Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-07-30
PROCLAMATION.

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) in the year Of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and eight, an Act was
passed proposing an amendment to Sec
tlon Of Article / Of the Constitution Of
the State, which said Act is in the fol-
lowing words, to-wit
CHAPTER 26.
AN ACT to amend Section one Of Ar
ticle one, title, Elective Franchise Of
the Constitution Of this State. and to
provide for the submission Of said
Amendment to the qualified voters Of
J this State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION I. BE It ena ted by the Gen
eral Assembly Of Maryland, three-tifths
Of all the members Of each Of the two
Houses concurring, that the following
section be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to Section one
OF Article one, title, Elective Fran
chise,H Of the Constitution of this State,
and il adopted by the legal and qualified
voters thereof, as herein provided il
shall supersede and stand 10 the place
and stead Of Saction one Of said Article
one.
SEC. /. All elections shall be by bal
lot, and ev ry male citizen Of the United
States Of tho age Of twenty-one years ar
upwards, who has been resident II the
state for two years and of the l. gisla-
tive District Of Ba timure CITY or at tn
county ia which be my FIR to vote
for one year next preceding the election.
and who, moreover is duly registered a.
qualified voter as provided in this Ar
ticie, shall be entitled to vote, in the
! ward or election district IN which hr re-
sides, at all elections hereafter 70 be
held in this State, ana in 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
Ulcers, then to entitle a person to vote
for such office, hi must have been a
/ resident of that part of th county or
city which shall form Iart OF the cleo
toral district in which he offers to vot
for one year next preceding the election;
/ but a person who shall have aeuufr.d a
| residence ia such county " city. en-
titling HIM TO vote at any such eiecti.li.
shall be TITLED IT, vote M the election
dis riet from which he removed, until he
shall h VI acquitted a r. sidenf e IN the
part OF the county or city 90 which he
has removed.
Every uaie citizen Of he United States |
having the above prescribed qualifica- /
tons Il age rSid nee SHAH be- en- |
titled to be registered so as to become + |
qualified voter if he be, first a person |
who, on the first day Of January in the
year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, 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 nr second a male de-
scendant OF such last mentioned person:
or third a foreign born citizen Of the
United States naturalized between the
first day of January in the year eighteen
hundred aud sixty-nine and the date of
the adoption Of this section Of this Arti-
Gle; or fourth a male descendant Of
such last mentioned person or fifth =;
a person who, in the presence of the Of /
hcers Of registration, shall, in his own r
with pen and ink, without i,
any aid, suggestion or memorandum i
whatsoever, aud without any question or
direction addressed to him by any Of the
officers of registration, make application
to register correctly, stating in such ap-
D ication his name, age, date and place /
Of birth, residence and occupation at the I
time and for the two years next preced- /
ing, the name or names OF his empl oyer /
OF employers, il any, at the time and for
the to years next preceding, and
whether he has pre- siously voted, and If
so, the State, county or city and district
or precinct in which he voted last, and |
also the name in full Of the President of
| the United States, If one Of the Justices
of tile Supreme Court ot this United
1 States, of the Governor Of Maryland, Of
one of the Judges of the Court OF APP
peals OF Maryland and Of the Mayor Of
Baltimore City, if the applicant resides |
in Baltimore City, or of one Of the 1
| County Commissioners Of the county
in which the applicant resides and any /
person " no is unable to comply with the I
aforegoing requirements as to making I
duplication for registration ia his own {
handwriting, solely because he is physi- /
cally disabled from so doing or sixth ; /
person, or the husband of a person, /
who at the time OF his application Tor /
registratiOu, is a bona tide owner Of real 4
or personal property in an amount Of /
not less than five bundled dollars, Is as
sesSed therefor on the lax-boOks II the (
City Il Baltimore or of one oi the couu- +
ties Of this State, has been such owner
and so asses ed Tor two years next pre- /
cedmg his application for registration
shall have paid and shall produce re-
eeipts for the taxes on said property for
said two years and shall at the time Of
! his application make affidavit before the
Off GERS of registration that he is, or that
| he is the husband of the person who is
the bona fide owner Of the property so
assessed to him or to her, as the case
may be, and that he or she has been
such owner for two years next preceding
his application.
No person not qualified under some
one of the above clauses sh all be EMIT
ed to be registered as a qualified voter
or be entitled to vote. Every written
application to be registered, presented to
the officers of registration by any person
Applying to be registered under the
above fifth clause, shall be carefully
preserved by said officers of registration
and shall be produced in any Court, if
required, as Hereinafter provided.
The affidavit Of an applicant for
registration, duly made t, the officers
of registration or in Court, tat he, the
applicant, is person who was entitled
to vote on or before the first day f Jan
uary in the year eight en- hundred nd
sixty-nine, as aforesaid, or that he his
become a naturalized citizen Of the
United States between the first day of
January in the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-niue and the date of the adop-
ton of this section of this Article, as
aforesaid or his affidavit upon informa-
: ton and belief that he is a descendant
of a person who was entitled to vote on