The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22
PROCLAMATION!

WHEREAS, at the January session ofthe
General Assembly Of Maryland, held in the
year OF our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and four, two bills were passed, one propos.
ing an amendment to Section l OF Article /
OF the Constitution of the State, the other
proposing an amendment to Section "a o.
Ar icle of the Constitution of the state
which said bills are in the words following
10 wit:
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT to amend Section of Article l OF
the Constitution of this State and to pro
vide for the submission OF said amendment
TO the qualified voters of this state for
adoption or rejection,
SECTION ]. BE Il enacted on the General
Assembly Of Maryland (three-nfths OF ali the
members OF each of the two Houses concur
ring That the following section be and the
same Is hereby proposed as an amendment
TO Section OF Article of the Constitution
OF TINS state, and II adopted by the legal and
qualined voters Thereof, as herein prov lded.
u shalI be supersede and stand in place and
stead of Section o. said Article I.
SECTION l. All elections by the people
snail be by ballot. Every male citizen OF
the United states, whether native born or
naturaltzed, of the age OF p years or up
wards, who has resided in this State for one
year and In the Legislative district OF Balti-
more city or in the county in which lac mag
the election, and who moreover is duly reg
istered as qualified voter, as provided in
TINS Article. shall be entitled to vote in the
ward or election district in which he re-
sides at all elections hereafter to be held
IN this state; and in case any county or
city snail be so divided as to form portions
OF different electoral districts for the elec.
uon OF Representatives in Congress, SEN
ators, Delegates or other officers, then, to
entitle person to vote for such officer. he
must have been resident OF that part of
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oil the electoral district in which he offers
10 vote for six months next preceding the
election, but person who shall have nc
CURED residence in such county or city.
emitting him 10 vote at any such election,
shall be entitled to vote in the election dis
trict from which he removed until he shall
nave acquired residence in the part OF the
county or city to which he has removed.
Every such male citizen ofthe United states
having the above-prescribed qualifications
OF age and residence Shall be entitled TO be
registered SO as TO become a qualified voter
II he be
First-A person able to read any section
OF the Constitution of this State submitted
TO MIN by the officers of registration and to
give reasonable explanation of the same;
or II unable TO read such section is able to
understand and give reasonable explana-
ton thereof when read to him by the regis
tfatiOn officers; or
Second-A person who on the first day of
january, 1863, or prior thereto, was entitled
TO vote under the laws of this state or of
any other state of the Udited states wherein
he then resided; or
Third-Any male lineal descendant of
such aforementioned person who may be
twenty-one (2l) 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 quail
He'd voter, nor be entitled to vote.
SECTION ,. Ind be further enacted,
That the foregoing section hereby proposed
as amendment to the Constitution OF this
stare shall be at the next general election
for members OF the General Assembly TO be
held in this state submitted to the legal
ana qualified voters thereof for their adop-
ton or rejection in pursuance of the direc-
ton contained in Arcicle NV of the Consti-
tuition, and at said election the vote ON said
proposed amendment shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot there shall be written or
printed the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" or against the Constitu-
tional 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 amendment as
directed by the said XIVth Article of the
Constitution.