shall be
emitted 10 lt registered a. to brcoine "A
qualified voter il lr be
Frsl-A person able To read any section OF
The Constitution Of th,s State submitted I" hlm
hy the officers nf registration ANA /" give Il
reasonable explanation ut the stn.r; or II un
able Ia read such section l. aiie I" uii">'"Ilu
ana give IL reasonable explanation thereof
when read To him by the registration officers;
ar
Src"nd--A person VIII" on the first day OF
January. 1869. or liior thereto, WAS rhl'tlrd
10 vote under the laws ui Tins NtaI' ar oi any
other State of The United States wherein he
then resided;
ThiId-Auy male hneai d,.srrn ant "i such
luSI mentiorrd person who may he twenty one
(2l yraIS If age or over IN the year 1906.
NJ person not thus quni;tAd by coming
under some one of the above descriptions
snal be- entitled 10 br registered AS qualified
vuier. nor he entitled t. vote.
SECTION =. 1nd be ii further chdcted,
That the foregoing section hereby proposed
as amendment TO the Constitution OF TINS 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 and qualified
voters thereof for their adoption or rejection
in pursuance of the direction contained IN
Article XIV of the Constitution, and at SAID
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 10y the said NlNth Article OF
the Constitution.
This is to certify that this engrossed docu-
ment proposing an Amendment to the Const-
tuition of the State of Maryland, the original
of which was passed by the Senate by yeas
and nays, more than threeftths OF all mem